Climate change and natural environment

Climate and Nature Strategy

Executive adopted the Climate and Nature Strategy in July 2024. 

Executive meeting

Agenda for Executive on Tuesday 23 July 2024, 10.30 am | Cumberland Council

Climate and Nature Strategy

We have now moved into delivery, working across our directorates and partnerships to make a difference for climate and nature.

Update on our projects and programmes

For an update on our projects and programmes, as well as the activity of our partners please read the recent newsletters:

Issue 15 - Environment and climate for Cumberland Council - published August 2026

Issue 14 - Environment and climate for Cumberland Council - published April 2026

Issue 13 - Environment and climate for Cumberland Council - published February 2026

Issue 12 - Environment and climate for Cumberland Council - published November 2025

Issue 11 - Environment and climate for Cumberland Council - published August 2025

Issue 10 - Environment and climate for Cumberland Council - published May 2025

Issue 9 - Environment and climate for Cumberland Council - published February 2025

Issue 8 - Environment and Climate for Cumberland Council - published December 2024

Issue 7 - Environment and Climate for Cumberland Council - published October 2024

Issue 6 - Environment and Climate for Cumberland Council - published September 2024

Issue 5 - Environment and Climate for Cumberland Council - published May 2024

Issue 4 - Environment and Climate for Cumberland Council - published March 2024

Issue 3 - Environment and Climate for Cumberland Council - published December 2023

Issue 2 - Environment and Climate for Cumberland Council - published September 2023

Issue 1 - Environment and Climate for Cumberland Council - published July 2023

You can keep up to date with information and news about environment and climate change by subscribing to our Environment and Climate newsletter.

The Climate and Nature Strategy is a key strategy for the Council Plan theme: environmental resilience and climate emergency. The performance of the programmes within the strategy are reported through the Council Plan Delivery Plan.

Carbon and Energy Management Plan

The Carbon and Energy Management Plan forms part of the overarching Climate and Nature Strategy and focuses on reducing energy and carbon emissions from our Council assets, services and supply chain. It is through this Plan that we will set our Council’s targets for emission reduction and the route to Net Zero.

Executive adopted  the Carbon and Energy Management Plan as part of the Climate and Nature Strategy in July 2024.

Climate and Nature Strategy

Cumbria Local Nature Recovery Strategy

Cumbria is one of 48 strategy areas that are required by the Environment Act to develop a Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) for their area.

The Cumbria LNRS was published in November 2025.

Find out what an LNRS is and how to get involved in the delivery by visiting Cumbria LNRS and Cumbria Local Nature Partnership (the delivery partnership for the LNRS).