East Lothian Council and the Climate Emergency

East Lothian Council is currently consulting on its ‘Draft East Lothian Climate Change Strategy’.

We feel that the draft falls far short of what is required to face up to what is now recognised to be a global Climate Emergency.

Sustaining Dunbar will be finalising and submitting a full response shortly but we would like to encourage as many other individuals and organisations as possible to respond, even if very briefly. The closing date for responses is 5pm on 22nd July.

The full Draft Strategy is available here. It is very lengthy (99 pages document) and not an easy read. The key actions proposed are on pages 82-97.  However, the Executive Summary is only four pages long.

Some of the key points we will be making in our response are highlighted here: Key Points (https://ourlocality.org/cdt/elc-climate-emergency-response/)

Please feel free to make use of any of these points in your own response. But please use your own words as far as possible!

East Lothian Council is inviting comments and suggestions:

By post to: Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Officer, Strategic Investment and Economic Development, East Lothian Council, John Muir House, Brewery Park, Haddington, East Lothian, EH41 3HA

By email to: climatechange@eastlothian.gov.uk

Or by completing this online consultation questionnaire. 

The closing date for responses is 5pm on 22nd July 2019.