Cumbria Sustainability Network Coordinator
We are looking for a passionate and experienced community champion to support the development of the Cumbria Sustainability Network as directed by its members. This work forms part of the most extensive programme of climate action ever seen in the county, led by the Zero Carbon Cumbria Partnership and funded by the National Lottery.
You will act as an advocate on behalf of the network and ensure that there is a strong community voice, real influence and active community involvement in all aspects of the Zero Carbon Cumbria Partnership. You will also use your strong networking and communications skills to help community sustainability groups establish meaningful relationships with local authorities and other organisations to ensure that there is community representation in decision making and policy development.
AROUND 9,000 green jobs could be created in Cumbria over the next 15 years. Green industries and investment could grow as the county seeks to hit its 2037 net-zero target, according to a new independent report by local organisation Cumbria Action for Sustainability (CAfS). The report, entitled The potential for green jobs in Cumbria, calculates that around 9,000 jobs could be created for local people during a 15-year ‘transition period’ towards the county reaching net-zero, and a further 3,800 jobs in the longer term across sectors including transport, industry, retrofitting, renewable heat, renewable electricity and waste. The report suggests the job creation could include: • 4,500 would be in West Cumbria (the site of the Whitehaven coal mine) – around 3,500 in renewable electricity, 650 in retrofitting buildings, 150 in waste management and 150 in industry.
Green industries and investment could create 9,000 jobs over the next 15 years as Cumbria seeks to hit its 2037 net-zero target, according to a new independent report. The Cumbria Action for Sustainability (CAfS) report, entitled ‘The potential for green jobs in Cumbria’, claims that 9,000 jobs could be created.
Climate change is a truly global issue, and effectively addressing it is going to require truly global action. Modern life across Cumbria, across the UK and across the world all contributes towards the effect humanity is having on the plant s climate. And so with every city on Earth playing a role in climate change, it stands to reason that it is vital every city has a plan for reducing this impact. In March 2019, Carlisle City Council resolved to declare a climate emergency , recognising the urgent action needed in Carlisle to reduce carbon emissions to net zero. One of the key features of the climate emergency was declaring a commitment to ensuring the city council s activities achieved this net zero benchmark by 2030, as well as a commitment to working with others towards ensuring the Carlisle district as a whole hit net zero carbon emissions by the same year.