Climate

In response to the world’s climate and ecological emergency and having formally adopted Dorset Council’s declaration of a Climate and Ecological Emergency in May 2019, Loders Parish Council developed its own Climate & Ecological Emergency Action Plan concentrating on those areas in the Dorset Council Climate and Ecological Emergency Strategy (the Loders Parish Council response to the Dorset Council Climate and Ecological Emergency Strategy consultation can be read here) where the Council felt it could directly contribute. These were:

Transport
Renewable Energy
Natural Assets

Loders Parish Council produced a number of Community Policy Objectives and their Related Actions which represented the views of the whole Parish following a Residents’ Questionnaire which was undertaken in May 2021. The results of the questionnaire results can be found below:

A public meeting was also held in October 2023 appealing for residents active contribution to CEEAP with interested individuals coming together to create community groups that run themselves in the three priority areas: Transport, Energy and Natural Environment.  These community groups are now up and running.

Loders Parish Climate Initiatives July 2024 Updates:

• Loders Transport Group
• Loders Renewables Group
• Loders Wildlife Conservation Group
• Loders Wildlife Conservation Group Biodiversity Charter

Climate Change and what the government’s plans are to tackle it can be found here.

Climate Action Websites

Dorset Climate Action Network – inspiring community-led action for a fairer, healthier, greener Dorset

Low Carbon Dorset – helping reduce Dorset’s footprint

Dorset Council –  protecting our natural environment, climate and ecology

Dorset AONB – making sure that our special landscapes are handed to future generations in good shape

CPRE – the countryside charity campaigning to protect rural England

Dorset Wildlife Trust – protecting Dorset’s wildlife and natural places

Dorset Environmental Record Centre – collating information on all of Dorset’s wildlife.  This map shows West Dorset’s current and potential ecological network

Dorset Local Nature Partnership – to maximise the benefits to be gained from protecting and enhancing the unique natural assets of the area for people, wildlife and businesses

Dorset Coast Forum – an independent, strategic coastal partnership

Jurassic Coast Trust – UNESCO World Heritage Site

Dorset Greener Homes –  part of the national network (Green Open Homes) for low carbon open homes

Buglife – saving the small things that run the planet

Bat Conservation Trust – a world rich in wildlife where bats and people thrive together