Wiltshire Council are giving residents, businesses and local groups in the county the opportunity to have their say on their draft Icon for pdf Climate Strategy [6.26MB], which will help to shape the next five years of the council's action on climate change.

From Wednesday 1 September to 23:59 on Sunday 17 October, people can comment on the draft strategy, which covers seven delivery themes: transport; built environment; waste; green economy; energy generation, storage and distribution; natural environment, food and farming; and carbon neutral council.

Have your say by taking the online survey.

At the same time, we will also be consulting on 'Our Natural Environment Plan' - A Green and Blue Infrastructure (GBI) strategy for Wiltshire, which looks at the future for Wiltshire's natural environmental assets and how the council can help protect and enhance them for the benefit of people and biodiversity.

There will be a series of online and in-person events covering both strategies where people can find out more and ask questions. The full schedule of engagement events is as follows:

Online webinars:

To join these events, people must sign up online in advance.

  • 9 September, 6pm, online launch event with Claire Perry O'Neill.
  • 15 September, 10.30am - 11.30am, first engagement webinar.
  • 30 September, 7pm - 8pm, second engagement webinar.

Library drop-in sessions:

  • 14 September, 10am - 12 noon, Salisbury Library
  • 23 September, 10am - 12 noon, Devizes Library
  • 27 September, 10am - 12 noon, Chippenham Library
  • 7 October, 10am - 12 noon, Trowbridge Library

A hard copy of the Climate Strategy is available to view in every Wiltshire library, including mobile libraries.

If you would like to support us during the consultation period please do display a copy of our Icon for pdf poster [347.28KB].

An Icon for pdf Easy Read [5.71MB] version of the draft Climate Strategy will be available to download here from 1 September.