Climate Emergency
Winchester City Council declared a climate emergency in June 2019.
The council is committed to becoming a carbon neutral local authority by 2024, and is aiming for the wider district to be carbon neutral by 2030.Since the climate emergency was announced, the city council has implemented a range of measures to reduce its carbon footprint as part of a carbon neutral action plan – installing over 2000 solar panels, launching a retrofit programme to reduce energy consumption in its council homes, installing 60 new electric vehicle charging points in car parks and switching council buildings to 100% renewable energy – to name a few.