2020 Vision Exeter
Reducing Exeter’s carbon footprint by about 80% by 2020
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1: Target 2: Vision 3: Descent 4: CRAGs 5: Ethic 6: Process
6: A New Democratic Process:Traditionally city-wide plans are developed by the Local Authority and then submitted to a process of consultation, the Local Authority retaining responsibility for its deliver.We are suggesting that this process be turned on its head. The Carbon Descent Action Plan begins and ends with the community, advised and supported by the Local Authority. This mirrors a process called "Local Agenda 21" conducted in the 1990s (and beyond) as a response to the Rio Earth Summit in 1992. The thinking was that two thirds of the 2,500 actions identified at the Summit could be delivered locally. As such Local Authorities throughout the world kick-started a series of working groups tasked with developing ideas for action. The Carbon Descent Action Plan needs to involve the expertise from as many sectors as possible; Architects, Farmers, Business Leaders, Church Leaders, Health Officials, Met Office, Planners, Transportation Specialists, Transport Planners, Environmentalists, Business Forums, Environment Agency, Educationalists, Disability Groups, Newspaper Journalists, our MP and MEPs, Climate Change Officers, Teachers, Lecturers and, indeed, anyone that wants to contribute to a better Exeter. A similar process is being carried out in Manchester called "A Certain Future" See http://www.manchesterclimate.com/home for a model of how Manchester is tackling the issue. "It’s Our Plan" they call it. |
Latest Update ... April 2010 |
Any updates, modifications, please contact Maurice
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