Climate emergency

Somerset West and Taunton Council has declared a climate emergency and is committed to working towards making the Council and the area as a whole carbon neutral by 2030.

We will also prepare our communities, businesses and buildings to ensure they are resilient to the climate change which is already in motion.

The Council has prepared a Carbon Neutrality and Climate Resilience Action Plan, building on the Somerset Climate Emergency Strategy, and in doing so we aim to take a leadership role, starting conversations on how things need to change, taking action where we can, supporting and enabling others to play their part, and lobbying Government and other actors to make changes.