Research project
Climate Action Leeds
- Start date: 1 October 2020
- End date: 30 September 2025
- Value: £2.5M total (£32,000 to School of Geography)
- Partners and collaborators: Climate Action Leeds
- Primary investigator: Professor Paul Chatterton
- Co-investigators: Dr Stella Darby
Climate Action Leeds is a 5 year programme of work funded by the National Lottery. The aim is to create community led climate action in 8 distinct neighbourhoods across leeds drawing on insights in selected transition areas (work, housing, energy, food, nature). Climate Action Leeds aims to build a city wide movement for change supported by lessons from doughnut economics where people and planet can thrive.
Impact
8,700 people taken part in activities; 1,000+ volunteers More than 4,900 people engaged across 175 events - 22% new to climate action Welcoming over 5,000 people to our city-centre hub “Imagine Leeds” Youth/Education Partner “School Climate Summit” to 130 children from 13 schools 5,000kg of food diverted from landfill; Over 100 trees planted 1,000 items repaired; 400+ textiles/fabric items diverted from landfill Nature partner working with LCC on policy for land for nature recovery Strategy Roundtable to identify shared objectives/potential areas for collaboration 11 x Community Microgrants (> £1,500) and 30 small grants (>£5,000) distributed
Downloads
Read Our city planning document:
https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/5077/climate-action-leeds