What does 'net zero by 2030' mean for Reading?

Reading Climate Festival offers two-weeks of events to inspire local climate action and collaborations. These free online and in-person events support Reading's journey to net zero.

Reading Climate Festival

What does it mean for an entire local area to be ‘net zero’?

Reading Climate Festival 2024

Reading Climate Festival 2024 offers two weeks of online and in-person events to inspire climate action and collaborations in Reading. This is a festival for everyone who lives, works or studies in Reading!

What does it mean for an entire local area to be ‘net zero’? Who’s measuring what, and why, and how is this different from the Council’s ambition for its own organisation to be net zero by 2030?Did you know the Council is directly responsible for only about 1.5% of the town's carbon emissions, and able to influence roughly 30% more?In this presentation we will hear about the biggest sources of carbon emissions in Reading and who’s doing what about them.We’ll also hear some thoughts on where our own actions as Reading businesses, schools, householders, consumers and commuters fit into the bigger picture of our town’s journey to net zero.-------------Part of <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/reading-climate-festival-31664834047" title="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/reading-climate-festival-31664834047">Reading Climate Festival 2024 </a>(8 - 21 June 2024), two weeks of in-person and online events to inspire climate action and collaborations in Reading, beginning with <a href="https://www.reading.gov.uk/wfest24" title="https://www.reading.gov.uk/wfest24" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Water Fest</a> and ending with <a href="https://showyourstripes.info/s/globe" title="https://showyourstripes.info/s/globe" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Show Your Stripes Day</a>.READING CLIMATE EMERGENCY STRATEGY 2025 – 2030Reading Climate Festival 2024 is part of a larger Year of Climate Engagement in Reading to involve people in shaping our town’s climate action priorities for 2025 – 2030. Read more about this and <a href="https://readingcan.org.uk/priorities/" title="https://readingcan.org.uk/priorities/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">find out how to get involved</a>.

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