Birmingham City Council

The actions we track

• Urban biodiversity programme (trees, wildflowers, green roofs, wildlife corridors, green community projects)

  3.00Supporting

• Shift land ownership/control into community hands for green space, reforestation, and community food gardens (asset transfer/CLTs/right-to-buy where applicable)

  2.57Supporting

• Plant-based catering requirements for major venues & events

  2.34Supporting

• Co-design culturally inclusive menus (incl. plant-based options)

  2.32Supporting

• Declare a climate emergency (including explicit recognition of food-system emissions and plant-based transition)

  1.07Supporting

• Provide stewardship subsidies for landowners/farmers restoring ecosystem services (carbon, biodiversity, flood defence)

  0.80Supporting

• Include livestock methane in carbon budgets and climate targets; mandatory livestock methane reporting

  0.39Supporting

• Allocate land/allotments for community food growing and plant-rich diets (edible gardens, veg growing)

  0.00Supporting

• Adopt a funded Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) programme for climate mitigation/adaptation with measurable targets

  0.00Neutral

• Dietary guidelines updated to recommend reduced meat/dairy and plant-based food shift

  0.00Neutral

• Divestment from animal agriculture / livestock-heavy investments

  0.00Neutral

• Endorse Plant-Based Treaty / commit to national plant-based food transition

  0.00Neutral

• Food security priority policy (ending poverty/hunger; nutritious food accessible for all)

  0.00Neutral

• Integrate plant-based nutrition into JSNA / public health strategy

  0.00Neutral

• Planning enforcement/refusal guidance for intensive livestock & slaughterhouse proposals

  0.00Neutral

• Plant-based default in school meals; revise school food standards to require plant-based options

  0.00Neutral

• Plant-based options offered in council catering/venues (non-default)

  0.00Neutral

• Prioritize plant-based/vegan traders in markets & licensing

  0.00Neutral

• Reform farm subsidies and agri-environment schemes to reward reduced livestock density and shift to horticulture/plant-protein crops

  0.00Neutral

• Regional food strategy coordination group / food partnership

  0.00Neutral

• Repurpose council farmland/grazing land to nature recovery (rewilding/woodland creation/habitat restoration)

  0.00Neutral

• Rewilding and land restoration payments/subsidies for former livestock land

  0.00Neutral

• Shift policy support from monoculture toward diversified agroecological/veganic/regenerative farming (permaculture principles)

  0.00Neutral