Kirklees Council

The actions we track

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

  3.55Supporting

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

  1.54Supporting

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

  0.00Neutral

• Develop regional plant-based food distribution / aggregation hubs for local suppliers

  0.00Neutral

• Divestment from animal agriculture / livestock-heavy investments

  0.00Neutral

• Farmer transition grants/advice to shift from livestock to horticulture and plant-protein crops

  0.00Neutral

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

  0.00Neutral

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

  0.00Neutral

• Peatland/wetland restoration (re-wetting, grazing-pressure reduction) on council land

  0.00Neutral

• Plant-based catering requirements for major venues & events

  0.00Neutral

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

  0.00Neutral

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

  0.00Neutral

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

  0.00Neutral