West Sussex County Council

The actions we track

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

  4.00Supporting

• Map and support plant-protein processing infrastructure (pulses, legumes) and value chains

  4.00Supporting

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

  4.00Supporting

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

  3.00Supporting

• Create nature recovery network (wildlife corridors/pollinator habitat) on former grazing or feed-crop land

  3.00Supporting

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

  2.53Supporting

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

  1.58Supporting

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

  1.07Supporting

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

  0.00Neutral

• Divestment from animal agriculture / livestock-heavy investments

  0.00Neutral

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

  0.00Neutral

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

  0.00Neutral