Sefton Council

The actions we track

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

  4.00Supporting

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

  3.55Supporting

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

  3.05Supporting

• Targets for plant-based/plant-rich procurement in public catering

  2.61Supporting

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

  2.44Supporting

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

  2.00Supporting

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

  0.11Supporting

• Coastal habitat restoration / blue carbon projects (seagrass, saltmarsh, kelp where applicable)

  0.00Neutral

• Community cooking & food skills programmes (plant-based cooking)

  0.00Neutral

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

  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

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

  0.00Neutral

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

  0.00Neutral

• Prevent conversion of cropland to animal feed crops (feed maize/soya)

  0.00Neutral

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

  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

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

  0.00Neutral