Have your say on our town’s climate action priorities

Organisation
Reading Climate Action Network (RCAN)
Primary interest
Nature and Environment
Work has begun on Reading’s Climate Emergency Strategy for 2025–2030

Reading’s current Climate Emergency Strategy and Action Plan (which covers the period 2020–2025) is nearing its end. ReadingCAN has dedicated 2024 – Reading’s Year of Climate Engagement – to bringing people together to shape climate action priorities for our next plan, for 2025–2030.

How will climate action priorities be decided?

The new climate action priorities will be decided via widespread participation and consultation. A ‘core deliberative group’ of 50 people (called the Designing a Net Zero Reading deliberative group) has been invited to meet three times this year, to share knowledge and perspectives and to consider inputs from you, the wider public and working groups.

There are many opportunities for you to offer inputs, as an individual and/or as an organisation
Host a discussion and submit your ideas

Gather your group, host a guided conversation about climate change and Reading, and then share your ideas with us. You could do this at a meeting of your specialist policy group, residents’ association, book club, as a team at work, as a family, etc.

Storytelling and climate case studies

Tell us a story about something your group, community or organisation has been doing to respond to climate change. Stories and case studies are a great way to inspire and encourage others to take action: ‘If they can do it, so can we!’.

Survey 1: Climate Action Priorities

Comment on the very early set of priorities that emerged during Workshop 1 of the Designing a Net Zero Reading deliberative group (which was held on Friday 28 June 2024). This is your chance to help refine emerging climate action priorities and point out omissions. Your inputs will feed into Workshop 2 of the deliberative group, which will be held on 20 September 2024.

  • How to participate: We will share the link to this survey here as soon as it is available in July 2024.
Big Letter

Help young people aged 10–18 submit their contributions to a Big Letter, which will be read to the Designing a Net Zero Reading deliberative group. Schools, youth groups, holiday clubs, community events, theatre groups can all help us gather inputs from young people over the summer. Simply put up a big sheet of paper (on an easel, table or on the wall), write ‘Share your thoughts about climate change and Reading’ and then email a photo of the results to us for inclusion in the Big Letter!

Further information
  • For more information and for ongoing updates about Reading’s Year of Climate Engagement, please visit: www.readingcan.org.uk/priorities
  • Help spread the word about Reading’s Year of Climate Engagement with this comms toolkit.