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Sustainability and Community Infrastructure Outcomes

We are committed to championing the case for sustainability. To ensure that we stabilise and then reduce resource consumption, protect our natural environment and mitigate and adapt to the affects of climate change, the critical outcomes we are seeking are:

Sustainability and Community Infrastructure Outcomes 2006-2026
Sustainability will be at the heart of our agenda. We will developa strategy to mitigate and adapt to the potential effects of climate change
Community infrastructure - schools, healthcare, law and order etc - that meets the needs of the community and enhances quality of life and opportunity
Green infrastructure that is accessible to users and enhances biodiversity
Reduced abstraction and consumption of water and a water management infrastructure operating to European standards
Improved flood defences to the appropriate standards that will provide better protection to existing, growing communities
100MW of energy to be provided from renewable resources by 2016.
Waste recycling and recovery facilities to minimise impact on the environment.
Regeneration of brownfield sites, many a legacy of past industrial activity.