Partnerships

Nottingham Green Partnership

The Green Partnership recognises the environmental issues that affect Nottingham, and aims to deliver actions that will reduce our reliance on fossil fuels, increase resilience and improve quality of life. It has responsibility for the environmental priorities identified in the Nottingham Plan, which sets out a vision for Nottingham that has environmental sustainability at its centre.

Role

The Partnership brings together representatives from the public, business, and third sectors, and meets quarterly, to:

Support the delivery of the Nottingham Energy Strategy, Waste Strategy and Climate Change Strategy and review progress
Co-ordinate delivery of projects to help meet our city-wide environmental targets and objectives, and share experience
Commission activity and establish joint-commissioning frameworks where necessary
Assist other strategic partnerships in understanding how their areas of responsibility can contribute to improving local environmental sustainability and monitor their performance in doing so
Promote best practice sharing and liaise with other relevant partnerships and bodies

Key priorities and targets:

Target / objective
GN1	Reduce the city's carbon emissions by 26% of 2005 levels by 2020, to 1444 kt CO2
GN2	20% of the energy used in the city will be produced within the Greater Nottingham area from renewable or low/zero carbon sources (Baseline: 2008: less than 1%)
GN3	Improving the ability with which we use natural resources, including water
GN4	Increase the reuse, recycling and composting of household waste to 50% (Baseline 2008/09: 32%)
GN5	Improve our ability to mitigate or adapt to environmental challenges
GN6	Create jobs for local people in an extending and innovative environmental sector
GN7	Ensure that everyone understands the environmental challenge and how we can play our part in responding to it