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What your local council can actually do to tackle the climate crisis
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Following the UK's local elections where the Green Party gained 440 councillors and two elected mayors, the article examines the limited powers local authorities actually have to address climate change in England's centralised system.
What your local council can actually do to tackle the climate crisis
The UK’s local elections saw the Green Party gain 440 councillors across England and win its first two elected mayors. They will join many councillors from all parties who will have to confront the same question: what can any one local authority actually do about climate change?
If they ask what they are required to do, the answer is: surprisingly little. In the UK’s highly centralised system, most responsibility lies with central government. Local authorities in England have no specific climate
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