Climate Change and Air Quality Progress Report 2022 to 2023
Environment, land and water
Environment Agency Supported Flood Risk Management Project
Flood risk management projects ongoing with Environment Agency support and funding include those in Marlow (Newt Ditch), and Property Flood Resilience (PFR) packages for property owners, and Willows estate in Aylesbury. Feasibility studies are underway to determine if there are viable options for a business case in Sands (High Wycombe), Hughenden (High Wycombe), West Marlow, Gawcott and Tingewick.
Natural Flood Management projects are ongoing in and around Buckingham and Winslow areas.
AWorld App
On 22 April 2022 (Earth Day) Buckinghamshire Council became the first local authority in the UK to run a campaign through the AWorld app.
AWorld is the official platform in support of ActNow, the United Nations campaign for individual action on climate change and sustainability.
The app guides users towards living sustainably. It does this by showing people how much energy or water they can save by making small changes to their daily lives and creating new habits – such as putting the washing machine in eco wash mode or unplugging a charger as soon as a mobile phone is fully charged.
It’s estimated that 14,466 kgs of CO2, 1.11m litres of water and 5346 kWhs of electricity were saved so far as a result of environmentally friendly actions taken and recorded as part of the campaign in 2022.