Integrated approach to planning is key to climate resilience success

By Steven Wade 2022-09-29T06:00:00

We must work together to make sure that what we do is really best for the environment

When it comes to decarbonisation – and meeting net zero – the focus is firmly set on reducing carbon emissions, and offsetting any unavoidable excess. While this is obviously a valuable endeavour, it is important that we also plan for a sustainable and resilient future, which means casting the net much wider.

A good example is tree planting. It is a big part of many net zero strategies – offsetting is often the only way to meet steep targets. But, if care isn’t taken on the types of trees planted, or where they are planted, for instance, such interventions could have negative impacts on nature and exacerbating rather than mitigating the effects of climate change, despite ticking the net zero box.

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