Stronger connections to tackle climate change

Work is under way to closer support communities take action on carbon reduction and nature recovery work.

During Wales Climate Week 2025 Denbighshire County Council is building stronger connections with communities across the county to better support climate action on a local level.

The Council’s Climate Change Team in collaboration with the Education Service has launched a new school’s resource pack to help schools across the county plan and carry out their own inhouse climate change week work.

The Information pack brings together resources freely available online in one place so that schools can pick out relevant lesson plans, assemblies, school council discussions and other activity ideas. This allows schools to show how climate change and/or nature recovery links to other topics they are covering. This work hopes to help children better understand climate change and nature loss, how it can impact multiple aspects of their lives and how they can contribute to initiatives to tackle and adapt to it.

Councillor Diane King, Lead Member for Education, Children and Families said: “Children will face the worst impacts of climate change in their lifetime and therefore need the space to discuss the issues and how they can be tackled to help them understand. Having this support will help open and honest discussions on this topic, allowing youngsters to voice their own concerns and be educated stronger on how they can play a part in reducing the impact of climate change in a safe and supported environment at school.The Climate Change team are also working more widely and “using influence” across the county to tackle area wide emissions. Support is available to help city, town and community councils understand how to make carbon reduction and adaptation work across their local areas.

Team members have run presentations to bodies across the county to support better understanding of initiatives to cut carbon emissions and the positive impact they have on the local environment.

Cllr Barry Mellor, Denbighshire County Council’s Lead Member for Environment and Transport and Biodiversity Champion said: “We know climate change is causing an impact on our lives all the time, you only have to look at the increase of weather events and the man-made loss of nature’s habitats to see this. In Denbighshire we are doing all we can to manage these impacts locally through work including reducing our carbon footprint, bringing back lost habitats to support nature, moving our fleet to non-fossil fuel vehicles where possible and increasing our tree canopies once more.

“However, we know we need to go further by sharing our knowledge and experience. Communities taking action on carbon reduction and nature recovery at a local level can have positive social, health and financial benefits. We hope that this work will inspire and support our communities make positive changes which improve their communities while tackling climate impacts, creating a better future for generations to come.”