Integrating local authority climate policies

Changes in how we farm and what we eat are needed to meet the UK’s net zero targets. This transition must continue to support jobs in the food and farming sector, and ensure people can access healthy, affordable food. For the changes to be successful, people from different organisations will need to work together. This project will explore the barriers key partners face when trying to work together on this issue in Gloucestershire. It will identify the most important plans in the county related to food and farming, and give the people involved in making these plans happen the chance to talk to one another about their work. The work will help identify actions that local councils and their partners can take which will support positive changes in the food and farming industry, and people’s health and wellbeing, whilst ensuring the most efficient use of public money.

Project lead: Aimee Morse (University of Gloucestershire)

Project collaborators: Gloucestershire Food and Farming Partnership; Climate Leadership Gloucestershire; Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group South West; Cotswolds National Landscape, Janet Dwyer (University of Gloucestershire), Daniel Keech (University of Gloucestershire), Fahimeh Malekinezhad (University of Gloucestershire), Philippa Simmonds  (University of Gloucestershire)