The Environment and Climate Change Partnership forms part of the delivery mechanism for the County Durham Vision 2035, with a remit to deliver the following vision objectives and also work with other partnerships on shared priorities and cross-cutting issues. The Environment and Climate Change Partnership, along with its subgroups, takes the lead on delivering the following objectives contained within the vision:
- Protect and enhance our core heritage and natural assets and biodiversity
- Maximise quality of local environment and clean air with opportunities to be physically active
- Reduce carbon emissions and mitigate against the impact of climate change
- Build on growth in green technologies
- Encourage sustainable transport choices
- Air quality (transport)
- Ensure homes are built to ambitious standards in terms of energy efficiency, carbon footprint and wider environmental impacts
- Design of development to be sympathetic to the natural, built and historic environment
- Protecting our natural environment