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Climate projects from local authorities

To make meaningful progress toward lowering emissions and mitigating the worst effects of climate change, we all have a role to play.

As leaders in their community, it is particularly important for businesses, charities and public-sector bodies to lead by example and engage their staff, customers or service users to understand the urgency of the climate emergency.

Email climate.change@kent.gov.uk if you have any questions about these case studies or want to tell us about your own project.

Read about the climate projects

  • Electric bus trial

    We investigated how electric buses would perform in rural areas.

  • Kent REVS

    We let business owners trial electric vans for free, so they could see how great they are.

  • Installing renewables at Stour Leisure Centre

    The Stour Centre in Ashford future-proofed their facility and made huge savings by installing renewable power sources.

  • Swale's Great Big Green Week

    Swale Borough Council engaged their community in their climate emergency agenda and built a great network for future projects.

  • Tunbridge Wells Car Club

    The Car Club supports the Tunbridge Wells District Council's goal to reduce carbon emissions, ease congestion, and improve the area's air quality.

  • Medway's Walk to COP26 challenge

    Medway Council organised a Walk to school challenge in October 2011, piggy-backing the national enthusiasm for the COP26, which was was held in the UK.

  • Retrofitting homes for energy efficiency

    Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council worked on a exploratory project to improve the energy efficiency and carbon output of social housing homes in their community.

  • Energy saving heat pumps for new housing

    Gravesham Borough Council worked on a project to provide two new housing estates with cheap and efficient energy to heat the homes year round.

  • Kings Hill solar park

    The Kings Hill solar park, created to lower the amount of C02 emissions produced by our buildings.