Climate Change
Action Plan
2024-2026

The County Council’s plans for a new community woodland are underway in Hadston and Red Row. During two community planting events, over 300 trees have been put in the ground with another 10,000 more being planted over the coming weeks by a local tree planting company.   The Old School Field site in Hadston has seen a total of 80 volunteers from Hadston House Youth Club and members of the public plant tree species including Rowan, Downy Birch, Silver Birch, and Hornbeam.   The

A new management plan is being put in place by the County Council to ensure that Northumberland’s designated stretch of coastline continues to be protected.  The new plan, formally adopted by the Council, will cover The Northumberland Coast National Landscape, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty which runs along 64km of coastline from near Berwick-upon-Tweed to the Coquet Estuary.  The Northumberland Coast National Landscape Management Plan will run until 2030 to ensure tha

Cutting-edge technology is being trialled to enable better and faster planning decisions in relation to flood risk in the county.  A project is underway within the County Council after it was awarded over £725,000 in Government funding to carry out pioneering research into how AI can support faster and better planning decisions relating to flood risk on a national scale.  The money came from the UK Government’s Regulatory Innovation Office (RIO) which funds regulators and loc

Fifty middle and secondary school pupils from across Northumberland came together to discuss climate change issues in a mini COP30 UN summit.  The event, hosted by Northumberland County Council in the Council Chamber at County Hall, saw nine schools debate pressing issues such as deforestation, flooding and sustainable energy, sparking enthusiasm and respect for both worldwide and local challenges.  Following the success of last year’s event, this year has been bigger and bet