{"id":722,"date":"2020-06-22T09:00:18","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T08:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theoneplanetlife.com\/?p=722"},"modified":"2020-06-22T09:08:17","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T08:08:17","slug":"uks-first-local-authority-one-planet-strategy-adopted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theoneplanetlife.com\/cy\/uks-first-local-authority-one-planet-strategy-adopted\/","title":{"rendered":"UK&#8217;s first local authority &#8220;One Planet&#8221; strategy adopted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The One Planet Centre is pleased to announce that it has provided the first One Planet &#8216;Local Delivery Strategy&#8217; (LDS) for a local authority in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>We worked with the Local Action Group which manages the Rural Development Programme for Swansea Council to develop the strategy which has now been approved.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_724\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" ><img data-attachment-id=\"724\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theoneplanetlife.com\/cy\/uks-first-local-authority-one-planet-strategy-adopted\/gower-peninsular\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/theoneplanetlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/gower-peninsular.jpg?fit=800%2C498&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,498\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"gower-peninsular\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/theoneplanetlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/gower-peninsular.jpg?fit=300%2C187&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/theoneplanetlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/gower-peninsular.jpg?fit=676%2C421&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-724 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/theoneplanetlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/gower-peninsular.jpg?resize=676%2C421&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Gower Peninsular from the air\" width=\"676\" height=\"421\" data-id=\"724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/theoneplanetlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/gower-peninsular.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/theoneplanetlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/gower-peninsular.jpg?resize=300%2C187&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/theoneplanetlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/gower-peninsular.jpg?resize=768%2C478&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/theoneplanetlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/gower-peninsular.jpg?resize=600%2C374&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The area around Swansea city includes urban areas and the Gower Peninsula, classed as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and is a popular tourist destination, which means environmental management especially vital, part of the reason why the One Planet approach was adopted. Picture: John McLinden.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It incorporates One Planet principles to address climate change, by placing sustainability and community resilience as the fundamental element of its work.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swansea.gov.uk\/rdp\">Swansea Council&#8217;s website<\/a>, it proudly announces: &#8220;This is the first time any local authority LAG has used the One Planet approach in Wales to affect strategy and grant making decisions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is a new way of working and thinking, which will be required from those who wish to partner with Swansea RDP.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is in line with its acknowledgement of Swansea Council announcing a climate emergency and the urgent need for everyone to change tack away from &#8216;business as usual&#8217; to a way of doing things to protect the lives of future generations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We have been pressuring Swansea Council to adopt a &#8220;One Planet&#8221; city approach in response to their declaration climate emergency.<\/p>\n<p>Swansea RDP&#8217;s vision is a &#8216;One Planet&#8217; future for a rural Swansea which:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Increases community resilience and self-reliance by producing more of what it consumes;<\/li>\n<li>Does this in a way that is less damaging to people&#8217;s health and the environment;<\/li>\n<li>Supports more abundant natural resources and biodiversity;<\/li>\n<li>Encourages an end to needless waste;<\/li>\n<li>Yields more local and meaningful jobs;<\/li>\n<li>Gives greater protection from the possibility of disruption in the rest of the world in the environment, trade and the economy;<\/li>\n<li>Reduces the area&#8217;s ecological and carbon footprints<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read more about it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swansea.gov.uk\/rdp\">yma<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Our involvement continues with the delivery of training in support for staff to understand and implement the new strategy.<\/p>\n<p>David Thorpe of the One Planet Centre said,&#8221; I extremely pleased with the enthusiasm and confidence with which Swansea&#8217;s RDP local action group embrace the one planet approach I look forward to seeing how it pans out in practice.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are right, it is a new way of thinking and working that concentrates minds on what is required to make the way we live truly sustainable, and not just &#8216;greener&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The One Planet Centre is pleased to announce that it has provided the first One Planet &#8216;Local Delivery Strategy&#8217; (LDS) for a local authority in the UK. We worked with the Local Action Group which manages the Rural Development Programme&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/theoneplanetlife.com\/cy\/uks-first-local-authority-one-planet-strategy-adopted\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[29,49,28,46,42,44,11,18],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8HWPV-bE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":461,"url":"https:\/\/theoneplanetlife.com\/cy\/a-new-one-planet-local-development-plan-for-swansea\/","url_meta":{"origin":722,"position":0},"title":"A new 'one planet' Local Development Strategy for Swansea","date":"10\/08\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"We at the Centre for One Planet Living are pleased to have been engaged to rewrite the Local Development Strategy for Swansea's Rural Development Programme's Local Action Group. 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