{"id":102,"date":"2022-09-22T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.1.200:60351\/?page_id=102"},"modified":"2025-12-01T09:49:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T09:49:39","slug":"climate-action-planning","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/osow-suffolk.co.uk\/?page_id=102","title":{"rendered":"Climate Action Planning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The DfE expects all schools to have Climate Action Plans in place by 2025, identifying steps schools are taking to address;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Decarbonisation<\/li>\n<li>Adaptation and Resilience<\/li>\n<li>Biodiversity<\/li>\n<li>Climate Education and Green Careers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A school Climate Action Planning template, developed by Let&#8217;s Go Zero, is <a href=\"https:\/\/osow-suffolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Climate-Action-Plan-BLANK-TEMPLATE-with-OSOW-EDITS.docx\">available here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Climate Ambassador Climate Action Planning template is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stem.org.uk\/climate-ambassadors-resources\">available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Example decarbonisation actions from OSOW training:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/osow-suffolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/OSOW-Activity-Handout-Decarbonisation-Actions.pdf\">OSOW Activity Handout &#8211; Decarbonisation Actions<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Church of England: First Steps For Schools: A Practical Guide To Help Your School Lower Its Carbon Emissions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchofengland.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2025-04\/first-steps-for-schools_final.pdf\">available here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Guidance on adapting to Climate Change is available in the document: &#8216;How London Schools and Early Years Settings can Adapt to Climate Change&#8217;, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arup.com\/globalassets\/downloads\/projects\/climate-change-guidance-and-plans-for-london-schools-and-early-years-settings\/gla-schools-adaptation-guidance.pdf\">available here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Through the Our Schools Our World programme, schools focus on termly themes and create change through staff, student and family actions.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside these termly actions, school leaders and business managers may identify and work towards long term, high impact actions.<\/p>\n<p>The Climate Action Plan is a working document which will evolve as schools address new themes.<\/p>\n<p>Climate Action Advisors from Let&#8217;s Go Zero are able to support individual schools with their Climate Action Plans &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/pages\/responsepage.aspx?id=mz_Y8ttAMUml5zGmCUs4L9fvCoXDHSpBilWSt7eQ9IBUNFVWSElINDJZVjRQNzZKV0xXT1QwVUZLQi4u&amp;route=shorturl\">you can register your interest here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Climate Action Advisors are also able to support schools to calculate their Carbon Footprint using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countyourcarbon.org\/\">Count Your Carbon tool.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Example Climate Action Planning Process:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/climateambassadors.org.uk\/drake-primary-schools-sustainability-journey\/\">Drake Primary School, Thetford<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drake.norfolk.sch.uk\/page\/?title=Climate+Action+Plan+%28updated+termly%29&amp;pid=525\">Drake Primary School Climate Action Plan<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/osow-suffolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CVC-Climate-Action-Plan-2025-.pdf\">Comberton Village College<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/osow-suffolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Road-Map-Climate-Action-Plan-CVC-2025-.pdf\">Comberton Village College Climate Action Planning Road Map: Emerging, Established, Leading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The DfE expects all schools to have Climate Action Plans in place by 2025, identifying steps schools are taking to address; Decarbonisation Adaptation and Resilience Biodiversity Climate Education and Green Careers A school Climate Action Planning template, developed by Let&#8217;s Go Zero, is available here. 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