A NEW climate campaign was launched yesterday to highlight the impact local action has on the environment.

Led by the Carbon Copy charity, in partnership with WWF-UK, the Carbon Literacy Project and Climate Emergency UK, the campaign highlights 25 actions than people can take together at work and in their communities. 

They include producing local food, rewilding land and borrowing rather than buying. 

The campaign is backed by a national collection of a thousand climate action stories, and provides practical guidance and direction to useful resources.

Carbon Copy trustee Ric Casale said: “The huge number of stories we’ve published is an indication that there is indeed hope: that there is power in working together, and power in doing so locally.

“We don’t need to wait for national policy; we already have the solutions and the power to make a real difference locally, right now.”

WWF-UK’s Kathryn Machin said: “This collective action is about more than restoring our natural world — it’s about restoring our sense of purpose, our bonds with one another, and our mental wellbeing.

“We also know that the more connected communities are, the more resilient they can be to climate shocks, and more able to work together to protect and restore nature.

“But we know access to nature is not equal, particularly for those in urban areas who report a lack of safe, accessible green spaces.

“This is where community action can make a real difference. By banding together, we can create places where everyone feels safe and welcome, where everyone feels they belong.”