Climate Change / Environment

Brixton Parish Council held a public consultation on Thursday 22nd April 2021 by zoom to set up a Climate Change Emergency Action Plan and Environment Group subsequently called Brixton Parish Environment Working Group

Terms of Reference - updated February 2026

The aim of this working group is to implement BPC Environment Policy and Action Plan.  These were all updated February 2026

BPC Environmental Policy

BPC Environmental Policy Action Plan

BPC Biodiversity Policy 

What is BPC doing in regard to the climate crisis?

Plastic Free Brixton
Avoiding the use of single use plastics in our community 



Guest Speakers at previous meetings can be viewed here


Nigel Mortimer, Estuaries Officer, South Devon AONB
https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/7qsE6-6hMvw9j4gqTIXrZSbhGoTPO2LDp7FoJ9Pd17TkRCBNi3Etei_3aoaAGUEj.dukylOPaHz7s1C1q

Passcode: !dpc9y5R

Kat Deeney, Head of Environmental Planning, PCC
Presentation - Plymouth Community Forest

https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/hXYcslVxS6n4QzmLVIk1UqJJyiZ4Iog9MD_0NFXlfU7UesnhL7C9zCJfNcCmAhP9.HXrj7skkzNjGzMbH

Passcode: 9Te.LX8n

Approximately 40 people joined Alex Whish this morning to walk from The Feoffee Park in Brixton along the Public Right of Way to Monkey Lane and then into the Country Park at Sherford.  Thank you to Alex whose knowledge of Sherford and how current plans are progressing was of great interest to everyone.

It was a lovely morning with skylarks singing in the warm sunshine.

Thank you to Steven Cane for sweeping Monkey Lane in readiness for this mornings walk and thank you to Chloe at The Foxhound for providing tea and coffee on our return.

Thank you to everyone who came it was a great morning showing a strong sense of building new community links between Brixton village and Sherford and thank you to Brixton Parish Council Environment Group for organising the event .

Thanks to all our volunteers who turn up every month to sweep through the village as part of the team and to those who volunteer for specific jobs to keep our village looking good.

Come and join our enthusiastic band of street sweepers on the first Saturday of each month (except January and August) meeting at The Green at 9am (weather dependent) finishing at 11am, then relaxing with warm drinks at The Foxhound.

 If you can spare 2 hours join us or come for whatever time you have.

 Everyone's contribution is very welcome as it makes a difference to the amount of sweeping we can achieve in a morning. 

The Yealm Climate Emergency and Environment Action Alliance

Brixton Parish Council is a member of The Yealm Climate Emergency and Environment Action Alliance with Holbeton, Newton and Noss, Wembury and Yealmpton Parish Councils.

The aim of this group is to positively address the climate emergency by reducing carbon emissions, and to improve the environment and biodiversity in the five parishes of Brixton, Holbeton, Newton and Noss, Wembury and Yealmpton.

Alliance Agreement

Devon Climate Declaration 

Brixton Parish Council signed the Devon Climate Declaration at their parish council meeting on 25th September 2019

This Declaration has been prepared by a consortium of public, private and voluntary organisations collaborating through a Devon Climate Emergency Response Group. It sets out an ambition to tackle climate change that covers all of Devon, including those people who live, work in and visit our county, and those businesses who are based or operate here.

Brixton

26.5t CO2e*

per-household territorial footprint (p.a.)

EMISSIONS BREAKDOWN (t CO2e)

Road Transport

11.22

Industrial and commercial

6.67

Housing

3.66

Agriculture

2.73

Aviation

1.39

Shipping

0.55

F-gases

0.14

Waste management

0.11

Other Transport

0.04

Diesel fuelled railways

0

*CO2e stands for "carbon dioxide equivalent" and is a standard unit of measurement in carbon accounting. It expresses the impact of a number of different gases collectively as a common unit.

Brixton

18.5t CO2e*

per-household consumption footprint (p.a.)

EMISSIONS BREAKDOWN (t CO2e)

Consumption of goods and services

6.27

Travel

4.48

Food and diet

3.97

Housing

3.66

Waste

0.09

This data was updated on 23rd April 2021 and extracted from the
Impact / Community carbon calculator website