The Climate Leaders Awards celebrate and recognise that many local authorities are delivering innovative, high-quality services which:

• mitigate the potential of climate change, and

• help their local area to adapt to unavoidable impacts.

The Climate Leaders Awards are for departments, teams and individuals who are on the front line of delivering exemplary climate change services to their local citizens and businesses, and who are willing to share, inspire and teach others to do the same.

The last Climate Leader Awards were presented in 2010

The 2010 awards ceremoney took place on Tuesday 2nd November 2010. A full list of award winners is below.

Photographs from the event are now available from this link

Please see the documents and links list (top right) for press releases and for a copy of the Award Ceremony slides, which includes the presentation by guest presenters Paul Clarke & Barnaby Fryer from the Incredible Edible Todmorden project.

Award Winners

1. Tackling transport & travel emissions

Award for a project reducing transport emissions in the local authority area
WINNER: Merseyside Travel Partnership
FINALIST: Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
FINALIST: Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service

2. Supporting residents
Award for a carbon reduction and/or climate resilience project in the domestic sector

WINNER: Manchester City Council
FINALIST: Lancashire County Council
FINALIST: Wyre Borough Council

3. Supporting businesses
Award for a carbon reduction and/or climate resilience project targeting the business sector

WINNER: Regenerate Pennine Lancashire
FINALIST: Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
FINALIST: Liverpool City Council & Chamber of Commerce

4. Supporting communities & the third sector
Award for a carbon reduction and/or climate resilience project with local community groups or 3^rd sector organisations

WINNER: Manchester City Council
FINALIST: Liverpool City Council
FINALIST: Lake District National Park Authority

5. Leading behavioural change
Award for awareness and action raising campaigns/activity. This could be either public-facing or targeting the authority's own employees

WINNER: NW Fire & Rescue Services
FINALIST: Cheshire & Warrington Public Sector Carbon Management Programme
FINALIST: Wirral Council

6. Increasing local resilience
A special award focused on adaptation initiatives

WINNER: Liverpool City Council
FINALIST: Cumbria County Council & Fire and Rescue Service
FINALIST: Wyre Borough Council

7. Efficiencies through carbon management
Award for reducing an authority's emissions through facilities management and technologies and/or low-carbon procurement

WINNER: Lake District National Park
FINALIST: Barrow Borough Council
FINALIST: Cheshire Constabulary

8. Planning for climate change
A special award for planning and policy initiatives

WINNER: Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
FINALIST: St Helens Council
FINALIST: Lake District National Park Authority

9. Working with children & young people
Award for carbon reduction or adaptation initiatives in schools, colleges, universities, or with any other community based youth group

WINNER: Sefton Council
FINALIST: Lancashire County Council
FINALIST: Cheshire West & Chester Council

10. Special Recognition
Award for special achievement by an individual officer, elected member or small team

Darren Pegram of Stockport Council for his work encouraging, championing and promoting the issues that affecting sustainable living and climate change.

For further information on Climate Leaders Awards or the CLASP Programme contact Ailsa Gibson ailsa@claspinfo.org T 01524 824325