This month from 18 to 26 September, organisations, communities and individuals across the country will come together for Great Big Green Week, a national climate action campaign.

Staff at Cumbria County Council are taking part in carbon and climate literacy training that will help to increase their knowledge and understanding of the issues and challenges of climate change and how they can take positive action to tackle the climate emergency.

Flood alleviation works are due to commence on North Road in Holme from Monday 9 August.

Cumbria County Council has been commended for its hard work and dedication to pilot and produce prototype Local Nature Recovery Strategies (LNRS) as part of government plans to recover nature on an England-wide scale.

Today, Thursday 17 June, Clean Air Day 2021 will see schools, hospitals, workplaces and communities across the UK run events and campaigns to inspire people to take simple steps to protect their health and their families’ health from air pollution.

Cumbria County Council is backing the drive towards greener transport by installing additional charging points for electric vehicles in the county.

In celebration of Cumbria’s support of the Queen's Green Canopy (QGC) we would like to invite you to photograph retired Deputy Lieutenant, Mrs Olive Clarke OBE, planting a Damson Tree at her home on Tuesday 25 May at 11am.

Queen's Green Canopy (QGC) is a new initiative that encourages people across the UK to plant trees to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee in 2022.