Eden council leader Virginia Taylor will be joining up to 30,000 residents, businesses and climate experts in attending COP26 this week.
The much-anticipated conference sees heads of state, climate experts and campaigners unite to discuss and agree actions to combat climate change.
The conference comes in the month that Councillor Taylor, joined 87 other leaders of local government across the country in signing up to the NGO UK100 Net Zero Pledge.
Coun Taylor said: “I’m delighted that Eden District Council is joining the UK100 network and that we will be part of the only association of Local Authorities across the UK committed to bringing each constituent council’s emissions to Net-Zero by 2030.”
For more information on Eden District Council’s Zero Carbon Eden commitments, visit www.eden.gov.uk/your-environment/zero-carbon-eden/.
