Our strategic timeline

Our strategic story in timeline.

Strategic timeline - information as a table

Date	Event	Climate or Sustainability
1992	Agenda 21 - Each local government should draw its own local Agenda 21 to achieve global sustainable development by the year 2000.	Sustainability
2009	Durham County Council became a unitary authority. 2008/09 is our baseline for carbon reporting.	Climate
2013	Climate Change Strategy.	Climate
2019	Declaration of a Climate Emergency.	Climate
2020 (February)	First Climate Emergency Response Plan (CERP1) published following a comprehensive public consultation.	Climate
2022	Highest level of accreditation obtained (Green Award) awarded to the Council by Investors in the Environment for the Council's work on reducing its environmental impact.	Sustainability
2022	Second Climate Emergency Response Plan developed and delivered.	Climate
2024	Our third Climate Emergency Response plan was adopted.	Climate