Young people draw a roadmap to greener transport
Schoolchildren from all over Cumbria have called for local action to ensure sustainable, safe transport and to tackle climate change, at a Youth Climate Summit held on 20 October in Carlisle. The event, supported by CAfS through the Zero Carbon Cumbria programme, explored the theme of Making Change in Your Community: Transport Solutions. The pupils questioned how they could steer climate action in the county. They heard from guest speaker Richard Ingham, Bicycle Mayor of Cumbria, about his mission to convince policy-makers to invest in more infrastructure for cycling in the county, and to grow a culture of cycling [...]