As part of a campaign to make Wirral a cleaner, low carbon borough, the Council is calling on residents and businesses to make a New Year’s resolution to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 10% in 2010.

Cllr Gill Gardiner, who is Cabinet Member for Environment, said: “Making a New Year’s resolution to cut emissions 10% in 2010 is a positive step towards a cleaner low carbon future. The sooner we act on CO2 the more chance we have to avert damaging climate change. Small actions now can make a big difference.”

Wirral Council was the first council in Merseyside to sign up to the UK-wide 10:10 campaign back in September 2009. It has subsequently helped launch ‘CRed Wirral’ – the Community Carbon Reduction Programme for Wirral – an interactive website to help people cut pollution from energy use at home, at work and through travel.

Cllr Gardiner added: “The new CRed Wirral website will help people succeed putting their 10:10 resolutions into practice.”

The first 10 people making pledges at the Wirral CRed website – wirral.cred2.co.uk – during the first 10 days of 2010 will receive a commemorative 10:10 ‘tag’- the emblem of the campaign. These tags are made from a recycled jumbo jet.

• CRed Wirral is backed by Wirral Council, NHS Wirral and the Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Trust and forms part of local efforts to combat climate change.   

• Wirral Council has already signed up to achieve a 60% reduction in its own carbon emissions by 2025. The council achieved a 6% reduction in the first year since adopting this target.

• For further information about the UK 10:10 campaign visit:       http://www.1010uk.org/