An independent commission for Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent

Accelerating action on climate and nature recovery through collaboration.

Around thirty organisations — the county and city councils, eight districts, the NHS, the police, business, farming, housing, faith, community groups, academia and others — working together on climate action and nature recovery.

Where we are

The county in numbers

Baseline figures the Commission tracks each year, published openly for partners to reuse.

Territorial emissions

4.1MtCO₂e

2023, county-wide

Source: DESNZ, UK local authority greenhouse gas emissions statistics

UK climate target

2050

Legally binding under the Climate Change Act 2008

*Subject to DEFRA review of current metric.

What's on

Forthcoming events

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6FridayNov 2026

Full Commission meeting

Commission meeting

13.00–14.30. Papers circulated one week in advance.

Commission members

10ThursdayDec 2026

Leadership Group meeting

Time to be confirmed. Papers circulated one week in advance.

Leadership Group members

8FridayJan 2027

Full Commission meeting

Commission meeting

13.00–14.30. Papers circulated one week in advance.

Commission members

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News & Updates

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Gritstone outcrop in flowering heather, Staffordshire Moorlands

Feature

2 November 2026

From COP26 to now: how the Commission came to be

The Commission's roots go back to the run-up to COP26 in 2021, when a summit of sustainability leaders across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent identified a shared problem: a lot of good climate and nature work was happening across the county, but too much of it in isolation, with organisations unaware of what others nearby were already doing.