Climate change is the greatest long-term threat to our upland landscapes. It has the potential to change the features that make up the National Park’s natural beauty, wildlife and cultural heritage. Resilient landscapes consist of fully functioning ecosystems that allow nature and people to adapt to climate change. Click for more info on Aim One (opens new window).

This aim considers measures to reduce, mitigate and adapt to the changing climate, and each of these is also fundamental in shaping objectives relating to landscape and nature recovery, land management, visitor management, sustainable transport, thriving communities and the local economy.

There are three objectives focussed on achieving carbon net zero by:

• Objective 1
  To lower greenhouse gas emissions significantly, focussing on the largest emitters within our influence
• Objective 2
  To sequester and store substantially more carbon while contributing to nature recovery
• Objective 3
  To reverse damage to nature, biodiversity and cultural heritage and in particular built environments caused by climate change