The RSPB supports the approach set out to climate change and the role the local plan can make in reducing carbon emissions within the Greater Cambridge area. It is imperative that new development that will be in place for decades or even hundreds of years embodies net zero design, in locations which will enable non-fossil fuel transport provision. We fully agree that new development also needs to be fit for purpose to deal with the climatic conditions that will be present in its lifetime and to not be at risk of, or exacerbate, future flooding. Nature-based solutions, where habitat creation and retention helps mitigate carbon emissions are also an important element, which highlights the overlap between the climate change and biodiversity policies in the plan.