The Met Office has issued a yellow warning of rain from 6am on Friday 14 November to 6am on Saturday 15 November.
If you see a highways emergency, such as a fallen tree or flooding, please call 0345 606 6171.
Find out more about severe weather affecting Suffolk, including how to prepare.
Making Suffolk the UK's greenest county is an aspiration that involves all of us. We all want to enhance Suffolk’s natural and historic environment, and respond to climate change.
The partnership behind Creating the Greenest County provides an umbrella for many existing projects. It also encourages further recognition and resourcing of them, and seeks to inspire further actions in communities, businesses and schools.
We can provide you with advice and help at home, work or within your community to help us achieve this aim. Read more about Creating the Greenest County using the tabs below.
Confused by green issues? Unsure what you could do to cut costs and save energy? You can:
All across the county people are doing their bit to help Suffolk become the greenest county.
Creating the Greenest County starts with taking action at home – find out what you can do and then go on to inspire others.
The Creating the Greenest County partnership has gone from strength to strength since its launch in 2007. It was launched by John Gummer MP (now Lord Deben). He worked with local communities and businesses to help them realise the economic benefits of:
The partnership's 3 key themes:
We want to achieve this through:
There are 4 delivery partnerships working to deliver these key themes, all involving a broad cross-section of organisations across the county:
The Creating the Greenest County Awards returned for a 13th time in 2024 to celebrate the achievements of Suffolk’s residents, businesses, schools, communities and organisations who are protecting our environment and reducing their carbon emissions.
As Suffolk continues to work together in pursuit of being net zero by 2030, the Awards recognise those who are connecting with people, sharing best practice and collaborating to help make Suffolk the greenest county.
The award categories were:
For more information on the awards and to see the latest winners, please visit www.greensuffolk.org/awards
You can find out more on Green Suffolk about:
You can also follow us on Twitter @greensuffolk.