A COUNTY Durham sustainability partnership is to be showcased at an international climate change conference.

The Local Agenda 21 Partnership is one of the largest in Europe, with 1,600 organisations and individuals as members. It will be held up as a European model of good practice at the World Climate Change Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, in June.

The group has been recognised for its exemplary consultation and partnership working and has won an award in the European Local Agenda 21 Good Practice Awards.

Northumbrian Water's Dr Chris Spray chairs the partnership's Natural Resources Roundtable