Including the closely related term air pollution.
… Strategy 2019 demonstrates how the national government will tackle all sources of air pollution and boost the economy. Climate Emergency Motion affirmed Parliament’s commitment to addressing Climate Change. While there is no single definition of a Climate Emergency, the general consensus is to work toward becoming carbon-neutral by 2030. At the Paris Climate Conference (COP21) Agreement placed…
…. In accordance with this, the Council will continue to provide a clean and safe environment, in consultation and partnership with local people. We will continue to protect the natural and built-up environments and address the impacts of the climate emergency; in our approach to waste and recycling, food hygiene, environmental crime and the management of air quality areas. Over the last two decades…
…, places, and the environment more widely, and want to seek to reduce car use overall across the district in favour of public transport and active travel. Encouraging people to move towards ultra-low emission vehicles and other forms of sustainable transport is critical to help us achieve our climate change and air quality ambitions. The Council will thus seek to progress policies in support…