Including the closely related term support biodiversity.
… to absorb carbon emissions but we also need to support biodiversity to cope with change ‰ Sustainable new development – new buildings and infrastructure need to be designed to reduce carbon emissions Executive Summary We face only one truly existential threat: that is climate change, the great moral imperative of our era. (Ban Ki-Moon, January 2009) 3 Climate Change Strategy & Action Plan…
… Bromsgrove District and Redditch Borough Councils 2O1O-2O13 Page 1 Foreword 3 2 Vision and Objectives 4 3 Background 5 4 Strategic Context 9 5 Performance Management and Data Quality 10 6 Strategic Management 15 7 Climate Change Strategy Themes 17 7.1 Energy 17 7.2 Renewable Energy 19 7.3 Water 21 7.4 Waste 22 7.5 Transport 24 7.6 Green economy 26 7.7 Open spaces and biodiversity 27 7.8…
… and partners’ strategic planning. The impacts might include increases in flooding, temperature, drought and extreme weather events. These could create risks and opportunities such as: impacts to transport infrastructure from melting roads or buckling rails, increases in tourism, increased damage to buildings from storms, impacts on local ecosystems and biodiversity, scope to grow new crops, changing…