Including the closely related terms species, and biodiversity issues.
…-native species, affecting people, plants and animals. Reducing the risks and making resilience provides us with many opportunities, including: ● Better health, wellbeing and productivity from climate action. ● Better local space for people and nature, including urban biodiversity. ● Reducing unnecessary use of resources (water, food) and generation of waste and use of natural…
… policies into the Local Plan ● Work with Kent County Council to bring projects and funding to the district in line with the Energy and Low Emissions Strategy and in partnership with strategies and plans to address climate change and biodiversity issues in the natural environment ● Work with the Environment Agency to reduce and build resilience to coastal and inland flood risk ● Work…
… district response to the natural and human-made threats of climate change ● Protecting the people who use council services, housing and buildings, streets and public spaces ● Providing thriving and biodiverse green spaces and habitats through our direct services our planning functions 3. Championing green economic activity ● Providing infrastructure and spaces for businesses…
… higher average temperatures and heatwave events. ● Risk of shortages in the public water supply. ● Coastal and inland flooding of communities, businesses and infrastructure. ● Risks to natural systems, including terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems, soils and biodiversity. ● Threats to food production, distribution and trade. ● New and emerging pests and diseases, and invasive non…
… of the council operational buildings through the adoption of best available low carbon technologies ● Maximise the use of renewable energy sources across all council buildings ● Introduce new land management practices across our open spaces aiming to maximise their ability to remove carbon, and optimise their biodiversity and resilience value ● Embed circular economy principles into our capital…