Including the closely related terms species, and biodiversity loss.
… footprint. 52 cLIMATE cHANGE – OuR STRATEGY AIMING LOW: THE WAY TO NET ZERO OuR cHALLENGE GLOBAL RISKS In 2020, the World Economic Forum (WEF) identified the top 5 global risks based on their likelihood of happening. All of the top 5 were environmental: extreme weather, climate action failure, natural disasters, biodiversity loss, and human-made environmental disasters. No environmental risk…
… made the top 5 prior to 2011. Three of the WEF’s top five global risks based on the impact that they would have were also environmental (climate action failure, biodiversity loss and extreme weather). The societal impact of water crises also featured in the top 5, alongside the risks associated with weapons of mass destruction. The Global Risks Report 2020, World Economic Forum Greenhouse…
… costs Risks to human health and wellbeing Disease Ecosystem collapse Biodiversity loss Altered rain patterns Extreme weather Flood Heatwave Drought Fire Global Warming and Climate Change Other Air Pollutants e.g particulates Greenhouse Gas Emissions 49 cLIMATE cHANGE – OuR STRATEGY AIMING LOW: THE WAY TO NET ZERO GLOBAL Each of the last four decades has been successively warmer…
… Towards Carbon Neutrality. 2030 Climate Change Plan 2021-22 (part 1) NET AIMING LOW: THE WAY TO NET ZERO 2021 TO 2030 INTROducTION AIMING LOW: THE WAY TO NET ZERO INTROducTION Cllr Joe Porter –Cabinet Member for Climate Change and Biodiversity, Staffordshire Moorlands District Council The climate change nature crisis…
… the vulnerability of animal and plant species. Sphagnum moss is especially susceptible to environmental changes and faces extinction in the event of severe climatic changes. By 2080, climate change may result in the loss of moorland birds, such as merlin and golden plover, from the Dark Peak. • Drier conditions may result in rivers and streams becoming increasingly seasonal and at risk of drying up…