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… account of the global effect of our decisions and actions, playing our part to contribute to a safe, fair and just world for all. The climate emergency is closely linked with long-term ecological decline. The UK’s biodiversity has been depleted by land use change and urbanisation, with 35% of species declining since 19708. Thirteen percent of UK species are threatened with extinction, and thirty…

…/mb-confronting-carbon- inequality-210920-en.pdf 8 State of Nature 2019 - National Biodiversity Network (nbn.org.uk) 9 The Paris Agreement | UNFCCC 10 Reducing UK emissions: 2020 Progress Report to Parliament - Climate Change Committee (theccc.org.uk) 11 Global Warming of 1.5 ºC — (ipcc.ch) https://oxfamilibrary.openrepository.com/bitstream/handle/10546/621052/mb-confronting…

…-six plant species have already disappeared. With these losses we also lose vital ecosystem services that species provide, including insect populations to pollinate our crops and plants to clean our air. Overall, public sector spending on biodiversity has declined by 42% since 2008. The national picture The Climate Change Act 2008, amended in 2019, sets a mandatory greenhouse gas reduction…

…, and ensure the costs and benefits of action fall justly. Wider environmental benefit. The actions are intended to reduce greenhouse gases, but also aim to improve biodiversity, air quality, and broader sustainability. Wellbeing. Climate actions seek to enhance the health, wellbeing and cultural life of residents, and bring communities together. Partnership. Council action and technological…

… that residents want to see environmental and social outcomes delivered together. Our actions to reduce carbon must support wider issues of sustainability and social justice. While cutting our emissions we will also ensure our activities reduce their impact on other local and global environmental boundaries, such as biodiversity loss, pollution, water scarcity, ocean health and resource scarcity…