Including the closely related terms carbon, and carbon sequestration.
… ......................................................................................................................................................... 19 7.4 Strategic Frameworks ................................................................................................................................................. 20 8.0 Theme Three: Active Travel & Low-Carbon Transport ........................................................................................ 21 8.1 Vision…
… landscape, the Council has designed this Strategy to ensure its scope can adapt effectively to, and encompass changes in, national and regional policy, green industry and green technology. The Strategy identifies five themes as the focus of local climate action: 1) Protecting & restoring natural ecosystems 2) Energy 3) Active travel & low-carbon transport 4) Standards in new…
… to: Leading the way in protecting and enhancing the environment by taking action locally on climate change and biodiversity. As part of delivering the Council’s strategic priorities, a Carbon Action Plan was also produced in October 20204. It sets out the Council’s trajectory for how it will deliver its commitment to becoming carbon neutral by 2030. This Strategy now represents the Council’s focus…
…- benefits. A simple example is when improvements to natural ecosystems and wildlife go on to improve the soil and the habitat’s capacity for carbon sequestration, which in turn helps us to mitigate climate change. These same improvements to nature also help to improve local air quality and with it the general health and wellbeing of nearby communities. Understanding the linkages between…
… of increasing carbon storage in soils and plants and developing long-term carbon sequestration is a way of reducing the effects of climate change. Adaptation is the act of developing new approaches and strategies to reduce and manage the negative effects of climate change. For example: reducing the impacts of flood risk from sea level rise by constructing seawalls as flood defence. Principles…