Including the closely related terms climate change, climate change, and climate.
… GWYNEDD COUNCIL Report to a meeting of the Council Background 1. At its meeting on the 7 March 2019 the Council considered a motion relating to climate change and it resolved to do our utmost to ensure that the county remains a vibrant, viable and sustainable home for our children and their children for generations to come. In order…
… Dyfrig Siencyn, Leader Title: Climate Change Emergency Plan 5. In relation to the footprint itself, the graph in Appendix 2 shows the reduction already achieved since we started our plan in 2010. 6. By the end of 2018 we had reduced our footprint by 39%. This varies according to the source of carbon use, with the footprint arising from street lighting reducing by 59%; the footprint arising…
… from buildings by 43% but the footprint from our fleet only falling 20%. 7. It can be seen that the Council has already undertaken a considerable amount of work to reduce our carbon footprint and to adapt our communities to meet the future consequences of climate change. 8. However, despite these efforts, we know that there is much more to be done if we are to achieve the aim of a zero…
… carbon county. 9. The Cabinet has established a task force to consider what more needs to be done in order to achieve that aim and the intention is to establish a Climate Change Action Plan which will detail those additional actions which we would wish to take beyond those actions already undertaken by us. This will include what we can do to reduce the county’s carbon footprint as well…
… the headings contained in the Friends of the Earth document and it notes our current position in relation to that document. It is effectively a baseline of where we are today. 12. The intention for the next 3 months is to consult on the potential content of the Climate Change Action Plan before the end of the financial year so that the plan can be included as part of the Council’s Corporate Plan. 13…