Including 5 closely related terms such as adaptation considerations, climate change, and climate change.
…. A thriving natural environment is fundamental to effective and lasting adaptation. Yet, one in four species is facing extinction, about a quarter of all ice-free land is now subject to degradation, and ocean temperatures and acidity are rising. Climate change will bring adverse effects on our natural environment everywhere. We must protect and work with nature to build resilience and reduce…
… on investments in improved resilience is high, with benefit-cost ratios ranging from 2:1 to 10:1, and in some cases even higher. Introducing climate adaptation considerations into our financial decision making will have commercial benefit to our economy in the long run. 7 What have we done so far? We know we can and must do more. But we should not dismiss the good work and action East…
… East Cambridgeshire District Council ENVIRONMENT PLAN (YEAR 3) A Strategy And Action Plan To Boost The Environment And Help Mitigate Climate Change June 2022 Watercolour painting by Martha Rickett, Aged 10, and winner of the East Cambridgeshire ‘Plant a Tree for the Jubilee’ art competition, May 2022…
… 2 Contents Foreword 3 1 Introduction 5 2 Mitigating Climate Change 11 Cambridgeshire’s Carbon Footprint 13 East Cambridgeshire’s Carbon Footprint 14 East Cambridgeshire District Council’s Carbon Footprint 18 Defining the Scope 18 Excluded Emissions 20 Data Collection 20 Calculating the Baseline 21 Overall Summary 21 3. Carbon Emissions Overall Target and Interim Targets…
…. Despite the on-going challenges we all faced this past 12 months, from covid to on-going cost of living rises, it’s important we don’t lose sight of the huge challenge we face around climate change and reversing biodiversity loss. And it strikes me how much these things are all interlinked. For example, if there is one thing that the covid pandemic taught us, it is how much we value high…