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Horsham District Council

… to climate change (e.g. floods, extreme weather). Includes adaptation to climate change, resilience to adverse climate events, and community climate preparedness. Climate resilient infrastructure: Blue and green infrastructure, flood management infrastructure, water resilience infrastructure. Co-Benefits: The additional benefits gained by implementing an intervention. The benefits can be social…

… or findings stated in this report are based on facts and circumstances as they existed at the time the report was prepared. Any changes in such facts and circumstances may adversely affect the recommendations, opinions or findings contained in this report. 4 1/ Introduction 5 Introduction Climate change is one of the biggest challenges and risks facing society. The Intergovernmental…

… Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has announced a “code red for humanity”, with irrefutable evidence that fossil fuel burning and deforestation is causing unprecedented, unnatural levels of global heating. The impacts of climate change are already being felt on a global scale with extreme weather events – flooding, droughts, hurricanes, heatwaves, and snowstorms – devastating cities, regions…

…, and countries. In the Horsham District, local water stress, flooding events, and extreme heatwaves have hindered business as usual, and forced local communities and businesses to consider how climate change will impact their lives and livelihoods in the coming decades. In response to the climate crisis, the UK Government has committed to achieving net zero carbon by 2050. The Government is pledging…

… to end its contribution to climate change whilst looking to lead the world to a cleaner, greener form of growth. Aligning with national ambitions, Horsham District Council (HDC) has committed to carbon neutrality of its direct emissions by 2030, and carbon neutrality of its indirect emissions (including from leased buildings and supply chain) by 2050. HDC has produced a Council Carbon…