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Swale Borough Council

… Warming of 1.5°C reported that the past five years, 2014-2018, was 1.04°C above the pre-industrial baseline. The scale of the challenge that climate change presents is unprecedented in human history. The warming climate due to anthropogenic emissions (emissions originating from human activity), coupled with rapid biodiversity and ecosystem loss, is combining to create an event that threatens…

… Plan review …………………………………..40 Appendix III Strategies relevant to our Climate Change and Ecological Emergency Action Plan…………………………………………………………………………………………………...42   Appendix IV - Glossary ......................................................................................................... 44 3 Swale Borough Council Climate and Ecological Emergency  Foreword “It may sound…

… frightening, but the scientific evidence is that, if we have not taken dramatic action within the next decade, we could face irreversible damage to the natural world and the collapse of our societies.” Sir David Attenborough, Climate Change: The Facts. BBC TV transmitted 18/04/2019. Following the local elections in May 2019, a new coalition of Labour, Swale Independent Alliance, Liberal Democrat…

… contribution towards the Paris Climate Change Agreement, it should emit no more than 7.7 million tonnes of carbon dioxide before 2100. At 2017 emission levels, Swale would use this entire budget within seven years. The recommended pathway requires: a 13% cut in carbon dioxide emissions each year from 2020; 80% reduction in annual emissions by 2030 and 95% reduction by 2042. Historically, the reduction…

… in the atmosphere. Over the past 50 years, the average global temperature has increased at the fastest rate in recorded history and the trend is accelerating. According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the 20 warmest years on record have been in the past 22 years, with the top four in the past four years. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) special report on Global…