Including 7 closely related terms such as change adaptation, climate change, and tackle climate.
… Cook Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Environment. Gloucester Climate Change Strategy (GCCS) Gloucester City Council December 2023 4 And we are taking that leadership role on climate resilience even further as lead council for climate change adaptation on the cross-county body Climate Leadership Gloucestershire. Our mission in that role is ensure that all districts within…
… district by 2045. GCC announced a climate emergency in July 2019, joining over 300 local authorities and councils in England aiming to be carbon neutral 20 years before the national target. Local leadership as well as well as partnerships between central and local government is needed to tackle climate change. Councils are well placed to support the Government to meet its net zero emissions target…
… by 2045. Since 2019, the council has developed a range of sustainability and climate change policy documents. These included the 2022 Green Travel Plan and a 2020 Carbon Baseline for its own functions and the Gloucestershire airport estate, incorporating actions to reduce emissions. In 2020, GCC set out in a report called Tackling Climate Change Roadmap, the actions that the council, its partners…
… change risks. Defra has published key documents including Climate Change Adaptation: Policy Information and Good Practice Guidance for Local Government. The Climate Change Committee (CCC) is an independent statutory body established under the Climate Change Act 2008 which advises the UK and devolved governments on mitigation and adaptation plans. It has called for making resilience to climate…
… Gloucester Climate Change Strategy Gloucester City Council December 2023 December 2023 2 1. Introduction and Context 06 2. Why is a Climate Change Strategy Needed? 08 3. Our Approach to the Climate Change Strategy 10 4. Mitigation – Achieving Net Zero Emissions 19 5. Adaptation – Understanding Vulnerability to Climate Change…