Including 5 closely related terms such as climate change, tackle climate, and climate change.
… and ecological emergency is clear; we need urgent action to reduce our carbon emissions to limit the global temperature rise to below 1.5oC and reverse habitat and biodiversity loss. Action must be taken to protect and improve the environment and tackle climate change at a global, national and local level. Blaby District Council is committed to reducing the impact of its own activities and ensuring…
… Blaby District Council Climate Change Strategy 2020-2030 Blaby District Council CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY 2020 – 2030 CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY 2020 - 2030 Foreword Today we face a global climate emergency which requires us to think beyond ‘business as usual’. But while central governments must play a vital…
… role we recognise that many of the solutions will happen at the local level. As a district we need to act now to reduce direct and indirect carbon emissions to net zero. We need to prepare and adapt to deal with the inevitable impacts of climate change. We recognise that achieving our vision will not be easy. There are entrenched market and wider forces that will support existing fossil-fuel…
… dependent, consumption-based systems. We will need to show strong leadership to create opportunities for all to participate in the benefts of change with its costs shared fairly. Climate change increases the likelihood of extreme weather events, including foods, droughts and heatwaves and the health impacts are likely to be signifcant. In recent years there have been increasing public calls…
… for action on climate change and the environment, be that in terms of reducing the use of single use plastics, improving air quality, encouraging the use of low emissions vehicles and/or improving energy effciency. Now more than ever we must look forward rather than aiming to get back to normal and be ready to take the opportunities emerging from a ‘green recovery’. The collective response to Covid 19…