Including 5 closely related terms such as climate change, tackle climate, and climate change.
… everything to tackle climate change as there are other legal duties and responsibilities to fulfil as well as locally identified priorities it has committed to addressing. A pragmatic approach, therefore, is being adopted for the route towards the Council becoming a net zero carbon local authority by 2030. This initially focuses on the carbon emissions that are presently measured by the Council…
…....................................................................................................... 23 Appendix 4 Glossary of Terms.......................................................................................................... 29 CONTENTS 1CARMARTHENSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL - NET ZERO CARBON PLAN _ 2020 FOREWORD Climate change is recognised by many as one of the world’s greatest threats. At the opening ceremony of the United Nations-sponsored climate talks…
… in Katowice, Poland in December 2018, Sir David Attenborough called climate change “our greatest threat in thousands of years”, adding "If we don't take action, the collapse of our civilisations and the extinction of much of the natural world is on the horizon." Storm Callum in 2018 vividly demonstrated how Carmarthenshire is not immune from the effects of climate change. At the meeting of the County…
… Council on 20th February 2019 I was impressed by the question asked by Miss Coral Sylvan regarding what the Council is doing with respect to climate change. I don’t recall somebody as young as eleven years old previously attending a meeting of the Council to challenge elected Members. Following an impassioned debate, Members unanimously resolved to declare a climate emergency and committed to become…
… a net zero carbon local authority by 2030. Leading the Council’s climate change strategy has been included in my portfolio of responsibilities as Executive Board Member for Communities and Rural Affairs, and I recognise that it is a huge challenge that will require action by all Services within the Council and by many other bodies locally, nationally and internationally. As a starting point…