Including the closely related terms climate change, climate change, and climate.
… Management, Rother District Council 4 | P a g e Background Climate Change is undoubtedly the greatest challenge facing our society. The scientific evidence of climate change is overwhelming; the impact will be severe. Human activities are estimated to have caused approximately 1.0oC of global warming above pre-industrial levels, with a likely range of 0.8oC to 1.2oC. Global…
… warming is likely to reach 1.5oC between 2030 and 2052 if it continues to increase at the current rate1. Potential impacts of global warming include increased temperatures, extreme weather conditions, flood risks and rising sea levels. The UK Climate Change Risk Assessment2 identifies six priority risk areas: flooding, high temperatures, water supply shortages, natural capital, food production…
…, and pests and diseases. The UK Climate Change Act 2008 set a statutory target to reduce UK greenhouse gas emissions by 80% from 1990 by 2050. In May 2019, the UK Committee on Climate Change recommended that the UK Government increase the statutory target to Net-Zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The Government has now adopted this target. Solutions are available to build resilience…
… Warming of 1.5c: An IPCC Special Report on the Impacts of Global Warming – Summary for Policy Makers. (https://report.ipcc.ch/sr15/pdf/sr15_spm_final.pdf ) 2Source:https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/ 584281/uk-climate-change-risk-assess-2017.pdf 5 | P a g e A data review which covers the district and the organisation has been…
… Agreement is the first truly global effort to reduce emissions. To date, 160 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) parties have made voluntary pledges to reduce emissions up to 2030, including China, the US and the European Union (on behalf of the UK and other EU nations). The main aim of the Paris Agreement is to hold the increase in global average temperature to well…