Including the closely related terms climate change, climate change, and climate.
… Climate Emergency Action Plan GATESHEAD COUNCIL’S ROADMAP FOR CHANGE INTRODUCTION The Paris Agreement on Climate Change was signed in 2016 by all UN member states and was a major international step forward in action against climate change, committing countries to: • Limiting global temperature increase to 2˚C this century…
… to 2˚C, and 55% lower to limit the increase to 1.5˚C. GATESHEAD’S RESPONSE To play our part in responding to the global challenge of climate change, Gateshead Council declared a Climate Emergency at its Council meeting on 23 May 2019. In doing so, the council committed to: • Make the Council’s activities carbon neutral by 2030 • Achieve 100% clean energy across the Council’s full…
…. This focuses on measures to reduce the carbon emissions and environmental impact of Gateshead Council as an organisation. The Action Plan also sets out some of the things the council will do to help communities and local businesses make a positive difference to the climate change agenda. The restrictions brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic constrained the amount of engagement activity we were…
… projects can enable lasting behaviour change, can make our communities more resilient to the effects of climate change, and help them make the most of the economic opportunities that will arise. Community projects can also develop links between groups that foster community cohesion. We intend to: * • Promote understanding of Climate Emergency issues and involve communities in developing…
…. The environmental audit is the most in-depth assessment of the council’s environmental and carbon footprint ever carried out. It has helped us understand what we are doing well, and what improvements we could make. ACTION PLAN We have used the audit’s findings to develop an action plan to reduce the Council’s carbon footprint and deliver on the commitments made in our Climate Emergency declaration…