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Tendring District Council

… with partners and business to move them in the same direction as the Council. Industrial process Industrial product use Livestock Other AFOLU Electricity-only generation CHP generation Heat/cold generation Local renewable generation 9 TAKING ACTION - THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN Tackling climate change requires action by every part of society – this includes all tiers…

… Leader of the Council INTRODUCTION In 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published a report which advised that we must limit global warming to 1.5°C, as opposed to the previous target of 2°C. Their review of over 6,000 sources of evidence found that, with a rise of 1.5°C, there would be risks to health, livelihoods, food security, water supply, human security and economic…

… growth. A rise to 2°C would be even more catastrophic. It warned that we have only 12 years left within which to take the serious action required to avert this crisis and avoid the worst impacts. 3 Figure 1 Committee on Climate Change Infographic on the impacts of different scenarios TENDRING DISTRICT COUNCIL’S MOTION On 6th August 2019 the Council declared a climate emergency and Full…

… and balanced with the Council’s other statutory responsibilities. That the “Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 degrees” published by the intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change in October 2018. Describes the enormous harm that a 2 degree C average rise in global temperatures is likely to cause compared with a 1 degree rise, confirms that limiting Global Warming to 1.5 degrees may…

… action by others in the district. LEADING BY EXAMPLE - A NET ZERO CARBON COUNCIL The motion asked that a number of actions be undertaken, including seeking specialist advice and setting up climate change working party. These actions have been undertaken resulting in the engagement of APSE Energy and the calculation of the Council’s greenhouse gas emissions as a basis from which to prepare…