Including the closely related terms climate change, climate change, and climate.
… 11 January 2021 ITEM: 5 Local Development Plan Task Force Thurrock Climate Change Strategy Wards and communities affected: Borough-wide Key Decision: No Executive Summary This paper provides an update on the work the Council is doing in in relation to the Climate Change agenda and how that work will feed into the new…
… Local Plan for Thurrock. Introduction The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) (2019) sets out that the planning system has three overarching objectives in achieving sustainable development. The third of these, the environmental objective, includes “to mitigate and adapt to climate change, including moving to a low-carbon economy”. The NPPF goes further to provide a dedicated…
… section to meeting the challenges of climate change, including flooding and coastal change, stating that the planning system should “shape places in ways that contribute to radical reductions to greenhouse gas emissions, minimise vulnerability and increase resilience; encourage the reuse of existing resources, including the conversion of existing buildings; and support renewable and low carbon…
… requested that a Citizens Assembly on Climate Change be established as well as a Climate Change Partnership Group involving Councillors, residents, young citizens, climate science and solutions experts, businesses and other relevant parties. The Local Plan and Council ambition on Climate Change Recognising that Climate Change will be one of the major considerations for the Council and its…
… Local Plan in the years ahead, the planning team worked together with lead officers charged with establishing the Climate Change Partnership Group to commission a Climate Change Strategy Scoping Report, produced by Arup. This report sets out: A baseline assessment of the current Thurrock climate impact (emissions) and risks (hazards); A review of existing legislation and policy…