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… New Corporate Policy Template Sep 2019 - Accessible to staff Waverley Borough Council Climate Change and Sustainability Strategy 2 Document Information & Governance Approval & Publication:  Approving Body  Approval route requirement  Publication Type…

… / Not Required  Date Completed  Impact Assessments and Considerations Comment  Assessment Owner  Equality Impact Assessment  Document is being produced in conjunction with the Climate Change Action Plan     Health in all Policies     Data Protection Impact Assessment     Climate Change    3 Table of Contents…

… ......................................................................................................... 6 Climate Change and Sustainability .......................................................................... 6 Objectives ................................................................................................................ 8 National Context ....................................................................................................... 9 Local Context…

… a political and organisational commitment to embed carbon reduction into all we do, consider energy efficiency at the start of projects, identify opportunities and plan ahead and implement robust data collection. 5 Introduction The UK Climate Change Act 2008 sets a statutory target to reduce UK greenhouse gas emissions by 80% from 1990 figures by 2050. The Intergovernmental…

… Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in their October 2018 report warned that it would take an international effort to limit global warming to 1.5°C. However humanity is falling far short of the action necessary to limit warming to even 2°C. To fail would result in increasing episodes of large-scale water and food shortages, widespread flooding, heat-related morbidity and large scale destruction…