Including the closely related terms climate change, climate change, and climate.
… THE ECOLOGICAL EMERGENCY 13 NATURAL ASSETS 49 ACTION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE 16 TRANSPORT 53 CARBON EMISSIONS & ACHIEIVNG NET ZERO 18 MAKING IT HAPPEN 57 CARBON BUDGETS: PATHWAYS & TRAJECTORIES 21 YOUR IDEAS 61 AREAS FOR ACTION 23 NEXT STEPS 65 RENEWABLE ENERGY 25 REFERENCES 67 FOREWORD Back in May 2019, one of the first actions of the newly formed Dorset Council…
… was to declare a Climate Emergency, acknowledging that the Council needs to act on the causes and impacts of climate change. In November 2019, this was updated to a Climate and Ecological Emer- gency so that the protection and enhancement of Dorset’s natural en- vironment and wildlife biodiversity is also considered in our climate emergency mitigation work. To monitor and strategically guide…
… this work, Dorset Council formed the Climate Change and Ecological Emergency Executive Advisory Panel. Made up of elected members from different political parties, the Panel is responsible for gathering information and working with offic- ers to make recommendations to Dorset Council’s Cabinet on actions that will help mitigate against climate change. They have also met with various…
… this strategy illustrates it will be possible to tackle the low hanging fruit and combine carbon-reducing actions with other priorities - placing climate change response at the front and centre of our wider priorities - there will still be a need for imaginative and innovative solutions working in partnership with central govern- ment and the private sector. Councillor Ray Bryan Cabinet…
…. Climate change The long-term change of climate typically measured over decades or longer. This is different to weather, which is short-timescale variations. Carbon Offsetting Practices and technologies to neutralise remaining emissions that cannot be stopped entirely at source. Mitigation Preventing climate change from getting worse by reducing our carbon dioxide emissions. EAP Executive…