Including 4 closely related terms such as change adaptation, climate change, and climate change.
…, there are three core areas of climate action, all of which must be undertaken if runaway warming is to be avoided: • Cutting emissions / decarbonisation - this is called climate change mitigation; • Adapting to the physical changes of climate change - climate change adaptation; and • Actively removing greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere (such as by tree-planting or direct capture of flue…
… emissions by 2045. (against 1990 levels). Communications and behavioural change campaign Launch a cross-partner, Climate Change communications and behavioural change campaign within Fife, providing a single message for communities and organisations emphasising the climate emergency and increasing climate literacy. Financial innovation Climate change actions do not always make sense using…
… decade Fife Council has worked proactively to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases which contribute to climate change, and Fife’s carbon footprint has fallen by over 55% (compared to 1990 emission levels). This activity has set a good foundation, but the latest climate science1 suggests that emissions need to be cut even deeper and faster than previously thought to avoid catastrophic impacts…
…. The ambition of international climate change commitments needs to be increased, and rapidly translated into action. Cllr. Ross J Vettraino OBE Convener - Environment and Protective Services Committee 1 IPCC, 2018: Summary for Policymakers. In: Global Warming of 1.5°C. An IPCC Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas…
… emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty [Masson-Delmotte, V., P. Zhai, H.-O. Pörtner, D. Roberts, J. Skea, P.R. Shukla, A. Pirani, W. Moufouma-Okia, C. Péan, R. Pidcock, S. Connors, J.B.R. Matthews, Y. Chen, X. Zhou, M.I. Gomis, E. Lonnoy, T. Maycock, M. Tignor, and T. Waterfield…