Including the closely related terms climate change, climate change, and climate.
… to the Schools Forum in 2020 2020/21 £ 19 including the scope for increasing climate literacy in school, for example by having a climate change trained teacher in every school. Help schools create their own carbon actions plans. Director of Regeneration & Place / Director of Education Services 1.4.4 Develop new carbon reduction targets for new school designs in the Project…
… generations. We also have a duty to protect the most vulnerable members of our society. Globally, and locally, the oldest, youngest, the least well off and those with health conditions will bear the brunt of a changing climate. As a society our way of living needs to be based around a new contract. A contract that ensures government, business, media, communities and individuals are accountable…
… warmer, we will feel healthier, and we will live in places designed for people with green spaces teeming with life. Action on climate change also has the power to create a renaissance in the British economy. Across the country millions of jobs could be created and Lewisham is already home to some of the most exciting businesses in the green economy. To meet the Climate Emergency…
… to ensure collective action. We must, therefore, work in partnership with our residents, community groups, businesses, schools and young people here in Lewisham, and with the rest of the public sector, if we are to come close to achieving our ambitious target. 4 SECTION ONE: CONTEXT Introduction 1.1 In 2018 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published a stark…
… warning of the consequences of failing to limit global warming to a 1.5ºC rise1. The IPCC assessment acknowledges the scale of the challenge means rapid and far-reaching changes in all aspects of society, but is also clear that taking action and delivering on the existing commitments of the United National Framework on Climate Change is the way to a more sustainable and equitable society. 1.2…