Including the closely related terms climate change, climate change, and climate.
… citizens using their unique influence to drive change and make an impact. Tackling climate change is part of the United Nations’ global effort on ‘sustainable development’, which means living within the capacity of our planet to support us. United Nations’ member states are working towards 17 sustainable development goals, which will help bring about reduced poverty, better education, improved…
… job opportunities. Fostering the right conditions to support the creation of new jobs that support the climate change agenda will help our area build back better and achieve its carbon reduction aspirations. Health and Wellbeing Tackling climate change and reducing carbon emissions will add value beyond these goals alone. The actions developed as part of this roadmap will encourage residents…
… is the most important environmental action that we can take to reduce climate change, but there are other important activities. This roadmap is part of a group of plans that cover our environmental responsibilities in our area. They work together to protect and enhance our environment, reducing the impacts of climate change. We are fortunate to have many regional partners who are also working hard…
…, it has also led to our area being a high area for emissions causing climate change. The region has the largest cluster of energy-intensive industries in the UK, and with a high proportion of low-lying land our area is vulnerable to flooding from land and sea level rise. 1.2 The latest climate predictions suggest that we have 10 years to prevent the worst effects of climate change from…
… becoming irreversible. It is not too late to make changes to the way that we live and reduce the impact of climate change, however we must act now. This will involve a mixture of adapting to climate change, compensating for its worst effects, and sometimes doing things completely differently. There will be changes for all of us – at home, at work, for our business community, in our leisure time…