Including 9 closely related terms such as change adaptation, climate change, and climate change.
… ‘Phase 1’ of our climate response – which has involved implementing measures to reduce both the Councils own operational emissions and the emissions from Kirklees as a whole. This Action Plan begins our ‘Phase 2’ response, outlining an integrated and collaborative approach to climate change, building on phase 1 work to reach our ambitious target. This is a plan for climate change mitigation…
… Emergency declared in 2019. Building on the work completed by Kirklees in Phase 1 of climate action, this plan sets out the district’s aspirations to help address both climate change mitigation, by reducing carbon emissions and climate change adaptation, by improving the districts resilience to the impacts that a changing climate will incur. In collaboration with stakeholders from across…
…. THE ADAPTATION TARGET Kirklees’ target for Climate Change Adaptation is to be: Climate Ready by 2038. Kirklees accepts that the large proportion of climate emissions released into the atmosphere by human activity are ‘locked in’, the consequence of which is already being felt by communities within Kirklees, the UK and across the world. It is important that Kirklees therefore understands the impacts…
… can be seen in Appendix D. This illustrates the wide diversity of views across the borough and the challenge to bring everyone with us on this journey – from those sceptical on climate change and Net Zero to those who feel we are not ambitious enough in tackling climate change. NEXT STEPS IN ACTION PLANNING PROCESS Beyond the publication of this action plan, a series of future steps…
… buildings) CCRVA Key Climate Change Risks: • Overheating of buildings. • Increased requirement for retrofitting properties with cooling systems. • Risk to household energy demands from increased cooling/heating…