Including the closely related terms climate change, climate change, and climate.
… is net zero carbon and why is it important? 6 5. Responding to the Effects of Climate Change 8 6. This Plan 9 • Partners 9 • How will we measure success? 10 • Measuring our carbon emissions 11 • Planning to achieve net zero carbon 13 • Finance 14 • Timetable 14 7. Buildings and Energy 15 8. Mobility and Transport 20 9. Waste 24 10…
…. Governance 27 11. Procurement 30 12. Land Use 32 13. Ecology 36 14. Partners 39 15. Strategies and Policies 40 2 Climate and Nature Emergency Plan / Gwynedd Council 1. Introduction Climate change is one of the biggest challenges of our times, and calls for co-ordinated action from each one of us. As a result of the dramatic change…
… Council declared a climate emergency, and vowed to take definitive steps to reduce carbon emissions and to work towards a carbon-free future. We now believe that we also need to give equal weight to the nature emergency since both co- exist in parallel. Changes to temperature and rainfall as a result of climate change can lead to loss of habitat for nature and wildlife, and the loss…
… of climate change. We can't ignore those effects and action has to be taken to alleviate them. It is therefore a privilege to introduce this Climate and Nature Emergency Plan, which will show how we as a council will respond to the huge challenges ahead. I am delighted that the council has already reduced our carbon emissions by 58% between 2005/06 and 2019/20. This has given us a very robust…
… foundation in planning the journey towards becoming a net-zero carbon council ultimately. It is on this foundation that the Climate and Nature Emergency Plan has been built. I would like to thank the members of the council's Climate Change Board, both councillors and officers, for their work and enthusiasm in creating this plan. Teamwork brought the plan to fruition, and we can only implement…