Including 8 closely related terms such as global warming, climate, and climate change.
… The Council has declared an environment and climate emergency in recognition of the urgent need to take action to address global warming and the crisis being created by unavoidable climate change. The Council has committed to making climate the emergency a top corporate priority, realigning responsibilities and resources and establishing a long- term climate emergency action plan to help tackle climate…
… will consider all options when developing the Climate Emergency Action Plan for Wirral to be carbon neutral by 2050 and be resilient to unavoidable climate change. Committee will be further updated on the options considered for the plan and its impact once implemented. 3.0 BACKGROUND INFORMATION 3.1 Climate Emergency Declaration July 2019 Wirral Council declared an Environment and Climate…
… that global emissions will need to fall by around 45% from 2010 levels by 2030, reaching net zero by around 2050 in order to avoid more than a 1.5°C rise in global warming. Through the resolution the Council recognised the need to support the Climate Emergency Declaration with the required realignment of responsibilities and the delivery of practical local action. A summary of the measures and actions…
… by public consultation, prior to being launched this year. The initial Climate Change ‘Cool Wirral’ Strategy was established in 2014 by the Partnership and endorsed by the Council as a member of the partnership and to confirm its commitment to tackling climate change. The Cool Wirral Strategy was established to run for 5 years from 2014 to 2019 and each year since the Council has reaffirmed…
… quickly. The following are highlights of what has been actioned or is currently being planned as part of the plan. 3.3.1 Awareness and Understanding of Climate Emergency In declaring a climate emergency, the Council has made tackling climate change a corporate priority and Climate Emergency Action Plan will reflect this. Therefore, it is crucial that everyone connected with the Council has…