Including 7 closely related terms such as global climate, climate change, and climate.
…. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°Celsius describes the enormous harm that a 2°Celsius (C) average rise in global temperatures is likely to cause compared with a 1.5°C rise (IPCC, 2018). And we can see the evidence of rising temperatures ourselves. In July 2019 an all-time high temperature of 38.1oC was recorded in the UK. The latest UK climate…
… effective communication and leadership. We will take advantage of these and use this window of opportunity to shape our response to the global climate emergency. We have an exciting opportunity to address the challenge of climate change whilst also bringing about numerous co-benefits; reducing inequality, delivering sustainable new homes, creating a district with more green spaces and places…
… reduction in the demand for energy and consumption. 6. Carbon Reduction Measures The technologies and approaches to deliver a net-zero world are believed to be available already, and with strong leadership could be implemented at a cost effective level (1-2% UK GDP)16. The co-benefits of tackling climate change and Green Recovery include improving the health and diets of our citizens, better…
… ............................................................................................................... 26 12. Monitoring and evaluation .............................................................................................................. 26 2 1. Foreword Today we face a global climate emergency which requires us to think beyond ‘business as usual’. But while central government must play a vital role we recognise that many of the solutions will happen…
… at the local level. As a District we need to act now to reduce direct and indirect carbon emissions to net zero. We need to prepare and adapt to deal with the inevitable impacts of climate change. We recognise that achieving our vision will not be easy. There are entrenched market and wider forces that will support existing fossil-fuel dependent, consumption-based systems. We will need to show…