Including 7 closely related terms such as global warming, climate, and climate change.
… warning of the consequences of failing to limit global warming to a 1.5ºC rise1. The IPCC assessment acknowledges the scale of the challenge means rapid and far-reaching changes in all aspects of society, but is also clear that taking action and delivering on the existing commitments of the United National Framework on Climate Change is the way to a more sustainable and equitable society. 1.2…
… of the threat of climate change is the mainstream view in the media and by the majority of governments across the world. Yet action has been unambitious and slow. 1.3 This disconnect between words and action is what underpins the sense of a climate crisis. Within a generation, unchecked global temperature rises are forecast2 to lead to average UK summer temperatures in excess of 30ºC, a halving…
… spaces and improved health. Our ambition in delivering Lewisham’s Climate Emergency Action Plan is to recognise and work towards the widest possible range of benefits through responding to the climate crisis and to reframe what it means to take action as something that has tangible positive benefits. 1.18 Risks from climate change identified in the Government’s UK Climate Change Risk Assessment…
… parameters for the next three years setting an investment strategy that will include the extent to which the fund can transition into low carbon and renewable asset classes. Councillors are developing a climate change policy with the fund’s advisers which will formally outline the fund’s objectives and implementation approach for mitigating climate risk…
… to the Schools Forum in 2020 2020/21 £ 19 including the scope for increasing climate literacy in school, for example by having a climate change trained teacher in every school. Help schools create their own carbon actions plans. Director of Regeneration & Place / Director of Education Services 1.4.4 Develop new carbon reduction targets for new school designs in the Project…