Including 7 closely related terms such as global warming, global climate, and climate.
… of climate change are accelerating, and public concern about climate change is increasing as our level of understanding increases (July 2019).2 The 2018 UN (IPCC) report sets out that an average global rise in temperature of 1.5°C above pre-industrial times would be an unacceptable risk. In truth, there is no safe level of global warming, and we have already seen a rise of 1°C, with each decade…
…, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published a report which advised that global warming must be limited to 1.5°C, as opposed to the previous target of 2°C. The IPCC’s review of over 6,000 sources of evidence found that, with a rise of 1.5°C, there would be risks to health, livelihoods, food security, water supply, human security and economic growth. A rise to 2°C would be even more…
… 41 Strategic Priority 7: Reduce consumption and waste 43 Get involved 46 Sunderland Low Carbon Framework December 2020 Page 1 Foreword Climate change remains the challenge of our generation. The World (and the UK) is heating up. Governments from all around the World (including the UK) acknowledge…
…: “Climate change remains the challenge of our generation. Sunderland is committed to playing its part in tackling the global climate change emergency. As a city, we recognise that we need to act now to reduce direct and indirect carbon emissions. We need to prepare and adapt to deal with the projected impacts of climate change. This Low Carbon Framework sets out the vision and purpose…
… is committed to playing its part in tackling the global climate change emergency. Over the past decade we have responded to the climate change crisis and taken steps to reduce our carbon. However, as a city we still emit 1,436,600 tons of CO2 annually (based on 2017 Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy data). We all need to act urgently to reduce our carbon emission to help…