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… the planet warmer, and is the main driver of climate change. Since the 19th century, the Earth’s average global temperature has risen by 1° Celsius. The Paris Agreement is a legally binding international treaty on climate change. Its goal is to limit global warming to a maximum of 1.5° Celsius to avoid the most catastrophic impacts of climate change. To achieve this, global emissions must reach net…

… AND COMMUNITIES 11 ORGANISATIONS AND ECONOMY 15 BUILDINGS AND ENERGY 19 MOVEMENT AND PLACES 23 GLOSSARY 27 To have your say on our draft recommendations and to feed into the climate action plan, please submit your feedback, ideas and comments in our online survey at westminster.gov.uk/climate-change For a printed version of the survey, please email climateemergency@westminster.gov.uk…

… of net zero carbon emissions by 2040 will affect almost every aspect of our daily lives. But we cannot do this alone. It is vital that we work in partnership to tackle climate change and I encourage you all to get involved in shaping the city’s approach to tackling the climate emergency. I very much want us to create a climate emergency action plan together that fully reflects the priorities…

… Westminster, where residents, communities and businesses can thrive and are resilient to the impacts of climate change. People and communities Residents, workers and visitors in Westminster actively adopt behaviours that reduce their carbon impact and communities work together as part of a city-wide partnership to tackle climate change. Organisations and economy Westminster’s businesses take…

…, workers and visitors in Westminster actively adopt behaviours that reduce their carbon impact and communities work together as part of a city-wide partnership to tackle climate change. Context and challenges • There are 125,001 homes in Westminster of which 40% are rented, 31% are owned and 26% are socially rented. This includes 20,931 social housing properties of which 57% of residents…