Search inside documents

North Hertfordshire District Council

… on Global Warming highlighted that any effort to limit global warming to 1.5°C as agreed in the Paris accord would require rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society and the declaration of a Climate Emergency. In line with this, in their 2019 report the CCC similarly asserted that Climate Change requires more ambitious reductions and radical actions by national government…

…, local authorities, businesses, communities and individuals. The CCC concluded that if radical steps are taken the UK can end its contribution to global warming within 30 years. Average summer rainfall could decrease by up to 47 per cent by 2070, while there could be up to 35 per cent more precipitation in winter. The Committee for Climate Change stated in its 2018 report – Managing…

… of the industrial revolution. These changes have serious implications for the future stability of the planet. NHDC CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY 2021-2026 PAGE 4 Mandate for Climate Action At the twenty first meeting of the United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) in Paris, member states, including the British government reached…

… the coast in a changing climate, that coastal communities, infrastructure and landscapes in England were already under significant pressure from flooding and erosion. NHDC CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY 2021-2026 PAGE 5 Current National Policy Environment The Climate Change Act 2008 is the UK’s long-term framework for tackling Climate Change. The Act aims to facilitate the UK’s transition…

… emphasis on the notion that the real solution to climate change would require wide scale collaboration and sharing of best practices. Whilst Britain leaving the EU will not necessarily mean that Britain will stop collaborating with international partners, there may be a change in the manner this collaboration takes place NHDC CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY 2021-2026 PAGE 6 Climate action has…