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… on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C. The IPCC found that a 1.5°C world would have significantly lower climate-related risks for natural and human systems than a 2°C world, and that global carbon emissions would need to reach net zero around 2050 in order to have no, or limited, overshoot beyond the effects of 1.5°C of climate change. Behind this report is a huge body of scientific research…

…; Finance; ICT; Civil Contingencies and Emergency Planning; and the Future Role of Renewable Energy, Hydrogen and Major Infrastructure Changes 29 Appendix 4 Welsh Government Public-sector Outline Decarbonisation Route Map 39 Appendix 5 Glossary of Terms 44 Appendix 6 List of Abbreviations 46 Foreword Climate change is real, and it is happening all across the world and impacting…

… Government have also declared a climate emergency. From 1 to 12 November 2021, the UK will host the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow. 2. Notice of Motion and Policy Landscape Notice of Motion The meeting of Pembrokeshire County Council on 9 May 2019 (Full Council 9 May 2019) received the following Notice of Motion submitted by Cllr Joshua Beynon…

… considerations for climate emergency declarations, targets and action plans (June 2019) has informed the Council’s approach. This recognises that while an emergency declaration deserves an appropriate response, a local authority cannot abandon everything else in order to tackle climate change as there are other legal duties and responsibilities to fulfil as well as locally identified priorities…

… on local communities in Pembrokeshire. Sir David Attenborough in 2019 called climate change ‘our greatest threat in thousands of years’, adding, ‘while Earth has survived radical climactic changes and regenerated following mass extinctions, it’s not the destruction of Earth that we are facing, it’s the destruction of our familiar, natural world and our uniquely rich human culture.’ It is up to us all…