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… - Climate emergency - London and National responses Climate Change There is a global consensus that climate change is happening. In 2015 the first ever universal, legally binding global climate change agreement, known as the 2015 Paris Agreement, was adopted. This sets out a global framework to avoid dangerous climate change by limiting global warming to well below 2°C and pursuing efforts to limit…

… and it is up to us to change it It is melting ice caps and increasing global warming and pollution if it's not tackled, then future generations won't have as good a standard of living as we do. Because if we do not tackle climate change, there might not be a planet for the next generation. This is our future and at the moment nothing is being done. So animals don't go extinct and we all don't die. I…

… 1 https://www.kingston.gov.uk/environment/climate-change-emergency-citizens-assembly?documentId=699&categoryId=20016 https://kingstonletstalk.co.uk/ Table of contents The Kingston approach to carbon reduction The co-benefits of climate action Development of the plan so far Our next steps Kingston’s Climate Emergency response Adaptation Theme 1…

…: Efficient buildings Theme 2: Efficient Homes Theme 3: How we travel Theme 4: Reducing Waste Theme 5: Green Economy Theme 6: Sustainable Council Theme 7: Natural Environment Measuring and reporting Appendices Appendix A - Our Carbon Baseline methodology Appendix B - Climate emergency - London and National responses Appendix C - Why is it important that we tackle climate change? Kingston Young…

… People’s Voices Appendix D - Glossary of Terms 2 The Kingston approach to carbon reduction In 2018, the Royal Borough of Kingston developed its Environmental Management Plan with the vision ‘Kingston is cleaner, greener, ready for the future’. The aim of the plan is tackling current and future climate change challenges through integration and collaboration. In it, the council sets out how green…