Including the closely related terms emergencies, and climate emergency.
… ..................................................................................................... 1 Welcome to North Devon................................................................................................... 1 The case for declaring a climate emergency...................................................................... 3 What we have already achieved ........................................................................................ 6 Our Vision…
… ..................................................................................................................... 32 Our Communities ............................................................................................................ 35 1 Introduction Background to this plan In July 2019 North Devon Council (NDC) declared a ‘Climate Emergency’. This was in recognition of the science and evidence of the impacts that climate change is having on our environment…
…. Rural areas have higher emissions from agriculture, while manufacturing and other industrial processes tend to be located in urban areas, so these areas have higher emissions associated with these activities. Fig 1 2019 Greenhouse gas emissions across Devon by Sector (with kind permission of Devon County Council) 3 The case for declaring a climate emergency Our…
… of projects which address the climate and ecological emergencies, including: • Changes to our grounds maintenance regime to reduce carbon and encourage nature; • Trial of biodiversity net gain approach; • We have improved our kerbside recycling collection to include additional materials. Including food waste; • Working with Carbon Savvy to promote use of personal carbon footprints…
… Council’s Climate Emergency Declaration, the Centre for Energy and the Environment at Exeter University was asked to calculate a baseline carbon footprint for our organisation based on data provided from 1st April 2018 – 31st March 2019. A footprint based on data provided from 1st April 2020 – 31st March 2021 was calculated in 2022. 9 HM Government Environmental Reporting Guidelines…