Including the closely related terms nature emergency, and climate emergency.
… .....................................................................................................................................21 3 of 21 FOREWORD In June 2019 the Council passed a motion to declare a climate emergency, acknowledging the real threat that climate change poses to both current and future generations. Since then, the Council has also declared a nature emergency to recognise the serious threat of declining biodiversity. Where biodiversity is at risk then so are the important…
… decarbonisation. 1.2 About the nature emergency Climate change is a major threat to nature and many of the unsustainable practices that are causing the climate to change are also having a negative impact on biodiversity. Biodiversity means the diversity of living organisms, from fungi, moss and insects, to plants, birds and mammals. It is this variety of interacting life, known as an ecosystem…
… Climate and Naure Emergency Action Plan TORFAEN COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL CLIMATE AND NATURE EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN January 2022 2 of 21 Contents FOREWORD .............................................................................................................................................. 3 1…
…. Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 5 1.1 About climate change .................................................................................................................... 5 1.2 About the nature emergency…
… ............................................................................................................ 6 1.6 Our aims and objectives ................................................................................................................ 4 1.7 Our climate and nature emergency commitment ......................................................................... 5 2.0 CLIMATE AND NATURE EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN .......................................................................... 6 i…