Including the closely related term climate emergency.
… 4 Councillor Alan Rhead Environmental Portfolio Holder, Warwick District Council I am really pleased to receive this report from the Warwick People’s Inquiry into Climate Change and in particular the carefully considered and challenging recommendations that have been made. Warwick District Council declared a climate emergency in 2019 and developed its first Climate Emergency Action…
… about the ideas and recommendations of the People’s Inquiry is something we have been looking forward to and I hope that this is the start of ongoing engagement with our communities around climate change issues. The Council is committed to thoroughly reviewing each and every one of the recommendations. All the recommendations will be important in shaping the refresh of our Climate Emergency…
… 5 In June 2019 at the first meeting of the new Full Council, Councillors unanimously agreed for Warwick District Council to declare a Climate Emergency. The all party statement included the following: “Together, we believe that the time has now come to take practical action to deal with the Climate Emergency. Warwick District Council's Officers and a cross-party group of Councillors…
… have developed a plan 'The Climate Emergency Action Programme' that advocates strong local leadership and significant investment to change our future for the better. This Plan will enable the Council to be carbon-neutral by 2025 and help the district to also be carbon- neutral by 2030, plus make necessary local preparations for climate disasters such as flooding. Investment today will help…
… our communities ‘face the future’ with confidence”. As part of ‘The Climate Emergency Action Programme’, Warwick District Council committed to working with members of the public via an independent inquiry to help shape their current work and future plans. Nationwide there is increasing interest in the use of such processes, for example at a national level, 2020 saw six Select Committees…