Including the closely related term climate emergency.
… .............................................................................................................. 56 Appendix A – Climate Change Response and Net Zero Action Plan ............................... 56 Appendix B – The Causes and Impacts of Climate Change ............................................. 65 3 2023 Climate Emergency Response and Net Zero Strategy 4 2023 Climate Emergency Response and Net Zero Strategy 1 Leader’s Foreword – 2023 Climate…
… Climate Emergency Response and Net Zero Strategy that we might all take seriously our part in our place for the environment that we so desperately need to take better care of. My vision of 2023 – 2033 is quite large. Some say too large. But I see a Hartlepool that grows in efficient ways using innovative materials and energy saving software and energy storing devices in order to deliver…
… Borough Council 6 2023 Climate Emergency Response and Net Zero Strategy 2 Executive Summary The need for taking immediate and radical action on climate change and its impacts is being increasingly recognised by businesses, governments, and the public. In recognising the amount of action and the speed at which this must be done, the UK has since ratified the Paris Agreement…
… to keeping global warming to well below 2°C, and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C. On this notion, the UK officially declared a climate emergency in 2019. Hartlepool Borough Council has acknowledged our role in the need to act and to play our part to support the nation in achieving our national commitments. In response, Hartlepool Borough Council declared our own climate…
…. As this is our first climate emergency response and net zero strategy, we conducted carbon audits for the financial years from 2018/19 through to 2022/23, setting the 2018/19 period as our baseline year. The financial year 2018/19 was chosen as the baseline year as it was the earliest date with complete and comparable data. This measure will allow us to track, monitor and compare progress on our…