Including the closely related terms emergencies, nature emergency, and climate emergency.
… Purpose This strategy outlines the council’s response to the climate emergency declared in May 2019, the Motion for Rivers and Ocean declared in March 2022 and the nature emergency Owner Monmouthshire County Council Approved by Cabinet…
… of the objectives which will deliver this purpose is to work towards a Green Place for people to live and work, with reduced carbon emissions, and making a positive contribution to addressing the climate and nature emergency. In 2019 councillors in Monmouthshire were unanimous in declaring a climate emergency. Since that date, the Council has published a climate emergency action plan, and then updated…
… to working with others to do all that we can to address the climate and nature emergencies for the wellbeing of present and future generations. Cllr Catrin Maby, Cabinet Member for Climate Change and the Environment Background In May 2019 Monmouthshire County Council declared a Climate Emergency, with unanimous support from Councillors across all parties. This set out a clear policy…
… emergency is an intrinsic part of how we address the climate emergency. In addition, we have declared a Motion for the Rivers and Ocean which sets out how we will work in partnership to play our part in reducing river pollution and protecting the ocean. The Council’s Climate and Nature Emergency Steering group has helped to develop this new integrated approach. This new overarching strategy…
… generation, from solar panels on Council buildings and from the Council’s solar farm at Oak Grove Farm in Crick. Monmouthshire County Council Tonnes of CO2e per year Source: Monmouthshire County Council return to Welsh Government for 2022/23 Nature recovery It is important that the climate emergency and the nature emergency are considered hand in hand, since the two are so interlinked…