Including the closely related term climate emergency.
…............................................................................. 16 Appendix 1 Action Plan.................................................................................................................... 18 Appendix 2 Carbon Reduction Summary......................................................................................... 21 Appendix 3 Climate Emergency…
… Council on 20th February 2019 I was impressed by the question asked by Miss Coral Sylvan regarding what the Council is doing with respect to climate change. I don’t recall somebody as young as eleven years old previously attending a meeting of the Council to challenge elected Members. Following an impassioned debate, Members unanimously resolved to declare a climate emergency and committed to become…
… has been slow. The IPCC Special Report of October 2018 was the strongest yet, effectively saying that the world had just 12 years to get a grip with this issue or irreparable damage will be done to our ecosystem. This has led to a realisation that time is fast running out which resulted in a climate emergency being declared during 2019 by many organisations including Carmarthenshire…
… County Council and over 250 other UK local authorities. The Welsh Government and UK Government have also declared a climate emergency. The meeting of Carmarthenshire County Council on 20th February 2019 unanimously resolved that the following Notice of Motion submitted by Cllr. Aled Vaughan Owen be supported: “…we propose that Carmarthenshire County Council: 1. Declare a climate emergency 2…
… OUTLINE APPROACH When a council passes any motion, it reflects the importance that the organisation places on the issue and it signals its intent to address it; therefore, if a council passes a climate emergency motion the same can be said for this agenda. The use of the term “emergency” is significant and, by definition, this is not a normal motion. If that is the case, then the actions…