Including the closely related term climate emergency.
… The Reading Climate Emergency Strategy 2020-25 November 2020 TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD 03 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 05 1.0 INTRODUCTION 06 1.1 The Reading Climate Emergency Strategy 06 1.2 Purpose of this document 06 1.3 Ownership of the strategy 06 2.0 CLIMATE CHANGE: THE CONTEXT 07 2.1 The global and national context…
… consistent with what the climate science has been predicting. In 2018 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees – considered necessary to avert the most catastrophic impacts – would require ‘rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society’. Through the declaration of a climate emergency in February 2019…
… and the environment which would flow from taking action on climate change as the measures required should also contribute to a more equitable and sustainable society. So, responding positively to the climate emergency is also aligned with Reading’s aspiration to achieve clean and inclusive economic development from which the whole community benefits: as well as being a practical necessity, responding…
… to the climate emergency represents a major opportunity. The transition to net zero carbon also needs to be a just transition, so that the costs and benefits are apportioned fairly. This is really important to bear in mind as we think about people whose home has been flooded, whose health has suffered or whose children have asked whether they have a future they can look forward to: for them the impacts…
… therefore sets out not only the action we need to take ourselves to tackle the climate emergency, but also the steps we need others to take to help us deliver our ambitious aims. Ultimately, we cannot ignore the fact that this strategy is being launched in the context of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Indeed, the launch was delayed by four months as the public consultation stage was extended to allow…