Including the closely related terms emergencies, and climate emergency.
… appraisal of climate change mitigation and adaption in East Staffordshire and provide a suitable action plan to achieve this ambition. 2. Executive Summary 2.1. Climate Change is recognised as the most important environmental challenge that we currently face. A ‘Climate Emergency’ movement has arisen which calls for rapid, unprecedented changes in all aspects of society to limit global…
… warming. 2.2. In June 2019, a new statutory target for net-zero greenhouse gases by 2050 was introduced to end the UK’s contribution to global emissions. This, along with a government motion to declare a Climate Change Emergency in May 2019 has resulted in over 200 Local Authorities declaring a Climate Emergency with targets to become carbon neutral. 2.3. The current performance…
…. This has an impact on coastal defenses, food production, ecosystems, human health and poverty. Human activity is the main contributor to this warming and it is vital that we take action to prevent further dangerous climate change. 3.2. The ‘Climate Emergency’ movement has arisen on the back of the October 2018 United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) which reported…
… gases by 2050 was recommended which was made a statutory target in June 2019 through the Climate Change Act (2050 Target Amendment) Order 2019. If met, this target would effectively mean the UK would end its contribution to global emissions by 2050. 3.4. In May 2019 a motion was passed by Government declaring a Climate Change Emergency and since that time Climate Emergency declarations have…
… been passed by more than 200 Local Authorities, with more declaring all the time. However, these are voluntary declarations; there is no legal requirement for local authorities to declare and similarly there are no guidelines for making a declaration. 3.5. Those councils that have declared Climate Emergencies have also, as a consequence set targets to become carbon neutral. The most…