Including the closely related term climate emergency.
… Insert picture DRAFT for consultation | 15 JULY 2020 F ig u re 1 © Owen Vachell CLIMATE & ECOLOGICAL EMERGENCY STRATEGY / i CONTENTS FOREWORD 1 BUILDINGS 29 GLOSSARY 3 FOOD & DRINK 33 INTRODUCTION 4 ECONOMY 37 OUR APPROACH 5 WASTE 41 THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY 11 WATER 45…
… THE ECOLOGICAL EMERGENCY 13 NATURAL ASSETS 49 ACTION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE 16 TRANSPORT 53 CARBON EMISSIONS & ACHIEIVNG NET ZERO 18 MAKING IT HAPPEN 57 CARBON BUDGETS: PATHWAYS & TRAJECTORIES 21 YOUR IDEAS 61 AREAS FOR ACTION 23 NEXT STEPS 65 RENEWABLE ENERGY 25 REFERENCES 67 FOREWORD Back in May 2019, one of the first actions of the newly formed Dorset Council…
… was to declare a Climate Emergency, acknowledging that the Council needs to act on the causes and impacts of climate change. In November 2019, this was updated to a Climate and Ecological Emer- gency so that the protection and enhancement of Dorset’s natural en- vironment and wildlife biodiversity is also considered in our climate emergency mitigation work. To monitor and strategically guide…
… this work, Dorset Council formed the Climate Change and Ecological Emergency Executive Advisory Panel. Made up of elected members from different political parties, the Panel is responsible for gathering information and working with offic- ers to make recommendations to Dorset Council’s Cabinet on actions that will help mitigate against climate change. They have also met with various…
… organisations to hear their evidence and ideas on how Dorset Council can help reduce the environmental impact of its own services, as well as support Dorset communities to do the same. Since the Climate Emergency declaration was made, Dorset Council has recruited and employed full-time Corporate Sustainability Officers to lead and coordinate our response. They have also distributed somewhere…