Including the closely related term climate emergency.
… in a way that they do not cost the earth. We will work in partnership with local communities through the Community Planning Partnership Board who have also committed to the ambition of being carbon neutral by 2030. We acknowledge that in response to declaring a climate emergency we have to work and think differently - the Council has started this process by adopting the Midlothian Route Map…
… important that we carry. A few weeks ago, I met some of the young climate change campaigners who’ve gone on strike from school to raise awareness of their cause. They want governments around the world to declare a climate emergency. They say that’s what the science tells us. And they are right. So today, as First Minister of Scotland, I am declaring that there is a climate emergency. And Scotland…
… will live up to our responsibility to tackle it". Nicola Sturgeon, Scottish First Minister, SNP conference 28 April 2019 “Scotland has declared a global climate emergency and now Scotland must act as one to safeguard our planet for future generations”. Roseanna Cunningham, Climate Change Secretary 3Midlothian Council Climate Change Strategy - August 2020 Midlothian Council Climate Change…
… Strategy - August 2020 Executive Summary The Council declared a climate emergency in December 2019 and stated its ambition to achieve Net Zero Carbon status by 2030. A key component of the declaration is the establishment of a Citizen's Assembly to engage the community and business sectors and forge a partnership for change. The strategy acknowledges the Councils intent, reinforces the urgency…
… The declaration in April 2019 by the Scottish Government of a “Climate Emergency”, based on the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2) report and the UK Committee on Climate Change (3) report (both 2019), brings into sharp focus the scale of the problem and the urgency for action. If there is no further action on climate change then we will reach the predicted 1.5ºC increase in global…