Including the closely related terms emergencies, and climate emergency.
… ........................................................................................................................5 The Climate Emergency .............................................................................................5 Fife’s response to the climate emergency ...................................................................7 Get involved – your climate needs you .......................................................................8 Strategy…
… ..................................... 31 Appendix B Climate Fife mitigation and adaptation action plan (2021-2030) ................... 33 5 Introduction The Climate Emergency Over the last decade Fife Council has worked proactively to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases which contribute to climate change, and Fife’s carbon footprint has fallen by over 55% (compared to 1990 emission levels). This activity…
… to declare climate emergencies. The Scottish Government’s declaration of a climate emergency, followed by 4 https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/01/24/australia-bush-fires-have-nearly-doubled-countrys-annual-greenhouse-gas- emissions/ 5 https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614801/we-need-to-halve-emissions-by-2030-they-rose-iagain-i-in-2019/ Runaway…
… this plan is. The 2020s must be the decade of climate action. Fife’s response to the climate emergency It is recognised that Fife Council and the wider community have made considerable progress at reducing emissions and increasing resilience, but that we now need to mobilise to accelerate the pace and ambition of our response to the climate crisis. Climate Fife is Fife’s response to the climate…
… emergency. This Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan: Climate Fife sets out the next phase of a Fife-wide approach to tackling the climate emergency and considers the actions that need to be taken urgently to limit the its most harmful impacts. A sea-change is needed in terms of innovation, finance and governance and how business as usual is conducted within Fife Council and within Fife…