Including the closely related terms emergencies, and climate emergency.
… Microsoft Word - Carbon Neutral Cheltenham Report.docx Carbon Neutral Cheltenham Leadership Through Stewardship October 2019 v.1.0 2 2 Executive Summary In 2019, Cheltenham Borough Council declared a climate emergency and a commitment to be a carbon neutral…
… a “climate emergency”. More than that, the Council called for Cabinet to set out a plan for taking action in response to the emergency. On July 9th, the Cabinet declared a climate emergency and included actions to respond to the requests of Council.2 These included proposals to: • Make Cheltenham carbon neutral by 2030; • Call on Westminster to provide the powers and resources to make…
… will take to address the emergency. 2 Cheltenham Borough Council Cheltenham Borough Council declares a climate emergency 2019 http://bit.ly/2lMdEvp 7 7 The Council is not alone in this venture. On April 30th, Cheltenham’s MP sponsored the widely welcomed Climate Change (Net Zero UK Carbon Account) Bill which requires the UK to achieve a net zero carbon budget nationwide…
…. Simultaneous with Cheltenham, other District Councils in the county, as well as the County Council, also declared climate emergencies. In July 2019, following the Cabinet’s declaration of a climate emergency, the first actions to achieve this were instigated. Principally, Council requested a carbon emission baseline for both the Council and the borough, a roadmap for making progress towards making…
… solutions to the climate emergency. For example, a minimum SAP of 100 could be set for future developments. This will be supported by the government carbon neutral target and the Planning Act 2008, that states that “development and use of land in the local planning authority’s area contribute to the mitigation of, and adaptation to, climate change.”20 Cheltenham can lead this by being prepared…