Including the closely related term climate emergency.
… Bolton’s response to the climate emergency 1 Bolton’s response to the climate emergency Bolton Climate Change Strategy A Joint Framework for Bolton to Act on the Climate Emergency (2021-2030) 2 Bolton’s response to the climate emergency Table of contents 1 Setting the scene: Bolton, the UK and globally 4 Bolton responds…
… to the Climate Emergency 4 COP26 5 Change in National Policy 5 2 Our strategy, purpose and shape 6 3 The Bolton Big Climate Conversation: 8 Your voices driving action on climate change What you said 8 4 Climate change and health 10 5 Our six pillars 12 Governance and climate leadership 12 Homes, communities and wellbeing 12 Buildings, transport and operations 12 Natural environment and climate…
… Study: Over Hulton Community Group 38 Case Study: Bolton and Bury Swifts 39 Case Study: Bolton Green Umbrella Group 40 Case Study: Litter Pickers of North Bolton 41 Case Study: Woodland Trust 42 4 Bolton’s response to the climate emergency Setting the scene: Bolton, the UK and globally In July 2021, the UK State of the Climate Report highlighted that 2020 was: • The UK’s third…
… warmest year since 1884; all the years in the top ten are since 2002 • The UK’s sunniest on record, and sunnier than most UK summers • The UK’s fifth wettest year on record; six of the ten wettest years have been since 1998 • One of the least snowy years on record; any snow mainly affected upland and northern areas 1 Bolton Responds to the Climate Emergency Climate change is happening now…
… warming of around 1.2°C from pre- industrial levels and we need to act now, together. In August 2019, a motion was brought before Bolton Council to declare a climate emergency and to produce a plan that addresses it. Bolton’s response to the climate emergency is set out in this strategy. To succeed, we must address important issues and we will need to act collaboratively across our…