Including the closely related terms nature emergency, and climate emergency.
… currently have available to us. There are gaps in our understanding and more work will need to be undertaken over time. • Integrated. It covers both direct and indirect carbon emissions as well as climate resilience. This plan is not: • Perfect. We are facing a climate emergency and this plan is a next step. • Static. The field is fast changing – policy, finance, technology, the markets and public…
… impact on reducing our carbon emissions, but also have other positive impacts. This will require us to work across our organisation and with partners, to think strategically and long term. It may mean that action is sometimes slower but we will work to achieve a balance. Long term The climate emergency can be hard to respond to because the payback from our actions is not always…
…, organisations and technologies that we are used to are not designed for the future that we need to make. To succeed and to create opportunities to make our mark on the future, we will need to learn and experiment. Nature focused We are not only in a climate emergency, but an ecological and nature crisis. The two crises are interrelated and the solutions for each can benefit the other…
…. Nature is also vital for our wellbeing. We will seek to act in ways which maximise our emissions reductions and addresses the nature emergency and uses nature based solutions. P age 23 Electric vans trials Our hugely popular electric van trial scheme uses behavioural change insights to tackle one of the key barriers in switching to electric vehicles: uncertainty about new…
… at clean air compliance and prioritising electric vehicles. This will be reviewed annually. Nature based solutions and the nature emergency • We will continue to manage our trees and woodlands to protect the 22kt CO2 per year carbon sequestration they provide. • We have increased the amount of land that is managed naturalistically, and are increasing this further. • We are committed to planting…