Including the closely related term climate emergency.
… ........................................................................................................................... 1 Background to this plan ..................................................................................................... 1 Welcome to Torridge ......................................................................................................... 1 The case for declaring a climate emergency...................................................................... 3 What we have…
… ..................................................................................................................... 25 Our Communities ............................................................................................................ 27 1 Introduction Background to this plan In July 2019 Torridge District Council (TDC) declared a ‘Climate Emergency’. This was in recognition of the science and evidence of the impacts that climate change is having on our environment…
… permission of Devon County Council) 3 The case for declaring a climate emergency Our planet’s climate is changing and warming is accelerating. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has warned that we have 10 years to limit climate change to avoid a catastrophe. In response to the Paris Agreement, a special report on Global Warming1 was published in October 2018…
… with overseeing, supporting and lobbying for sustainability and climate change to be at the forefront of Council operations and policy, responding effectively to need and maximise the influence of TDC as widely as possible in our communities. We have developed a Member Climate Emergency Group who are meeting regularly to feed into projects and provide a sounding board and feedback on actions…
…/attachment_data/file/850130/Env-reporting-guidance_inc_SECR_31March.pdf 12 Opportunities for Torridge on the journey to Carbon Neutrality For too long, climate change and the climate emergency has been portrayed in purely negative terms. This needn’t be the case and we should look to the benefits that moving to a sustainable and low carbon future can bring to our district and economy…