Including the closely related term climate emergency.
… a responsibility to make changes, to act to prepare us and future generations for a sustainable way of living. Helping to shape a borough to be proud of, we are committed to doing everything we can to reduce our emissions and adapt to our changing climate. We can no longer continue ‘business as usual’ so at the beginning of the summer the council declared a climate emergency. This was a public testimony…
… so that through our example we can leave a prosperous and sustainable legacy for the future. The UK Government was the first in the world to declare a climate emergency that commits to reducing emissions to net zero by 2050. As a country we will all need to work together with urgency. As a borough we can help influence this change and demand action to decarbonise our energy use, improve…
… Council. On 9th July 2019 Watford’s elected councillors voted in favour of declaring a climate emergency and have pledged to do everything in their power to make the borough carbon neutral by 2030. The motion approved the following actions: 1) Join other Councils in recognising and declaring a climate emergency 2) Pledge to do everything within the Council’s power to make the whole…
… within existing decision making processes 8) Report back to Council, via the newly established Sustainability Forum, on an action plan to address the climate emergency, and then every six months after this provide an update on progress being made. The proposed action plan to be on the agenda of the Sustainability Forum to be held 3rd October 2019 9) Dedicate enough staff and budget…
… supporting carbon reduction. With the recent climate emergency declaration the council will also refresh its approach to sustainability, building on past success to ensure that this strategy is ambitious in reducing the Council’s and the boroughs emissions. In June 2019 the first meeting of the Sustainability Forum took place consisting of 7 members (elected at Annual Council with representation…