Including the closely related term climate emergency.
… and the calls for action which influenced the council’s development and adoption of its Climate Emergency Declaration in 2019. The Council’s Climate Emergency Declaration included a 12-point action plan which was presented and approved by the Full Council on 27th June 2019. It was also agreed that a Cross Party Climate Emergency Working Group would be established to oversee implementation of that plan…
… and Resources Lorna Meahan The adoption by the council of our Climate Emergency Declaration highlights the importance of Climate Change locally and promotes the role that the council is required to play, to coordinate, support and lead on regional activity to reduce our carbon emissions and support a transition to a low and zero carbon economy that maximises the opportunities locally to build…
… change, resolving it benefits everyone, and it is everyone’s job to act on. The strategic plan represents Dumfries and Galloway Councils commitment to play its role in the fight against Climate Change. 3 Climate Emergency declaration and progress On 27 June 2019 Dumfries and Galloway Council declared a Climate Emergency and set out the ambitions as follows: “Dumfries and Galloway Council…
… hereby declares a Climate Emergency and recognises the impact this will have on our quality of life. We recognise our responsibility to tackle climate change and fully commit to taking effective action to limit the impact on our region and its people. We recognise the challenges ahead to tackle climate change and, whilst we have already made significant strides towards achievement…
… infrastructure in SW Scotland and the council plans to reduce the size of its own estate. New Council Priority One of the key activities outlined within the 12-point plan was the necessity to create a new corporate priority and commitments in line with the existing priorities that focused attention and resources on the climate emergency declaration and created the framework for future action…