Including the closely related terms nature emergency, and climate emergency.
… 2122-14916 Climate Change Strategy 2022.indd Climate Change Strategy 2022 - 2030 1 C l i m a t e C h a n g e S t r a t e g y Contents Table of Figures 3 Foreword 4 Executive Summary 5 The Climate Emergency 6 How this strategy was developed 7 Other Council Strategies that link to Climate Change Ambitions 8…
…/climatechange/paris-agreement C l i m a t e C h a n g e S t r a t e g y The Climate Emergency 2.1 Global heating is expected to generate significant sea level rises and more frequent and heavy extreme weather effects. The actual impacts of the climate crisis can already be seen in terms of storms, flash flooding and drought, causing water damage, surface water drainage…
… and is a risk to the health and diversity of wildlife and ecosystems. 2.2 There is now unprecedented political recognition of the global Climate Emergency. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change detailed the need to limit the increase in global temperature to 1.5oC above pre-industrial levels in order to prevent a public health catastrophe4. This is currently predicted to occur between 2030…
… to recommendations from Climate Change Committee (CCC) with interim targets and a final net zero nation by 20506. 2.4 In 2019, the W elsh Government declared a Climate Emergency in Wales, accepting the recommendations from the UK Committee on Climate Change and further setting ambitious plans for the public sector to be carbon neutral by 2030. ‘Prosperity for All: A Low Carbon Wales’7 sets out Welsh…
…. 2.7 On 30 June 2021 the W elsh Parliament further declared a nature emergency following research showing how fragile many species and ecosystems are due to habitat loss, pollution, invasive non-native species and climate change. This called for statutory targets to be set to stop and reverse any decline in biodiversity8. 2.8 The Council has been committed to reducing carbon emissions…