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Blaby District Council

…, assessing progress in reducing UK emissions over the past year. It fnds that UK action to curb greenhouse gas emissions is lagging behind what is needed to meet legally-binding emissions targets. Since June 2018, Government has delivered only 1 of 25 critical policies needed to get emissions reductions back on track. UK GOVERNMENT 25 YEAR ENVIRONMENT PLAN 2018: Promotes the use and management…

… and long term actions and set annual targets for carbon emission reductions. It will be reviewed and reported on each year, thus allowing us to respond to changes in knowledge, legislation and policy, technology and the market and take advantage of these opportunities as the world around us evolves. Supporting Evidence There is national and international…

… role we recognise that many of the solutions will happen at the local level. As a district we need to act now to reduce direct and indirect carbon emissions to net zero. We need to prepare and adapt to deal with the inevitable impacts of climate change. We recognise that achieving our vision will not be easy. There are entrenched market and wider forces that will support existing fossil-fuel…

… and ecological emergency is clear; we need urgent action to reduce our carbon emissions to limit the global temperature rise to below 1.5oC and reverse habitat and biodiversity loss. Action must be taken to protect and improve the environment and tackle climate change at a global, national and local level. Blaby District Council is committed to reducing the impact of its own activities and ensuring…

… the environment, people and the economy. This is a climate strategy for Blaby District to respond to both: MITIGATION: the causes of climate change, for example, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving carbon sinks (forests, oceans and future technology); and ADAPTATION: addressing the potential impacts of climate change, for example, actions to adapt to foods, storms or heatwaves and ongoing…