Including 9 closely related terms such as weather events, extreme weather events, and extreme weather events.
… Shropshire Council’s carbon footprint and adapt service delivery to address the impacts of extreme weather events will significantly reduce financial risk and generate very real savings to the public finances in the medium to long term as well as delivering on our corporate responsibilities to the environment and our communities. Placing the initial focus on our corporate performance allows…
… also have an adverse effect on local air quality, which affects health and wellbeing. In addition, because of road transport bias; the cost of climate change impacts should be considered in NHS costs, road maintenance due to extreme weather events, flooding, drainage and erosion costs. Building Utilities Clarification (Scope 1 & 2) 2.6 Scope 1 includes static sources (direct emissions…
… by putting in place physical and operational adaptation measures to mitigate risks to our assets and services from extreme climate events. c. 81% of Shropshire Council’s direct (scope 1 & 2) GHG emissions in 2017 were generated from energy use in its buildings and a further 13% was generated by street lighting, so these will be priorities for early intervention. Support Clean and Inclusive…
… carbon zero and manage the effects of extreme climate events. b. We will help establish and support a Climate Action Partnership of stakeholders and the wider community. The Council will work with the Partnership to provide advice, support and encouragement to our communities, businesses and charitable organisations to help them to mitigate their emissions and adapt to the inevitable impacts…
… resilience and adaptation to the effects of extreme weather. Key Principles: 3.4 Shropshire Council will adopt the following principles: Prioritise Actions: a. We need to stop adding to the problem whilst recognising that work on sequestration and adaptation is also critical. b. It is already too late to ‘fix’ the climate crisis just by reducing emissions, so we will need to adapt…