Including 6 closely related terms such as floods, flooding, and coastal flood risk.
… resilience of coastal and river habitats to manage erosion and coastal flood risk will also be important. The Council has adopted a Local Biodiversity Action Plan with its partners to deliver actions across the region with a focus on Natural Capital and the delivery of ecosystem services including carbon storage in woodlands, peatlands and grasslands. This provides a framework for action to build…
…, and there is a need to look at bringing in carbon funding from private business on top of government funding. Opportunities: How land is used has an essential role to play in the transition to a net zero carbon economy as well as building resilience to a changing climate. Promoting nature-based solutions for example through woodland expansion, managing flood risk and peatland restoration. The Scottish…
… concentrate on resilience and adaptation actions to address the ongoing impacts of climate change such as ‘hotter dryer summers, warmer wetter winters and increased flooding’ that we are all starting to experience. The Second Scottish Climate Adaptation Programme 2019-2024 was published in September 2019 and sets out how Scotland will prepare for the challenges of a changing climate. 4.9 Achieving…
… to be scaled up across the region in order to meet the demands of our present predicament. 5.5 We are already experiencing the impacts of climate change with hotter dryer summers, warmer wetter winters, more intense rainfall and more flooding. More frequent extreme weather events such as heatwaves and floods are likely to cause disruption across the region, with substantial increases in the likelihood…
… of coastal flooding in low-lying areas. 5.6 Appendix A summarises some of the main opportunities and challenges across key sectors of the economy that would enhance resilience and put the region on a transformative trajectory towards a net-zero economy. 5.7 Commitment to sustainable development including climate action has been constrained by a perception that action represents a cost…