Including 7 closely related terms such as floods, flooding, and flood resilience.
… To ensure no new development is built in high and medium flood risk areas unless absolutely necessary and only then whe flood risk management is properly understood and mitigated. C3.4 To ensure all new development contributes to responsible environmental performance. C3.5 To ensure all new development contributes to the sustainable management of transportation. C3.6 To ensure that any trees lost…
… with the manufacturing of a product. C6 Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation C6.1 To put in place a water efficiency strategy for all Council operations (i.e. green space management), then monitor, record and report year on year savings. C6.2 To ensure the Council’s flood resilience and management work incorporates a changing climate and that the Council’s own land and property decisions consider…
… sequestration through increased planting and changes to green space management. In particular to plant more street trees in urban areas to improve air quality, tackle flood risk and improve the quality of life. What is Carbon Offsetting? Carbon offsetting is the reduction in carbon emissions made through a particular process to compensate the emissions produced elsewhere. Why do we need Carbon…
… and lasting consequences; wildfires, floods, droughts and storms all more commonplace. In the UK the frequency, duration and strength of storms and extreme weather are also far more common. The risks are escalating and the need for more decisive action more prevalent than ever. The time for discussion on whether and how much the climate is changing is over. The Council has already taken action…
… matter? 1.2.1. Uncontrolled climate change will lead to higher global temperatures, rising sea levels and more extreme, unpredictable weather conditions across the world. These events and their knock-on effects, such as drought and its impact on food production, or the flooding of coastal areas where many people live, will put hundreds of millions of lives at risk. This is already occurring…