Including the closely related terms flooding, flood, and flood risk.
… to reduce our scope 3 CO2 emissions through sustainable procurement and offsetting. · Workstream 5: Natural Environment and Biodiversity - Protect and improve the quality of the natural environment and biodiversity across the district including addressing flood risk and planning for sustainable development through the new Local Plan. · Workstream 6: Influencing Others in the District - Work…
… being done: · Progress on the new Local Plan has been excellent since work started in late 2019 with climate change and low carbon principles at the centre of the approach including considering flood risk and mitigation, the importance of green infrastructure and encouraging sustainable travel and patterns of development. Consideration is also being given to guiding the main development to sustainable…
…, disruption and cost. For example, the NOAA reports that the US has experienced 298 disasters since 1980, costing over $1.9 trillion and claiming over 14,000 lives[footnoteRef:4]. [4: Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters: Overview | National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) (noaa.gov)] In the UK we have already experienced some of worst flooding, rainfall, drought, high temperatures…
… for ourselves and all other life on Earth within just a few hundred years. Our Challenge Whilst we live in a usually stable temperate region of the world, we are not immune to the effects of climate change and extreme weather. Within the district we have experienced the impacts of flooding, periods of reduced rainfall, high temperatures, and powerful storms, all of which have been made more likely due…
… we are encouraging sustainable patterns of development and that the potential impacts of flooding both now and in the future are planned for and mitigation measures identified. Some of these are already being done: · Policies within our new Local Plan include requirements for net biodiversity gain on new developments. · We are a member of the White Rose Forest Partnership, giving us access…