Including 5 closely related terms such as floods, flood, and flooding.
… in the transition to a low carbon economy, strengthening business competitiveness, reducing flood risks and managing the impacts of extreme weather. Our Council is committed through its Community Leadership role to encouraging local people and businesses to be smarter about their energy use, deliver services that are resource efficient, ensure council buildings and operations use low carbon energy supplies…
… weather conditions such as flash floods, storms and high winds, heatwaves, and a reduction in summer water availability. The Environment Bill was introduced to the House of Commons and given its first reading on 30 January 2020. (This is now subject to delay due to COVID-19.) The Bill seeks to address the environmental and climate crisis we are facing, and it utilises the opportunity for reform…
… on flood risks, habitats, biodiversity, ecology, landscape sensitivity and sustainability. Our strategic planning responsibilities Page 10 We will endeavour to reduce our impact on the environment and work with partners to protect the environment. We will collaborate with partners to provide a coordinated approach focusing on the following actions and objectives. We will work with County…
… efficiency standards. • Continuing with the Council’s transformation and agile programme relating to energy efficiency, for example, remote working and energy efficiency IT equipment. • Supporting tree planting across the district to offset CO2 emissions, provide habitat for wildlife, enhance natural landscape and reduce flood risk. • Phasing out use of single-use plastics within the Council Offices…
… businesses to adopt energy efficiency measures by signposting to relevant services and opportunities through our business support offer. We will work with our partners to understand the current and future risks of flooding. • Identifying areas most at risk of flooding and review policies and actions to enable a response to reduce the risks of flooding. Influencing partners Page 11…