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… breakdown. There has already been a clear increase in the number of flooding events and the scale of the impact they have had. Locally, flooding in the Winter of 2020, had a severe impact in the Gloucestershire and Tewksbury area as shown in the photo below. • The impact of average warming of 2 degrees C is much greater than average warming of 1.5 degrees C. • 2 degrees C warming would…

… to the natural world and by restoring the natural world we restore our own future and all life on earth. Building local climate resilience will include: y Improving how we work together, involving everyone to enable a zero carbon, nature rich and healthier future, y Reducing flood risk through managing landscapes for example by slowing the rate at which rainfall runs from higher ground into streams…

… EMERGENCY STRATEGY www.southglos.gov.uk/climatechange Global impacts The chart below shows the impact of different levels of warming. Changes in the average global temperature may appear small but produce very large impacts in the natural world and physical systems including the weather and sea-levels. Local impacts Currently flooding is identified as the number 1 risk to the UK from climate…

… lead to severe consequences for humans and all life on earth. • Many people would be forced to leave their homes due to flooding, droughts and famine. 8% of plants will lose 1/2 their habitable area 6% of insects will lose 1/2 their habitable area 14% of the global population exposed to severe heat every 1 in 5 years 37% of the global population exposed to severe heat…

… recorded globally in human history. As temperatures increase in the UK there are likely to be more incidents of regular flooding of homes and businesses and disruption of local services. Furthermore, it may impact on our health, the food available for us to eat and our water supply. Globally huge numbers of people will be forced to leave their homes due to flooding, lack of food and water, health…