Including the closely related terms heating, and heating.
… Item Action 18 Regeneration Workstream 18.1 To support a central heat source in Birkenhead & measure its feasibility so it can be used in other areas across the Wirral 18.2 Invite community & business stakeholders to realise and promote the ‘Sustainability Central’ initiative 18.3 Ensure policies in the Local Plan reflect Climate Emergency…
… - disrupting national economies and affecting lives, costing people, communities, and countries today. The warming of our climate is caused by a build-up of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in our atmosphere. These gases trap heat by forming a blanket around the Earth- like the glass of a greenhouse. These gases stay in the atmosphere for many years and as they build up, the planets temperature…
… rises. Then, as the world heats up, feedback loops accelerate warming: melting polar ice meaning less of the sun’s heat is reflected into space. These greenhouse gases build up in the atmosphere mainly due to the burning of fossil fuels - coal, oil and gas and cutting down forests. In the last 100 years Greenhouse gas levels have skyrocketed and are at the highest levels in history. The impacts…
… of climate change are global and unprecedented in scale. These include, but aren’t limited to, shifting weather patterns that threaten food production, rising sea levels that increase the risk of catastrophic flooding, fires raging across vast expanses of forest and extreme heat waves and drought, coupled with rapid biodiversity and ecosystem loss, combining to create a mass extinction event that threatens…
… or severely impacts all life on our planet. Without drastic action today, the worlds average surface temperature is projected to rise over the 21st century and is likely to surpass 3 degrees Celsius this century. This global heating will affect the poorest and most vulnerable people in the world the most. Back to top…