Including the closely related term planting.
… to Rhondda Cynon Taf. These features include a huge area of semi-natural landscape, with a high level of tree cover and a wide variety of wildlife, both common and rare, close to where we live. Even our mining heritage offers the potential to produce energy for us. We also face unique challenges. The devastating impact of the 2020 floods, Ciara, Dennis and Jorge on Rhondda Cynon Taf…
… and the surrounding areas, is an early indication of the impact of projected warmer, wetter winters in the northern hemisphere arising from the impact of Climate Change. The ecological emergency is affecting our plants and animals and affecting the natural processes on which we all depend. Welsh Government data, set out in its Future Trends Report 2017, indicates that by 2050, in Wales, daily maximum…
… summer temperatures are projected to rise by 3.4oC daily minimum winter temperatures are projected to increase by 2.5oC rainfall is projected to increase by 14% in winter and decrease by 16% in the summer. Across Wales, rising temperatures are already changing habitats affecting plants and wildlife as well as soil conditions and landscapes. Rising sea levels in coastal regions…
… the amount of renewable energy we generate by investing in solar and wind power plants, using the energy produced to deliver Council services. In 2019/20 we generated 2,667,743 kWh – equivalent ****** https://www.slideshare.net/StatisticsWales/welsh-government-future-trends-report-2017-climate-change https://gov.wales/sites/default/files/statistics-and-research/2018…
… of products and materials. Work with local businesses to help them source more sustainable products locally and sell to local markets. Increase the amount of supplies and services the Council procures from local small and medium sized enterprises by disaggregating the contracts into smaller lots that are more suitable for local businesses to tender for. Use natural planting in public areas…