Including the closely related term extreme weather.
… Shropshire Council’s carbon footprint and adapt service delivery to address the impacts of extreme weather events will significantly reduce financial risk and generate very real savings to the public finances in the medium to long term as well as delivering on our corporate responsibilities to the environment and our communities. Placing the initial focus on our corporate performance allows…
… also have an adverse effect on local air quality, which affects health and wellbeing. In addition, because of road transport bias; the cost of climate change impacts should be considered in NHS costs, road maintenance due to extreme weather events, flooding, drainage and erosion costs. Building Utilities Clarification (Scope 1 & 2) 2.6 Scope 1 includes static sources (direct emissions…
… resilience and adaptation to the effects of extreme weather. Key Principles: 3.4 Shropshire Council will adopt the following principles: Prioritise Actions: a. We need to stop adding to the problem whilst recognising that work on sequestration and adaptation is also critical. b. It is already too late to ‘fix’ the climate crisis just by reducing emissions, so we will need to adapt…