Including the closely related term government.
… Change 8 Carbon Offsetting 10 Capturing Carbon through the Regeneration of Nature 11 Corporate Emissions - Where we are as a Council 12 Community Emissions - Where we are as a District 16 Climate Crisis Action Plan: Phase 1 Priority Actions 21 Key Sustainability Themes 20 Theme 1: Governance and Leadership 23 Theme 2: Energy Use 24 Theme 3: Transport and Air Quality 27 Theme 4: Waste 31…
… Theme 5: Nature and Food 35 Theme 6: Water and Climate Change Adaptation 39 Appendix 1: Sustainability and Climate Crisis Action Plan (2020-2023) 42 Theme 1: Governance and Leadership 42 Theme 2: Energy Use 44 Theme 3: Transport and Air Quality 48 Theme 4: Waste 52 Theme 5: Nature and Food 54 Theme 6: Water and Climate Change Adaption 56 Appendix 2: Climate Crisis Action Plan - Phase 1 (2020…
… District by 2030, twenty years in advance of the government’s current net zero target of 2050. We know that this is ambitious. Significant investments and changes in organisational culture from the way we manage our buildings, deliver high quality services and procure our products will be required. However, we must not also forget that this challenge, great though it undoubtedly is, offers an exciting…
… to declare a Climate Emergency and do everything we can to reduce St Albans District carbon emissions to net zero by 2030. Climate change is already happening; we can no longer continue ‘business as usual’. In May 2019 the UK parliament became the first in the world to declare a climate emergency. The government has committed to reducing emissions to net zero by 2050. As a country we will all need…
… change. Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees There has been growing political pressure on governments, cities and organisations to act by cutting emissions. The 2018 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Global warming of 1.5 degrees says that consistently reducing emissions to reach net zero by around 2050 is needed to prevent the most destructive impacts. The report…