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… spaces and improved health. Our ambition in delivering Lewisham’s Climate Emergency Action Plan is to recognise and work towards the widest possible range of benefits through responding to the climate crisis and to reframe what it means to take action as something that has tangible positive benefits. 1.18 Risks from climate change identified in the Government’s UK Climate Change Risk Assessment…
… generations. We also have a duty to protect the most vulnerable members of our society. Globally, and locally, the oldest, youngest, the least well off and those with health conditions will bear the brunt of a changing climate. As a society our way of living needs to be based around a new contract. A contract that ensures government, business, media, communities and individuals are accountable…
… of the threat of climate change is the mainstream view in the media and by the majority of governments across the world. Yet action has been unambitious and slow. 1.3 This disconnect between words and action is what underpins the sense of a climate crisis. Within a generation, unchecked global temperature rises are forecast2 to lead to average UK summer temperatures in excess of 30ºC, a halving…
…: Secure low carbon buildings and infrastructure via borough planning; 3. Halve road journeys made by petrol and diesel; 1 https://www.ipcc.ch/sr15/ 2 See Environment Agency Climate Impacts Tool 2019 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/climate-impacts-tool 3 https://www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/node/36755 https…
…://www.ipcc.ch/sr15/ https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/climate-impacts-tool https://www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/node/36755 5 4. Secure 100% renewable energy for London’s public sector now and in the future; 5. Reduce consumption emissions by two thirds, focusing on food, clothing, electronics and aviation; 6. Develop London’s low carbon sector and green…