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… North Somerset Council Climate Emergency Action Plan N O R T H S O M E R S E T C O U N C I L Climate Emergency Action Plan Contents Foreword 3 Introduction 5 A changing world 8 Why are we calling this an emergency? 9 The co-benefits of climate action 11 Governance 14 Community 15 Finance 17 Emissions for the North Somerset…
… to be made by individual policies to reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. The 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP 26) – the UK hosted the COP26 in November 2021. Agreements were made to reduce fossil fuel use and subsidies, eliminate deforestation, and cut methane emissions. Ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles – the government has now announced the end…
… of the sale of new petrol and diesel cars in the UK by 2030. Future Homes Standards – the government has set out plans to radically improve the energy performance of new homes, with low carbon heating and being zero carbon-ready by 2025. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment report – shows that human activity is unequivocally driving changes to the climate everywhere…
… at an unprecedented scale. The science indicates there is still time to limit temperature rises, but only if we act now. The Sixth Carbon Budget report (December 2020) – this CCC report gave recommendations to the government and local councils for delivering the UK’s net zero ambition. Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution – the government’s 10-point plan had the key objectives of Building…
… https://www.ipcc.ch/assessment-report/ar6/ https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/942648/PHE_heatwave_report_2018.pdf https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/584281/uk-climate-change-risk-assess-2017.pdf We are particularly vulnerable to flooding…