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Their litter-picking on Wimbledon Common sowed the seeds of sustainable living – and maybe even Extinction Rebellion.
November 2019: special report on oceans and the cryosphere emphasises calls to accelerate a transition to a zero carbon economy and place at least 30% of the world’s oceans under protection. Rising temperatures, acidification, and lower oxygen levels in the oceans are severely impacting human and marine life.
November 2019: Quantifying risks to critical systems finds that investing into climate change mitigation shows positive returns when compared to the projected costs of climate change impacts; hence reinforces the benefits of avoiding them.
Date: Mon, 10/21/2019 East Cambridgeshire District Council has joined over 200 Councils around the UK in declaring a Climate Emergency. The council took the decision at last week’s Full Council meeting (Thursday 17 October), following the submission of a petition signed by local residents.
Students walked out of school to take the world-wide protests against climate change to the streets of a Norfolk town.
Peterborough cannot live without the car, say councillors who have rejected an idea to amend the draft Local Transport Plan (LTP) to include climate emergency changes.
A decision to declare a climate emergency has been delayed by West Norfolk councillors despite a protest by environmental protestors.