Climate emergency
Norfolk farmers were told they must accept radical changes to the way they work if their industry is to help combat an increasingly urgent climate emergency.
Protestors are set to don scarlet robes and shave their heads on King’s Lynn’s streets in a silent demonstration against a council’s “shameful refusal” to debate declaring a climate emergency.
Concerns over a climate emergency are making big impacts on the way people live with many looking to reduce their reliance on single-use plastic. Reporter SOPHIE WYLLIE found out what families, organisations and businesses are doing to help.
Reference: Date: Tue, 12/17/2019 Residents are being urged to share their ideas on how the district council can protect the environment and cut emissions. In October, East Cambridgeshire District Council (ECDC) joined more than 200 councils across the UK to declare a climate emergency at its Full Council meeting.
We asked candidates standing in North West Cambridgeshire : The city council has declared a climate emergency and Peterborough aims to be a leader in the environment sector, what would you do to support this?
We asked candidates in Peterborough: The city council has declared a climate emergency and Peterborough aims to be a leader in the environment sector, what would you do to support this?
A Norfolk council which refused to declare a climate emergency will encourage tree planting after being urged to prevent “permanent damage and loss”.