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”.
A Norfolk councillor has defended the council’s decision not to declare a climate emergency after being quizzed on the decision.
December 2019: An interdisciplinary and international coalition of scientists have declared a climate emergency and are calling on decision-makers to act on climate change. The paper sets out clear interventions and identifies energy, short-lived pollutants, nature, food, economy, and population size as primary domains for intervention.