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Responding to the Climate Emergency

Climate Emergency Declaration

The impacts of climate breakdown are already causing serious damage around the world. The Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C, published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in October 2018;

(a) describes the enormous harm that a 2°C average rise in global temperatures is likely to cause compared with a 1.5°C rise, and

(b) confirms that limiting Global Warming to 1.5°C may still be possible with ambitious action from national and sub-national authorities, civil society and the private sector.

If the world is to stay within 1.5°C rise, developed countries like the UK need to cut emissions faster than poorer countries and achieve net-zero carbon by 2030. Strong policies to cut emissions also have associated health, wellbeing and economic benefits.

In response to the climate threat, Weymouth Town Council declared a climate emergency and are committed to making the council’s activities net zero carbon by 2030. Below are examples of the work that we are doing in response to this.

Actions Completed

Actions On-Going

Actions Planned

Emergency Planning can be found here.