As the COP26 conference approaches, more businesses, organisations and governments are keen to make people aware of what they’re doing to tackle climate change. When countries signed the Paris Agreement in 2015, they agreed to a legally binding treaty that aims to limit global warming to well below 2°C, compared to pre-industrial levels. If we’re to meet this requirement then action will be needed at all levels. As local councils are responsible for the emissions of many schools, housing and public buildings, their action will be key to achieving this goal.
In 2019, the London borough of Camden (see Figure 1) declared a climate and ecological emergency. Over 90% of the population in Britain now lives in areas that have made similar declarations, but what does this mean in practice?
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