The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has advised that carbon emissions must reduce globally by at least 45% by 2030 from 2010 levels. There is a chance we can avoid the worst effects of climate change by keeping warming below 1.5 degrees. To achieve this we must be carbon neutral (net-zero) by 2050 or earlier.

In response, a range of public, private and voluntary organisations from across Devon came together on 22nd May 2019 to form the Devon Climate Emergency Response Group, to declare a climate and ecological emergency and to endorse the principles of the Devon Climate Declaration.

This recognises that we are aware of the significant implications of climate change for Devon’s communities and commits the signatories to work together on developing a Devon Carbon Plan, which is being developed by the Net-Zero Task Force.

Additionally, it recognises that we need to understand the near-term and future risks of climate change for Devon to plan for how our infrastructure, public services and communities will have to adapt for a warmer world. This work is being taken forward by the Climate Impacts Group.

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DEVON CARBON PLAN

A Net-Zero Task Force has been appointed, which will use its specialist knowledge and experience to produce an evidence-led Devon Carbon Plan. This will consider the earliest, credible, date that should be set for net-zero emissions.

Between October 2019 and January 2020 the Task Force ran a call for evidence and conducted a series of thematic hearings (meetings), to help gather views, evidence and data which has created a foundation from which to develop recommendations for the Devon Carbon Plan.

https://www.devonclimateemergency.org.uk/devon-carbon-plan/ 

The Task Force assessed all available data and contributions from the evidence gathering phase to identify which actions can be adopted more easily across Devon. These ideas were used to produce a draft Interim Devon Carbon Plan that was published for consultation on the 7th December 2020. Ideas that were deemed more controversial or challenging to implement will be presented to the Citizens’ Assembly in June and July of 2021 to ensure the recommendations in the Final Devon Carbon Plan reflect the opinions of Devon’s citizens.

https://www.devonclimateemergency.org.uk/interimcarbonplan/?cat_id=2572 

We are excited to announce the publication of the Devon Climate Assembly report. This report is a major milestone for the Devon Climate Emergency project, as the findings presented here reflect the priorities of the Devon citizens’ assembly in tackling the climate emergency, and will inform the next iteration of our Devon Carbon Plan. We hope you enjoy reading their reflections, as we look forward to transforming them into deliverable actions.

https://www.devonclimateemergency.org.uk/devon-climate-assembly/devon-climate-assembly-report/ 

Once the Citizens’ Assembly has met, the Net-Zero Task Force will bring everything together to produce a draft Final Devon Carbon Plan.

CLIMATE IMPACTS GROUP

The climate is already changing and we all need to prepare to live in a warmer world. The Climate Impacts Group is using its collective knowledge to create a Devon, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Adaptation Plan. This will consider how the region and its citizens can adapt to living in a warmer world.

Following the Met Office’s release of climate projections for Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, the Climate Impacts Group have reviewed the information and interpreted its implications for the South West. This work has lead to the creation of a Climate Change Risk Register – a document which identifies the range of climate risks that the South West is facing, and scores each of them depending on their likelihood and potential impact. Our next step is to identify the parties responsible for responding to each risk, and to address any existing gaps in our preparedness for climate adaptation. Once the existing gaps have been assessed and remedied, we will move on to creating our Adaptation Plan, which will then be put to key stakeholders and the general public for consultation. After the consultation is complete, we will be able to incorporate any feedback before finalizing the plan and working with organizations to put it into practice.

https://www.devonclimateemergency.org.uk/governance/climate-impacts-group/ 

TAKING ACTION

As well as working to create a Devon Carbon Plan and a Devon, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Adaptation Plan, partners have also been working on many immediate projects.

https://www.devonclimateemergency.org.uk/taking-action/ 

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