Wirral Borough Council

Dec 2024: Council therefore resolves to:• Reaffirm the 2019 Declaration of an Environment and Climate Emergency, recognising the urgent threat of climate change and recommitting to its goals, focusing on reducing carbon emissions and transitioning to sustainable, climate-conscious practices across all council operations;• declare a Nature and Biodiversity Emergency, reinforcing Council’s commitment to protecting Wirral’s ecosystems and natural heritage thereby extending current assessments of climate impacts in policies, actions, and planning to include potential impacts on our biodiversity; and• ask the Environment, Climate Emergency & Transport committee to develop an action plan for implementing this declaration including promoting understanding by the public.Wirral Council declares an Environment and Climate EmergencyFurther, Wirral Council calls on Cabinet to: Support and increase efforts to meet Climate Change targets to achieve netzero emissions before 2050 by supporting and setting ambitious, short-termtargets for the roll-out of renewables and low carbon energy and transport,and to move swiftly to capture economic opportunities and green jobs in a lowcarbon economy; protect Wirral’s natural environment and develop a circular, zero wasteeconomy; manage risks for workers currently reliant on carbon intensive sectors; explain to the public what this Climate Emergency declaration means andpromote understanding and action; request regular updates from the Council Leadership on progress being madeto act on this declaration; and call on Westminster to provide the powers and the funding to make this locallypossible.Council notes with alarm that, conducted at the highest international scientific level,these reports warn that during the lifetime of our children catastrophic ecologicaldisaster will unfold with the extinction of circa one million life-forms, many of which areessential to human species survival - unless OUR generation reverses it.

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