{"id":491,"date":"2019-11-14T17:22:28","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T17:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theoneplanetlife.com\/?p=491"},"modified":"2019-11-14T17:26:41","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T17:26:41","slug":"why-choose-the-one-planet-as-a-response-to-declaring-climate-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theoneplanetlife.com\/cy\/why-choose-the-one-planet-as-a-response-to-declaring-climate-emergency\/","title":{"rendered":"The ‘one planet’ solution to declaring climate emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cities and countries are declaring a climate emergency. But what should they do next? Here’s the perfect answer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The carbon footprint is included in the ecological footprint \u2013 which covers everything that is produced and consumed and the ability of nature to support us.<\/p>\n

Now the scale of the problem facing us is huge: to reduce the impacts of all of a typical UK or other developed city’s activities by two thirds (from the present 3 planets eco-footprint (incl. carbon & nature) to one planet).<\/p>\n

So measures like those done in the past, while certainly necessary, will not reach the deeper system changes demanded by XR that would be sufficient. A step change is required!<\/p>\n

The ‘one planet’ approach is about tackling all spending (and ultimately planning) decisions and moving towards a local circular economy). It means you can capture many benefits not reached by a piecemeal approach.<\/p>\n

Targets focus minds. So setting a target of getting to ‘one planet’ in, say, 10 or 20 years is a way to get everyone thinking along the same lines.<\/p>\n

It’s also easy to communicate to everyone; an ‘umbrella’ rallying cry to generate enthusiasm; and it’s possible to check progress on the target.<\/p>\n

In Wales, it\u2019s doing no more than is required by the Well-Being of Future Generations Act (since eco-footprint is an indicator & spending only for the care of future generations is its purpose).<\/p>\n

For these reasons, adopting an exciting ‘one planet city\u2019 target as part of a city’s response to declaring a climate emergency sends out all the right signals and leaves nothing out.<\/p>\n

Cysylltu \u00e2 ni<\/a> for more information and support.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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