Updated Report now available September 2020
Introduction to the report
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Porthcawl Regeneration plans response
Regeneration Plans for Porthcawl – a low carbon community?
Sustainable Wales - Cymru Gynaliadwy is a charity that has been based in Porthcawl and Bridgend County Borough for over twenty years. It is progressive in outlook and aims to encourage behavioural change within the community https://www.sustainablewales.org.uk/
The NGO has always taken a keen interest in development plans for the county borough, and at this time of planetary climate emergency, this interest is more relevant than ever. The organisation would like to see Bridgend Borough Council at the forefront of leading Porthcawl’s transition into a low-carbon community.
As Porthcawl often achieves c60% and up to 95% local renewable energy generation we potentially have a head start. https://carbontracer.westernpower.co.uk/
Local generation we believe is from Cenin Renewables -Parc Stormi http://www.ceninrenewables.co.uk )
The Context
At the end of 2018, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that we have 12 years to make the necessary changes to limit a rise in global temperatures by 1.5ºC.
Failure to act will see a significant and accelerating increase in sea levels and flooding, extreme and abrupt changes to weather patterns, crop failures, and extinctions of plant, insect and animal species. This will lead to global economic disruption and a humanitarian crisis, impacting billions of people.
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