Study looks at impact of the weather
THE impact of climate change in Edinburgh will be studied as part of a project to ready the city for extreme weather.
The city council will use media reports and individual experiences to form a picture of the real effects of changes to the weather on the community.
The research will also look at changing needs for information about weather and climate. The project will be supported by an environmental adviser who will work with council staff to produce recommendations. The council aims to create a carbon-neutral Edinburgh by 2050.
Stewart Stevenson, Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change, said: "Climate change is not an issue any government can address alone.
"If we are going to achieve our national target of an 80 per cent reduction in emissions by 2050 we all need to accept personal responsibility and take local action."
Email to a friend
Print this page- Rangers run into the ground as furious HMRC battles to claw back tax
- Broken Rangers: Club signals intention to go into administration
- Scottish independence: David Cameron offers a deal to reject independence
- Rangers: ‘Crisis will soon be over and Rangers FC will survive’
- Scottish independence: David Cameron set to snub Alex Salmond’s separation talks bid
- Scottish independence: David Cameron offers a deal to reject independence
- Devo-max merely a dodgy back-up plan to save SNP, says Jim Sillars
- Scottish independence: No breakthrough in talks between Alex Salmond and Michael Moore
- The Rumour Mill: Thursday’s football news and gossip
- Scottish independence: David Cameron set to snub Alex Salmond’s separation talks bid
Looking for...
Featured advertisers
Jobs
Search for a job
Motors
Search for a car
Property
Search for a house
Weather for Edinburgh
Saturday 18 February 2012
Today
Light sleet showers
Temperature: -2 C to 7 C
Wind Speed: 30 mph
Wind direction: West
Tomorrow
Sunny spells
Temperature: 1 C to 5 C
Wind Speed: 15 mph
Wind direction: West
