Bristol is facing more heatwaves, floods and droughts as the climate continues to heat up, according to a new action plan. Bristol City Council’s new climate emergency action plan details what work will be done to cut carbon emissions and make the city more resilient.
Melting roads, buckling railways, heavy floods in winter and long droughts in summer could cause havoc to Bristol, unless urgent action is taken across the world to cut carbon emissions, according to the action plan. But a lot of work is taking place within Bristol.
As well as work to reduce how much greenhouse gases the city emits, much of the focus is now on making Bristol more resilient to the worse effects of climate change. This includes building new flood defences, and helping vulnerable people most at risk from killer heatwaves.
