A Dorset Council report says climate change poses a risk to how the authority's services are run.
Meeting climate change targets in Dorset is likely to become increasingly difficult, according to a new report.
The council report stated that "the impacts of climate change pose a significant risk to council services and budgets.", to be considered on Tuesday, says the three most significant sources of greenhouse gas emissions in the county are transport , agriculture and from households . "Achieving this will require increasing the pace and scale of our activity; delivering smarter by giving greater definition to our pathways and targets; and strengthening our facilitation work by working more closely with our communities.”
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