Submit your views on climate change

Have your say on the Manx government's vision for 2050.

If you are concerned about climate change after the publication of a UN report yesterday, you can still have your say on how the issue is addressed in the Isle of Man.

A public consultation is running until the end of the month (August) to inform a five-year government plan.

It comes as the IPCC report said human activity is changing the climate in "unprecedented and sometimes irreversible ways".

It warns of increasingly extreme heatwaves, flooding and drought- but scientists say a catastrophe can be avoided if the world acts fast.

The Isle of Man government has committed to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, in line with the European Union's Paris climate agreement.

The consultation sets out the following vision:

"By 2050 we will have reduced all the greenhouse gas emissions possible, and we will be left with minimal unavoidable emissions (for example from food production). Renewable electricity will power our homes and our transport. We will live in homes that are warm and easy to heat.

"Our communities will be better designed for living and working locally, and for walking, cycling and public transport.

"We will not need to drive as much and the cars that we still drive will be no longer be reliant on fossil fuels.

"Driver-less and or shared vehicles will have become a normal part of life".

You can contribute your views here.