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Wyre Council

… must stick within an overall carbon budget. This means limiting the amount of emissions we produce each year, ensuring we don’t ‘overspend’ our emissions budget, until we achieve our net zero target. By adhering to the carbon budget, we can limit the negative impacts of climate change to people, the environment and the economy. Council carbon budget Based on the council’s baseline emissions…

… accurate picture of our overall carbon footprint and allow us to target areas for emissions reduction internally, through interventions such as hybrid working and cycle to work schemes. 30 Our carbon budget As part of our Climate Emergency declaration, we have committed to a target to reduce our emissions by at least 78% by 2035, before achieving net zero by 2050. To do this, we…

… a final 15 years to reduce any remaining emissions to net zero for 2050. Figure 4: Limit of emissions within the council’s carbon budget, alongside our current carbon footprint. Using the same parameters as our 2018/19 baseline, the council’s footprint has so far dropped by 19%, keeping within our target figure for 2022/23. We have stayed within our budget owing largely…

… within 3 years from 2024. It is therefore crucial that we work together across Wyre to help influence an immediate and rapid programme of decarbonisation. Figure 5: Recommended carbon emissions budget (kt CO2e) for the borough, from 2018 to 2100. 32 Delivering our plan How we will achieve our target 33 Delivering our plan Objectives…

… .......................................................................................................................................................................... 103 3 Foreword A message from the Leader of the council 4 Foreword Climate change is one of the greatest threats we are face. Our geography in Wyre means we are at particular risk from rising sea levels and more unusual and intense storms. It is vital that we all work together to reduce our carbon emissions in a responsible…