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Tees Valley Combined Authority

… the UK the first major economy to make achieving Net Zero by 2050 the law. In December 2020, the Committee on Climate Change published its Sixth Carbon Budget, recommending a 78% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2035. In June 2021, the government also set this target in law. In November 2020, the Prime Minister’s 10 Point Plan for Green Industrial Revolution set out how “by investing…

… term competitiveness” Key targets within the plan included: ■ Developing high growth potential businesses and key growth sectors ■ Introducing new processes and practices which reduce carbon emissions, increase productivity and the availability of high value jobs ■ Promoting the Tees Valley as the preferred location in the UK for energy intensive indigenous firms and Foreign Direct…

… to deliver a Net Zero local transport network by 2036 7. Supporting the national target of all homes being rated to EPC C and above by 2035. 8. Support all public sector organisations in the delivery of their own Net Zero strategies and supporting more than 1000 businesses to adopt new practices and achieve carbon savings by 2035 9. Provide online services to help residents monitor and reduce…

…, including reuse and disposal of waste The Tees Valley’s emissions today Local and regional estimates of carbon emissions start from a baseline of 2011, which is the baseline for most statistics in this strategy. Although emissions figures for 2020 are available, this strategy uses figures from 2019 due to the impact of the international response to Covid-19 making figures from 2020 highly…

… mandated an 80% cut overall in national greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and set out a legal framework for reducing emissions across the UK economy, made up of five-year targets called Carbon Budgets. The Act also established the Committee on Climate Change to advise government on achieving Net Zero and to set Carbon Budgets. In June 2019, the target was revised to a 100% reduction – making…