Including 5 closely related terms such as carbon budget, reduce carbon, and local carbon.
… on the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change local carbon budget tool Cool 2 – A strategy for Wirral in the face of the global climate emergency 13 Purpose Step Background/Description Lead and key stakeholders Timescale Accelerate sustainable energy transition Set up a zero carbon buildings and infrastructure taskforce The energy…
… and a half times more. 12 Taken from the Wirral report generated by Tyndall Centre for Climate Change local carbon budget tool. A more recent version of the tool with updated emissions data indicates the need to reach near zero by 2042. 13 Ideally, we need to reduce pollution by more than 13.4% early on. Doing this would help stretch our remaining budget over a longer period. If we do…
… for Wirral (13.4% reduction per year) compared with present pathway (3.8% reduction per year) 14 14 Based on information generated by Tyndall Centre for Climate Change local carbon budget tool Cool 2 – A strategy for Wirral in the face of the global climate emergency 10 OBJECTIVES To stand a chance of staying…
… not manage to achieve at least a 13.4% reduction in the first years from 2020 we risk using up our remaining budget sooner so would need to achieve higher annual savings thereafter. Cool 2 – A strategy for Wirral in the face of the global climate emergency 9 Figure 3: Paris Agreement compatible local carbon ‘budget’ descent pathway…
… indicates where we need to be, the direction of travel to get there, and some early steps so we can move quicker. In Wirral, to meet our fair share of the global effort to tackle climate change we need: • Deep and fast cuts in climate damaging pollution. We must reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) pollution by around three and a half times more each year than we have achieved so far to stay within…