Including 13 closely related terms such as carbon budget, carbon budgets, and low carbon.
…, the world is on track to overshoot the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C limit before 2050. The Climate Change Act 2008 commits the UK to reduce net carbon emissions to zero by 2050, and to five-yearly carbon budgets between now and then. The consequences of global temperature rising above 1.5°C are so severe that preventing this from happening must be a shared global priority. NEWCASTLE’S COMMITMENT…
… sources with a high carbon footprint for low carbon options; and finally • Fourth, compensating for those remaining emissions which cannot be avoided or reduced. WHAT DOES NET ZERO MEAN? CARBON MANAGEMENT HIERARCHY Net Zero (also referred to as 'carbon neutrality') refers to balancing city-wide carbon emissions with carbon reduction and removal activities. What do we mean by ‘balance’? Net…
… residents , the environment and future generations , whi ls t s imultaneously achieving a resi l ient , fa ir and inclusive economic recovery. We must grow our business base and 'green-col lar ' jobs in the ‘new’ low carbon economy through product and service innovation, resk i l l ing and addressing pover ty to ensure an inclusive society that chal lenges social inequal ity. We must ensure…
… management hierarchy of emission management will be implemented, as set out below. The Carbon Management Hierarchy directs our city to prioritise those actions which have the greatest impact by: • First, avoiding activities that are carbon-intensive and hence generate high emissions; then • Second, reducing carbon-intensive activities wherever possible; then • Third, substituting those energy…
… Government’s GHG conversion factors which are published every year to determine the applicable CO2(e) figure. Councillor Joyce McCarty Deputy Lead of the Council and Cabinet Member for Resources Our ambition is for a green city of the future, which values all residents, provides quality sustainable housing, a low carbon economy which addresses poverty and looks to ensure all people feel invested…