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… .................................................................................................................................. 20 CLEAN TRAVEL ................................................................................................................................... 21 WISER DECISIONS .............................................................................................................................. 22 MORE CARBON STORAGE…
… 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…
… greater extremes To make progress together we must see: • A swift reduction in demand for energy across all sectors - business, industry and household. At least 100,000 homes alone need upgrading to be more energy efficient over the next ten years. • A complete switch to clean ‘zero carbon’ energy sources by around 2041 • A complete shift to fossil fuel free local travel by around 2030…
… goals: To stay within a local emissions ‘budget’ of 7.7 million tonnes (Mt) of CO2 between 2020-2100 and to reach ‘net zero’ pollution as early as possible before 2041 (Box 1.1). To ensure a climate resilient Wirral adapted to cope with existing change and further unavoidable disruption this century (Box 1.2). Box 1.1: Staying within Wirral’s emissions budget and reaching ‘net zero…
…’ pollution soon There is only so much more greenhouse gas pollution we can risk without breaking globally agreed temperature limits. This is referred to as our remaining ‘carbon budget’. Our local ‘fair share’ of the global budget for 2020 to 2100 has been calculated to be 7.7 million tonnes of CO2. Staying within this local budget means sharp reductions in emissions from Wirral each year…