Including 13 closely related terms such as emissions, term carbon, and gas emission.
… and in June 2019, the UK became the first country to legislate long-term climate targets by introducing a legally binding net-zero carbon emissions target to end the UK’s contribution to global warming entirely by 2050. In recognition of the urgency and importance of local action in response to a global concern, on 26th June 2019, West Oxfordshire District Council declared its Motion to address…
… of increasing carbon storage in soils and plants and developing long-term carbon sequestration is a way of reducing the effects of climate change. Adaptation is the act of developing new approaches and strategies to reduce and manage the negative effects of climate change. For example: reducing the impacts of flood risk from sea level rise by constructing seawalls as flood defence. Principles…
…) ● Oxfordshire Plan 2050 (emerging) ● Oxfordshire Low-Carbon Economy Report (currently being updated) ● Oxfordshire Energy Strategy and target to: “reduce County-wide emissions by 50% by 2030 (compared to 2008 levels) as a necessary pathway to achieving zero-carbon growth by 2050.” ● Whole-system Local Area Energy Plan for Eynsham (emerging) Page | 21 8.0 Theme Three: Active Travel…
…-industrial levels.” Shortly after the Paris Agreement, UNFCCC invited the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – a world-leading body for assessing the science related to climate change – to produce: Global Warming of 1.5°C, an IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context…
… to: Leading the way in protecting and enhancing the environment by taking action locally on climate change and biodiversity. As part of delivering the Council’s strategic priorities, a Carbon Action Plan was also produced in October 20204. It sets out the Council’s trajectory for how it will deliver its commitment to becoming carbon neutral by 2030. This Strategy now represents the Council’s focus…