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Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

… • We will create community wealth by identifying local business opportunities that will arise from the move towards a low carbon future e.g. renewable energy, sustainable transport, smart technologies, research and development • By promoting digital solutions, we will reduce carbon emissions by reducing our reliance on paper and reducing business mileage • We can reduce fuel poverty…

… mitigate the borough’s greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to the impacts of climate change. There is also the provision of 5 policy frameworks in the areas of strategic landscape and green infrastructure, built environment, wildlife habitats and species, low carbon development and flooding that focus our environmental efforts. Wigan’s Economic Vision The strategy sets out how our borough is made…

… in legislation that the net UK carbon account for the year 2050 would be at least 80% lower than the 1990 baseline. In June 2019, the UK Government increased the UK’s legislated target for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions from at least 80% to at least 100% by 2050. The Scottish Government have set their own target of net zero carbon by 2045. The Act places several legal requirements…

… budget of 8.4MtCO2 for the period of 2020 to 2100. This requires initiating an immediate programme of CO2 mitigation to deliver cuts in emissions by approximately 13% per year. At 2017 emissions levels, our borough would use it’s entire carbon budget within 7 years from 2020. Friends of the Earth have identified that in comparison to other authorities, our borough has made less progress…

… our greenhouse gas emissions alone. To do this, we have to work together effectively with our residents, communities, local businesses and partner organisations to ensure that we commit to a transition to a zero carbon Wigan Borough. The climate is changing, and the science is clear. There is an urgent need to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions to limit global temperature rise to below 1.5oC…