Including 23 closely related terms such as carbon emissions, carbon emission, and gas emissions.
… National Context: Scotland-wide carbon emissions reductions………………………………….. 28 5.2 The role of Local Authorities and reporting of carbon emissions……………………………….. 28 5.3 East Lothian’s carbon emissions………………………………………………………………………………… 28 5.4 Key Challenges and Opportunities for East Lothian……………………………………………………. 32 6. Context: Climate Change Adaptation in East Lothian…………………………….. 34 6.1 Scotland’s…
… developing countries towards a lower carbon future. The IPCC Report: In October 2018 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a special report2 that received international publicity. The report emphasised the need to keep the rise in global temperatures to under 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, rather than 2⁰C, by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, in order to minimise…
…. The IPCC report triggered declarations of ‘Climate Emergency’ by national and regional governments around the world to set stronger targets and galvanise action to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions drastically and urgently. 3.2 UK Climate Change Policy The Climate Change Act 2008 set the ‘2050 target’ for the UK, to ensure that the net UK carbon account for the year 2050 is at least 80% lower…
… to a low carbon economy will help create a more successful country, with opportunities for all of Scotland to flourish, through increasing sustainable economic growth6. Public Bodies’ Climate Change Duties: The 2009 Climate Change Act set out the Duties of Public Bodies in relation to climate change: o To contribute to the delivery of the carbon emission reduction targets set out in the Act…
…: The international, national and local policy context; East Lothian’s geographical, spatial, population and land use context; National and East Lothian emissions reduction and climate change mitigation context; and National and East Lothian climate projections and climate change adaptation context Based on this context and to address the need to take action to achieve a net zero Council, a carbon…