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Wiltshire Council

…, the council acknowledged the climate emergency and committed to seek to make the county of Wiltshire carbon neutral by 2030. To this end, in July 2019 Wiltshire Council pledged as an organisation to become carbon neutral by 2030. A Climate Emergency Task Group was set up, gathering the views of a wide range of stakeholders to provide recommendations on ways to reduce carbon emissions. Wiltshire…

… on substantially reducing emissions, before residual emissions being offset or compensated). Beyond 2030 we will aspire to be fully net zero, meaning that stricter criteria will apply to offsetting, which should be via carbon removal methods such as tree planting and ‘carbon capture and storage’ technologies, and for these to be sufficient we will have reduced emissions almost completely. We will scale…

… limit global warming to 1.5 degrees compared to pre-industrial levels. With no change to current emissions, Wiltshire would use up all its budget within seven years. As part of developing a delivery plan for Wiltshire, research will be carried out to find the most efficient measures to achieve carbon reduction and establish the cost of trajectories to carbon neutrality. The council has…

… Wiltshire Council – and Wiltshire’s people – to lead action on climate change. We hope that residents, communities, organisations and business will join us in working towards these shared goals and principles. We will focus on reducing carbon emissions in order to keep global temperature to below 1.5oC. However, given that the effects of climate change are already being felt, we need to plan…

… Committee sixth carbon budget Wiltshire Climate Strategy 2022 - 2027 Photo: Malmesbury aerial view ! International 1.5oC Keep global temperature rise below 2oC while aiming for 1.5oC National 2050 UK to become carbon neutral 2030 68% reduction in carbon emissions 1.5oC Keep UK temperature rise below 2oC while aiming for 1.5oC 10 https://www.iea.org/reports/net-zero-by-2050…