Including the closely related terms carbon reduction, carbon budgets, and carbon budget.
… pathways Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) commissioned research to understand potential carbon reduction pathways to implement these recommendations using a model called SCATTER (Setting City Area Targets and Trajectories for Emissions Reductions)3 . This provides different pathways depending on local decisions taken across over 40 different interventions, which can each…
… be implemented to 4 different extents. Figure 1 sets out potential carbon reduction pathways for Greater Manchester, against the budget recommended by the Tyndall Centre’s research. This shows that: • Under “SCATTER Level 4” pathway (each of the 40+ interventions pulled to the maximum extent), carbon neutrality is possible to achieve but emissions of nearly 20% above the Tyndall Centre’s…
… believe is immediately possible. The plan therefore sets out actions that everyone can take now, whilst accepting that future innovation will be required to accelerate carbon reduction Figure 1 – Potential Carbon Reduction Pathways for Greater Manchester; Source: Anthesis 3https://www.anthesisgroup.com/scatter-carbon-footprint-reduction-tool SCATTER GM 191.8 MtCO2 SCATTER L4 111.9…
… to reduce our current annual emissions by more than half to put ourselves on the “SCATTER Level 4” pathway. • We would need to reduce our current annual emissions by more than two thirds to meet the Tyndall Centre’s recommended budget. Figure 2 – Potential Carbon Budgets for Greater Manchester; Source: Anthesis - 10.00 20.00 30.00 40.00 50.00 2018-2022 2023-2027 M tC O 2 pe…
… r 5 y ea rs Current and next UK Carbon Budget periods SCATTER GM SCATTER L4 Tyndall Half of current annual emissions 6 | EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Using the models to inform our plans Models have their limitations. The principle value of the models to us is: • Informing the scale of the challenge we face – reductions on this scale will be extremely challenging to achieve…