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… Sequestration 60 Low Carbon Economy 64 City Resilience 69 Glossary 74 Key Sources 76 The Liverpool NZC30 Plan4 | FOREWORD Mayor Joanne Anderson My mayoral ambition is to create a fairer, greener, and brighter low carbon future for the people of Liverpool. And I believe that the reduction in carbon emissions – to be a Net Zero Carbon city by 2030 - will have multiple benefits across all…

… social, environmental, future. By working with all communities across the city we seek to improve futures not just for our citizens but for all citizens and for the planet. https://cityplanliverpool.co.uk/ | 5 The Liverpool NZC30 Plan Cllr Barrington Cabinet Member Climate Change and Environment Reducing carbon emissions to net zero across all our activities is now…

… essential to combat the threat of accelerating climate change on our planet. It won’t be easy but we accept the challenge. Since 2005 the city’s emissions have reduced by 42% and this NZC30 Plan sets out what we now need to accelerate to further reduce carbon emissions across the city in the shortest possible time. Not all the necessary technical solutions have yet been tested at scale across a UK…

… costs on energy; reduced road traffic brings additional local health benefits from reduced air pollution; and our green spaces will help not only reduce carbon but support peoples’ health and well- being. New jobs will be created by investing in a low carbon economy and we will help people re-skill as jobs change from fossil-fuel based jobs. Liverpool also needs to develop resilience to those…

… that the transition to the low carbon economy is a fair one. A part of my role will be to lobby for fairer energy priced, affordable solutions and for the costs of carbon reduction to be targeted at those that are emitting the most carbon and not shared disproportionately across the poorest in our society. This is our analysis of what we need to do, it will remain a live document, and as we engage with more…