Including 4 closely related terms such as carbon reduction, carbon accounting, and carbon economy.
… highlighted the need to close the gap between rhetoric and action – setting a carbon reduction target is the ‘easy part’ – identifying the actions on how to reach it is much more challenging. The areas of focus they have suggested are lagging is in mobility and the built environment. • Government target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050: so far, national level installation of renewables…
… need to address climate breakdown and to adapt to climate change the opportunity it provides to create a highly productive, low carbon economy; it reflects on what we might need to do (and when we need to do it) it suggests who needs to take a lead, and how it must be done if we are do it in a way which is thoughtful and inclusive. It also suggests – based on the estimates in the July 2019…
… carbon budget – that an investment programme substantial enough to meet this challenge will be in the order of £40bn over 21 years (2020-2041). The actions we propose are things that individuals, communities, businesses and government at all levels can lead. They include: 1. Active travel and cleaner transport, including keep your car at home schemes to reduce emissions, reduce unnecessary…
…. Commitments we can make as ‘anchor institutions’ (within the public sector) to use our size, scale, procurement practice and employers’ policies. One area we are keen to explore is securing the means to help all places in the region to shift to LED street lighting. 9. Consideration of new fiscal mechanisms – such as workplace levies, carbon accounting and Green Bonds – to incentivise clean growth…
… part to play: whether it is in regulation, devolving its power, or investing money. As such, this plan will try to identify what is necessary and ‘who leads’. 3. Pace matters: in averting climate breakdown, the rule of thumb is “the earlier the better”. It is why WMCA Board plans to reach zero carbon 21 years into its 80 year carbon budget – the more we can do, the less climate change we…