Including 6 closely related terms such as achieve carbon, carbon emission, and achieve carbon.
… to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030. A global emergency 4. The global challenge that climate change represents is unprecedented. 5. The warming climate due to human activity and emissions has led to rapid loss of biodiversity and damage to delicate ecosystems that threatens and impacts all life on Earth. This crisis is not something that any of us are insulated from, and the impact of climate…
…% of the world’s species are now at threat of extinction due to habitat loss and the effects of climate change. The Committee on Climate Change recently reported that there will have to be a quadrupling of low carbon electricity, major scale carbon capture and storage, and a radical change of land use to reach ‘carbon net zero’ by 2050. 8. There are a range of opinions on the pace required to meet…
… this emergency. 9. The UK Committee on Climate Change, along with the IPCC, both reference dates of 2050 to achieve carbon neutrality which the UK Government announced it would adopt on the 12 June 2019. Extinction Rebellion state that we should aim for carbon net zero by 2025. Southwark Climate emergency declaration 10. The council declared a climate emergency in March 2019 and vowed to “do all…
… and the data available, council activity represents only about 16% of the Carbon emissions in the borough, including from our own housing stock. Operationally the council manages around 500 buildings ranging from the Tooley Street offices with approximately 2,000 staff, to small parks offices. 24. Clearly the implication of this is that whilst the council has limited control of the majority…
… of the carbon emissions within the borough, we do have a central role in mobilising, advocating for change and leading by example to achieve our aims. 25. We have to work with all partners and sectors of the borough to achieve the aims of the emergency declaration. Any climate strategy will only succeed if it’s built on strong partnerships, shared agendas, equality, agreed actions and a framework…