Including 6 closely related terms such as carbon reduction, carbon emission, and carbon capture.
… the findings of the IPCC and advising the UK Government to revise its long term 2050 carbon emissions. This saw a new target adopted to cut GHG emissions to net zero by 2050 with the UK Government becoming the first country to nationally declare a Climate Emergency in May 2019. As the UK prepared to host the COP26 climate summit in 2021, the UK’s sixth carbon budget set out the world’s most ambitious…
…. The carbon budget for South Holland is currently being calculated. How is South and East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership leading by example? Focus 1: Reduce the carbon footprint of our own activities Both East Lindsey District Council (ELDC) and Boston Borough Council (BBC) have engaged the Carbon Trust to produce Carbon Reduction Plans for their own operations. The ELDC plan was adopted…
… gas removal mechanisms such as tree planting or carbon capture technology. Residual emissions - any emissions which remain after all technically and economically feasible opportunities have been implemented Science-based target - a carbon emissions target which is in line with the scale of reductions required to keep global temperature increases below 2°C above pre-industrial temperatures…
… and energy from the sun in a process known as the ‘greenhouse effect’. Increases to GHG emissions push up levels of heat and energy in the Earth’s atmosphere, causing a rise in global temperatures. To give an indication of how things have changed, carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are greater than they have been at any point in the last 800,000 years. The last time the Earth saw similar levels…
… with reducing emissions but it is important to understand the distinctions between them. Achieving net zero emissions means to pursue an ambitious 1.5°C aligned science-based target for full value chain emissions i.e. Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions. Where any residual emissions remain these can be offset with certified Greenhouse Gas removal mechanisms such as tree planting or carbon capture technology…