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…) towards the global climate goal. The local carbon reduction goal presented in this strategy is based on Wirral meeting its fair share of the Paris Agreement16. The Wirral approach thus seeks to secure ‘Locally Determined Contributions’ from all those with an interest in our borough to help meet this local goal. Some organisations already have climate-related action plans. Others are committed…

… habitats. To help reach ‘net zero’ emissions, more carbon needs to be removed from the atmosphere and stored for long periods. Artificial means of carbon capture and storage (CCS) are being explored but there is nothing yet in place at the scale needed. Locally, there may be potential to store captured carbon by reuse of the Liverpool oil and gas fields in the Irish Sea. This opportunity is being…

… 12 WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP 12 EARLY STEPS 12 MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION 20 LEANER USE OF ENERGY 22 CLEAN ENERGY 23 CLEAN TRAVEL 24 WISER DECISIONS 25 MORE CARBON STORAGE 26 A CLEAR VIEW OF CLIMATE RISK 27 ADAPTATION 28 WIDER CLIMATE UNDERSTANDING 29 ADEQUATE RESOURCING 30 STRONG PARTNERSHIPS AND NETWORKS 31 EVIDENCE INFORMED ACTION 32 APPENDIX: Build your own Cool action plan 34…

… thing will bring many benefits. Cool 2 indicates where we need to be, the direction of travel to get there, and some early steps so we can move quicker. In Wirral, to meet our fair share of the global effort to tackle climate change we need: - Deep and fast cuts in climate damaging pollution. We must reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) pollution by around three and a half times more each year than we…

… sources by around 2041 CLEAN TRAVEL: A complete transition to fossil fuel free local travel by around 2030 WISER DECISIONS: To use resources - materials, land and food - in a sustainable way so that our collective decisions do not add indirectly to the burden of climate damaging pollution in Wirral or elsewhere - cutting waste, changing land uses and our diets. STORING MORE CARBON: To capture…