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London Borough of Harrow

… and more widely in the UK and beyond. A work stream to examine the specific risks and develop a Climate Adaptation Plan for Harrow is proposed for the coming year and will form part of the proposed 2030 Climate Strategy. Procurement Implications 4.4 Responsible and sustainable procurement is integral to the delivery of the recommendations of this report. The Council has a considerable…

… as an organisation and the borough to a carbon neutral position. 2. Options considered 2.1 Do nothing: the current approach to climate change and environmental sustainability will not be sufficient to address the commitment previously made by the council to aim to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030. 2.2 Agree the Interim Strategy and Action Plan: this provides an initial framework in order…

… to take forward this agenda and to undertake further work to establish pathways to carbon neutrality by 2030, both as an organisation and on a borough-wide basis. 3. Background The Carbon Cycle and Human-induced Climate Change 3.1 Carbon is sometimes described as the backbone of life on earth. Every living organism has carbon atoms incorporated in their cells and, through a natural…

… to the earth’s climate and associated impacts upon ecosystems. 3.6 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is reporting that global atmospheric heating over pre-industrial levels currently stands at around 1°C. This relatively low figure is because over 90% of the additional heating effect caused by human activity has so far been absorbed by the world’s oceans, along with a significant…

… The Paris Agreement on Climate Change was adopted at a meeting of 195 nations in December 2015. This included the aim of ‘holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.’ 3.8 In October 2018 the IPCC published a special report, further to the Paris…