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Runnymede Borough Council

… with our communities and businesses to create a sustainable living environment where people can meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs (United Nations Brundtland Commission, 1987). To support the international climate change response to limit global warming to a 1.5 degrees centigrade temperature increase while simultaneously…

… PAGE 4 CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY Context: The challenge we face The United Nations and the international scientific community have clearly identified the severe global human, environmental and economic threats that man-made climate change poses. If the world is to avoid the most serious effects of climate change, global warming must be limited to 1.5°Centigrade above pre-industrial levels…

… of the climate change challenge is to limit global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, and the first action of the strategy is to identify the Carbon emissions arising from the Council’s operations. While Carbon Dioxide is the primary driver, it is not the only greenhouse gas driving global warming. To address this, the Council has adopted the international convention to present all Carbon…

… economy in the world to legislate a binding target to reach ‘Net Zero Carbon’ emissions by 2050. In January 2022, the Council committed to tackling climate change and adopted a target to achieve operational ‘Net Zero Carbon’ emissions from its services and operations by 2030. Net Zero Carbon is achieved when the total operational Carbon emissions released on an annual basis average to be zero…

… or negative, so the amount of emitted Carbon balances with that removed or offset. CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY PAGE 5 The public declaration of a 2030 operational Net Zero Carbon target commits the Council to tackling climate change across every aspect of our service provision and estate. The overarching United Kingdom target to reach Net Zero Carbon emissions by 2050…