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… Nations https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/ 8 | P a g e Figure 3 UN Sustainable Development Goals 2.1.2 The UN Paris Agreement The Paris Agreement, concluded in 2015, sets out a global action plan to put the world on track to avoid dangerous climate change by limiting global warming to well below 2°C and pursuing efforts to limit…

… it to 1.5°C.9 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report (2018) on the impacts of global warming above 1.5 degrees10 concluded that the likely impacts are seriously alarming and that all options must be put into play to avoid the most dangerous consequences. The report concludes that the next 12 years are critical, with global carbon emissions needing to be cut by 45 percent by 2030…

… authorities work in partnership with the Scottish Government to realise these outcomes. 9 Paris Agreement, 2015, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change 10 Global Warming of 1.5 degrees, October 2018, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 11 National Performance Framework, Scottish Government, https://nationalperformance.gov.scot/ 9 | P a g e Figure 4 Scottish Government National…

… carbon heat, and investing in resilience to climate impacts. 5.2 Policy Drivers Table 8: Relevant policy drivers on sustainable communities and how applied to South Ayrshire Council service delivery Policy Local application UN Sustainable Development Goals and National Performance Framework  Integrate climate change mitigation and adaptation into local development planning.  Help…

… 2.2.4 Public Bodies Climate Change Duties................................................................................... 10 2.2.5 Climate Ready Scotland ....................................................................................................... 10 2.3 Local…