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London Borough of Wandsworth

…. The most recent Katowice Climate Change Conference in December 2018 and the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C highlighted that the lack of sufficient action over the past 30 years means that immediate action must be taken to prevent a global temperature increase of 1.5 °C. The UK government amended its Climate Change Act in June 2019 to introduce a legally binding zero carbon target…

… and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) • EU Directive on the Restriction of the use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (ROHS) • Independent Committee on Climate Change report ‘Net Zero – The UK’s contribution to stopping global warming’ May 2019 • Climate Change Bill (2008) (with zero carbon target introduced June 2019) • Energy White Paper (2003…

… are trying to set an example in the way we manage our own land and buildings. We are making offices and depots more energy efficient, switching to LED lighting, cutting carbon emissions. Foreword Climate change is the ultimate global issue. It affects all of us today in countless different ways. It is a very real and quantifiable threat to the way of life and current and future generations…

…, spelled out the climate science, highlighting that greenhouse gas emissions must be drastically reduced in order to avoid a global increase in temperature above 2 °C. The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, signed in Rio in 1992, set limits on greenhouse emissions with the 1997 Kyoto Protocols and 2015 Paris Agreement setting further binding targets on reducing greenhouse gas emissions…

… for the UK for 2050. As a Council we take this challenge seriously, both in terms of protecting current and future residents of the borough, but also as part of our responsibility to London as a city and to the world. Climate change is one of the key long-term challenges for local authorities alongside resource constraints and demographic growth increasing demand for services. As the level…