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… the Cumbria wide Local Authority Climate Policy Group and the Cumbria Climate Change Working Group. Climate Change Policy 2020-25 8 | P a g e We recognise that to achieve our ambitious target we will need to work with local partners and neighbouring Councils to help local residents, local businesses and other organisations to reduce their energy consumption, to reduce congestion…

… emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty. World Meteorological Organization. [online] Available at: https://www.ipcc.ch/sr15/ ii Committee on Climate Change. (2019). Net Zero - The UK's contribution to stopping global warming. [online] Available at: https://www.theccc.org.uk…

…/publication/net-zero-the-uks-contribution-to-stopping- global-warming/ iii Climate Change Act 2008 (2050 Target Amendment) Order 2019, SI 2019/1056 iv Barrow Borough Council. (2019). The New Local Plan. [online] Available at: https://www.barrowbc.gov.uk/residents/planning/planning-policy/local-plan/ v Dr Jaise Kuriakose, Dr Chris Jones, Prof Kevin Anderson, Dr John Broderick & Prof Carly…

… recognise the need to quickly decarbonise and increase the resilience of our communities to help minimise the impacts from unavoidable climate change. We are well placed to drive and influence emissions reductions in wider areas through the services we deliver, through our role as a social landlord, community leader and major employer, as well as through regulatory and strategic functions…

… To start the work on becoming a zero carbon Borough, a dedicated piece of analysis has been produced by the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research that establishes a ‘carbon budget’ for the Borough.v The report recommends that, in order for us to make our fair contribution to global climate goals, the Borough must not exceed a ‘budget’ of 2.7 million tonnes of carbon emissions for the period…