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… levels by 2050. In 2015, the UK committed to keeping emissions well below 2°C by signing up to the Paris Agreement of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C, published in October 2018, sets out the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels with available…

… P a g e | 1 Haringey Climate Change Action Plan – A Route Map for a Net Zero Carbon Haringey March 2021 P a g e | 2 Foreword from Councillor Hearn The significant community interest and engagement on this Action Plan has shown that there is high level of support from the community on tackling Climate…

…, such as domestic energy and road transport, need to decarbonise as soon as possible as these reduction targets are more achievable now with known technology responses. The graph also shows that emissions from road transport is increasing at this time. (Source: ARUP’s Climate Action Haringey: Towards a Zero-Carbon Future Final Report, November 2019) Under the Haringey Climate Change Action Plan…

…. These include: 1. The scale and impact of the climate crisis requires Haringey to be ambitious; 2. Action on climate change at a local level is action for social justice since a changing climate will impact most significantly on those who cannot avoid these impacts; 3. Taking action on climate change creates opportunities to deliver wider benefits for health, wellbeing and the local economy; 4…

… Climate Change Action Plan is informed by the recommendations set out by Arup’s Technical reports which are published on the Council’s web pages. This work was initiated with the ambition of becoming a zero-carbon borough by 2050. This work has been reviewed in light of the Climate Emergency and was concluded with the ‘Climate Action Haringey: Towards a Zero-Carbon Future’ Final Report, which…