Including the closely related terms emergencies, and climate emergency.
… ...........................................................4 The Paris Agreement ..........................................5 UK commitment ....................................................6 High Peak - Declaring a climate emergency .............................................8 High Peak - Current emissions profile ......... 10 Carbon budget ................................................... 12 Mapping the emissions of High Peak Borough…
… INTRODUCTION Following the declaration of a climate emergency in 2019 the Council began work on the development of a plan of action to achieve its stated goal of achieving Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. It was intended that the plan should also address how to enable the whole Borough to achieve that same goal, with the ambition of developing a full detailed plan of action in 2020…
…: coherent policy and powers for the facilitation of delivery The report notes that over 300 local authorities have declared Climate Emergencies and a third have developed strategies and action plans to deliver ambitious targets by 2030 and 2050. More than half of these have a Net Zero target date of 2030. But the Report also found that ‘gaps in powers, policy and funding barriers, and a lack…
… of capacity and skills at local level, means such ambitions are unlikely to be delivered’. 8 HIGH PEAK - DECLARING A CLIMATE EMERGENCY Climate Change is an existential threat. Humans have already caused irreversible climate change, the impacts of which are being felt around the world. Global temperatures have increased by 1⁰C from pre-industrial levels. Atmospheric CO2e levels are above…
… around the world and in UK are responding by declaring a Climate Emergency and committing the resources to address this emergency. HIGH PEAK – DECLARING A CLIMATE EMERGENCY On October 15th 2019 High Peak Borough Council passed a resolution declaring a climate emergency as follows: 9 HIGH PEAK - DECLARING A CLIMATE EMERGENCY The inclusion of local residents and businesses chosen…