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London Borough of Haringey

…, unprecedented in history for its speed, across energy, land, industrial, urban and other systems to reduce emissions. Page 5 of 15 6.3 Since the 2018 IPCC report there has been a rapid growth globally in citizen-led campaigns for greater action on carbon reduction and to address the risks that a changing climate will bring. This is seen most notably by Extinction Rebellion (also known…

… housing by delivering healthier homes through improved energy efficiency standards. 2.6 This Action Plan is about reducing carbon emissions in Haringey and raising awareness about climate change across our borough. For the borough to deliver this ambition Haringey’s residents, visitors, stakeholders and businesses need to share their input into the Action Plan’s delivery. While the Council can…

… government. 6. Background information Zero-carbon: national, regional and local context 6.1 In 2008, the UK agreed the world’s first primary legislation (the Climate Change Act 2008, amended in June 2019), requiring all layers of government to deliver action to reduce carbon emissions, abating 100 per cent of emissions by 2050, from a 1990 baseline. Since the government passed this Act…

… an emergency. 6.5 In 2011, the Council and Community agreed to work to the target of reducing borough carbon emissions by 40% by 2020 from a baseline year of 2005. The Council publishes an Annual Carbon Report which monitors the borough’s performance against this target and sets out the work that has taken place each year to reduce carbon emissions. These initiatives and programmes have been led…

… by a variety of actors - the Council, regional government, our active local resident and business groups, and not-for-profit organisations. Collectively the borough’s work has helped reduce carbon emissions from the borough, and Haringey is on target to meet the 40% reduction by 2020 (also known as 40:20 target). The 2017 data (the latest available dataset) shows that the borough reduced its carbon…