Including 24 closely related terms such as reduce, reduce, and reduce emissions.
… Business travel and commuting, waste, water, procured goods and services This contrasts with, for example, carbon neutral targets which may not account for all emissions Scopes and which allow emissions to be offset by high quality, certified carbon credits. 6 DRAFT CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY Carbon Management Hierarchy The key priority in seeking to reduce emissions is that there should…
… gas removal mechanisms such as tree planting or carbon capture technology. Residual emissions - any emissions which remain after all technically and economically feasible opportunities have been implemented Science-based target - a carbon emissions target which is in line with the scale of reductions required to keep global temperature increases below 2°C above pre-industrial temperatures…
… on the climate system, primarily through reducing greenhouse gas emissions - but some degree of Climate Change is still inevitable and adaptation will also have an important role to play. 4 DRAFT CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY Setting the Context The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) defines Climate Change as, “A change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly…
… out a legal framework for the UK to cut greenhouse gas emissions to 80% below 1990 levels by 2050. It represented the first global, legally-binding Climate Change mitigation target to be made by a country. The Act also established the Committee on Climate Change (CCC), an independent body which provides evidence-based advice to Government. In 2019, the CCC published its own report, supporting…
… the findings of the IPCC and advising the UK Government to revise its long term 2050 carbon emissions. This saw a new target adopted to cut GHG emissions to net zero by 2050 with the UK Government becoming the first country to nationally declare a Climate Emergency in May 2019. As the UK prepared to host the COP26 climate summit in 2021, the UK’s sixth carbon budget set out the world’s most ambitious…