Including 8 closely related terms such as carbon emissions, emission levels, and emissions.
… must stick within an overall carbon budget. This means limiting the amount of emissions we produce each year, ensuring we don’t ‘overspend’ our emissions budget, until we achieve our net zero target. By adhering to the carbon budget, we can limit the negative impacts of climate change to people, the environment and the economy. Council carbon budget Based on the council’s baseline emissions…
… local authorities13. To make our fair contribution towards the agreement, Wyre borough must stay within a tight emissions budget throughout 2018 and 2100. This means consistently reducing borough emissions by 13.2% each year until the end of the century. However, emission levels since the study was completed in 2017 have shown that Wyre borough will exceed its entire recommended budget…
… within 3 years from 2024. It is therefore crucial that we work together across Wyre to help influence an immediate and rapid programme of decarbonisation. Figure 5: Recommended carbon emissions budget (kt CO2e) for the borough, from 2018 to 2100. 32 Delivering our plan How we will achieve our target 33 Delivering our plan Objectives…
… .......................................................................................................................................................................... 103 3 Foreword A message from the Leader of the council 4 Foreword Climate change is one of the greatest threats we are face. Our geography in Wyre means we are at particular risk from rising sea levels and more unusual and intense storms. It is vital that we all work together to reduce our carbon emissions in a responsible…
… emissions, limiting global warming to safe levels, will be beyond reach4. Instead, the world is currently on track towards a catastrophic average 4°C rise. UK target In 2008, the Climate Change Act was introduced in the UK - the first legally binding climate change mitigation target set by any country. This commits the UK to bring all greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050, based on 1990…