Including 8 closely related terms such as local emissions, emissions, and emission.
… goals: To stay within a local emissions ‘budget’ of 7.7 million tonnes (Mt) of CO2 between 2020-2100 and to reach ‘net zero’ pollution as early as possible before 2041 (Box 1.1). To ensure a climate resilient Wirral adapted to cope with existing change and further unavoidable disruption this century (Box 1.2). Box 1.1: Staying within Wirral’s emissions budget and reaching ‘net zero…
…. CLEAN TRAVEL Objective: A complete transition to fossil fuel free local travel by around 2030. Compared to the power sector, emissions from transport remain stubbornly high. Improvements in vehicle emission standards have not delivered expected benefits in ‘real world’ conditions. Rising motor traffic has also limited progress. Cars still dominate over public transport, walking…
… period. Unless there is a rapid fall in pollution we could see 1.5oC of unnatural heating as early as 203510. The Local Picture In Wirral, our CO2 emissions have fallen across all sources11 (Figure 1). Between 2005 and 2016 the annual average fall in CO2 emissions was 3.8%. Figure 1: Wirral CO2 emissions 2005-16 9 UNEP (2018) Emissions Gap Report 2018 10 IPCC (2018…
… and a half times more. 12 Taken from the Wirral report generated by Tyndall Centre for Climate Change local carbon budget tool. A more recent version of the tool with updated emissions data indicates the need to reach near zero by 2042. 13 Ideally, we need to reduce pollution by more than 13.4% early on. Doing this would help stretch our remaining budget over a longer period. If we do…
… within our emissions ‘budget’ and getting to net zero climate pollution and we must aim for: Leaner use of energy: To reduce the overall demand for energy in Wirral across residential, commercial and industrial sectors making sure all homes currently below Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) Band C that can be upgraded are improved to this level or better by around 203015 Clean energy…