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Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council

… Local Plan includes the promotion of sustainable transport, planning for new developments in locations and ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, actively supporting energy efficiency in buildings and helping to increase the use and supply of renewable and low-carbon energy. Generating energy locally will create jobs and support the local economy. By developing a portfolio of options for clean…

… 12 years left within which to take the serious action required to avert this crisis and avoid the worst impacts.i Following the recommendation of the Committee on Climate Change,ii the UK’s independent climate advisory body, the Climate Change Act 2008 was amended in June 2019. This commits the Government to reducing all UK greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050 and to contribute…

… recognise the need to quickly decarbonise and increase the resilience of our communities to help minimise the impacts from unavoidable climate change. We are well placed to drive and influence emissions reductions in wider areas through the services we deliver, through our role as a social landlord, community leader and major employer, as well as through regulatory and strategic functions…

… interested parties to look at all areas of policy and delivery and through that working group, this Policy has been created to outline our ambition for emission reductions and provide a starting point for our climate emergency action plan. Climate Change Policy 2020-25 3 | P a g e Objectives The Borough of Barrow in Furness aims to reach net zero carbon no later than 2037…

… To start the work on becoming a zero carbon Borough, a dedicated piece of analysis has been produced by the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research that establishes a ‘carbon budget’ for the Borough.v The report recommends that, in order for us to make our fair contribution to global climate goals, the Borough must not exceed a ‘budget’ of 2.7 million tonnes of carbon emissions for the period…