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Pembrokeshire County Council

… sector by 2030. WG Environment Act Part II specifies an 80% reduction in all-Wales net emissions by 2050 against a 1990 baseline [PCC did not exist in 1990 and started recording emissions data in 2003/04, so 2003/04 is PCC’s only viable baseline year]. WG target for 70% of electricity used in Wales to be from renewable sources by 2030 [the equivalent of 50% of Wales’ electricity consumption…

… In May 2019, the UK Committee on Climate Change (UKCCC) recommended that a 100% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions should be legislated for ‘as soon as possible’, and urged government to set a net-zero CO2 emissions target by 2050. In June 2019, WG declared that Wales would accept the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) recommendation for a 95% reduction in (Wales-specific) greenhouse gas…

… previously reported performance in its annual reports. It is proposed that these reported emissions initially constitute the scope of the Council’s commitment to become net zero carbon by 2030. These carbon emissions come from: (a) non-domestic buildings; (b) streetlighting; (c) fleet mileage; and (d) business mileage. While the Council is committed to significantly further reduce its…

… in our communities to be involved in this journey. We look forward to reducing emissions from our own activities and, more widely, to working with partners in order to bring about equal change. Cllr Joshua Beynon, Chair of the Net Zero Carbon 2030 Group Page 3 of 48 1. Background In October 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published a Special Report…

… on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C. The IPCC found that a 1.5°C world would have significantly lower climate-related risks for natural and human systems than a 2°C world, and that global carbon emissions would need to reach net zero around 2050 in order to have no, or limited, overshoot beyond the effects of 1.5°C of climate change. Behind this report is a huge body of scientific research…