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… APPENDIX Net Zero 2030 Executive Summary As the Leader of the Council I am setting a clear ambition for the Council to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 (‘Net Zero 2030’). This report and appendix sets out actions towards meeting this target. Recommendations It is recommended that: a) Council support and endorse…
… the ambition and actions set out in this report and appendix; and, b) Cabinet be asked to establish a Cabinet Working Group to oversee and lead the ongoing development and implementation of the Council’s transition to Net Zero 2030. Reason for Recommendation It is clear all organisations and individuals have a role to play in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This work must be undertaken fully…
…- acknowledged net zero global greenhouse gas emissions aim for the second half of this century. “Following the Paris Agreement, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published a Special Report in October 2018 which found that limiting global warming to 1.5°C is possible but would require unprecedented “rapid and far reaching” changes in all aspects of society, including a need…
… to reach ‘net zero’ by around 2050.” 2. The UK Government responded by commissioning the Committee on Climate Change (‘CCC’) to determine what steps the UK would need to take to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. The CCC concluded their work in May and the Government accepted their findings, amending the Climate Change Act 2008 in June to introduce a target for at least a 100% reduction…
… of greenhouse gas emissions (compared to 1990 levels) in the UK by 2050. 3. The IPCC report observed that a large proportion of the necessary reduction in greenhouse gas reductions must take place before 2030 if warming is to be successfully limited. It is therefore recognised this should be the target for achieving net zero wherever possible. This target is referred to as Net Zero 2030. Local…