…’, interacting with other trends to make it even more difficult to address poverty, disease, and food insecurity. If we carry on as we are these impacts will get much worse and global issues - like food scarcity - will become more challenging. This is the background that led Stirling Council to recognise the Climate and Nature Emergency in 2019 and why Scotland has committed to become a “Net Zero…
… threatens our social and economic systems but also the planetary systems on which we all depend. We must take rapid, urgent action to respond to the Emergency while we have the time. Going “Net Zero” Net Zero means reducing greenhouse gas emissions to nearly zero. This includes emissions from our buildings, travel, industry, resource use and purchases. We want to lock up the remaining balance…
… through nature and mechanical carbon capture and storage schemes so the balance of our emissions becomes ‘net‘ zero. STIRLING COUNCIL CLIMATE & NATURE EMERGENCY PLAN 2021-2045 7 Why climate matters in Stirling Council Country Milestones 3rd October 2019 Stirling Council recognised the Climate and Nature Emergency November 2021 The eyes of the world are on Scotland, as Glasgow hosts…
… the United Nations’ 26th summit on climate change (COP 26) 2030 Scotland’s target to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 75% against 1990 levels. The Stirling Council area needs to be in line with this target 2045 The year Scotland has committed to be a Net Zero carbon economy. Stirling Council area also needs to be net zero by 2045, if not before We know urgent action is needed…
…, published 2 years behind present. We all need to make faster progress and reduce our emissions by at least a half in the next 10 years to meet ‘net zero’ emissions (balance of the emissions produced with those removed). 1000 800 600 400 200 0 -200 Em is si on s (k tC O 2e ) Emissions reductions we need to achieve to keep global temperature rise below 2oC (as set out in the Paris…