… .......................................................................................................................... 45 Objective 1: Buildings ..............................................................................................................46 Objective 2: Transport..............................................................................................................52 Objective 3: Net zero council…
… outline how we plan to achieve them. 1. Buildings Retrofit and decarbonise buildings and heating systems. 2. Transport Support decarbonised, safe and sustainable transport. 3. Net zero council Embed climate action across council governance and financial decision-making. 4. Planning Use our planning powers to plan for a low carbon and climate resilient future. 5…
… reach4. Instead, the world is currently on track towards a catastrophic average 4°C rise. UK target In 2008, the Climate Change Act was introduced in the UK - the first legally binding climate change mitigation target set by any country. This commits the UK to bring all greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050, based on 1990 levels. It also includes a series of five-year carbon…
… budgets for total greenhouse gas emissions, which cannot be exceeded, in order to meet the reduction target of net zero. Wyre target The council aims to reduce our emissions by at least 78% by 2035, before achieving net zero by 2050, committing to support and work with all other relevant agencies to achieve net zero emissions for Wyre borough within the same timescale. What is net…
… zero? Reducing our emissions to absolute zero is not currently possible with the technology available to us. Instead, a target of ‘net’ zero emissions ensures we achieve a balance of emissions between: - Emissions that are still added into the atmosphere from activities that cannot be fully decarbonised yet, such as air travel. - Removal of emissions from the atmosphere from activities…