… ...............................................................................................................................................53 Objective 3: Net zero council ............................................................................................................................... 60 Objective 4: Planning ............................................................................................................................................... 67 Objective 5: Biodiversity…
… that will help us to tackle climate change among the main areas we can influence as a council. Separate action plans for each objective 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…
… emissions, limiting global warming to safe levels, will be beyond 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. 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, to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. 12 Wyre target The council aims to reduce our emissions by at least 78% by 2035, before achieving net zero by 2050. We commit to support and work with all other relevant agencies to achieve net zero emissions for Wyre borough within the same timescale. National legalisation: - The UK’s Net Zero Strategy sets out how…