… communities. To achieve this goal, the greatest net decrease in carbon emissions must happen in the next decade, and by 2050 emissions produced must be balanced out by carbon capture or offsetting, a position known as net-zero carbon or carbon neutral. In February 2019, the Worcestershire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) published the Worcestershire Energy Strategy. The strategy includes…
… targets to reduce carbon emissions across the county by 50% by 2030 (against a 2005 baseline), tripling renewable energy generation and doubling the low carbon economy. In May 2019, the UK Committee on Climate Change, set- up to advise the Government, called for the introduction of a net zero target for the UK by 2050. The Government agreed to this recommendation in July 2019…
… sooner than 2050 are outside of our control or influence. 11 3. National and local context 3.1 National context The Climate Change Act 2008 set out a legally binding target to reduce the UK’s carbon emissions by 80% against 1990 levels by 2050. In July 2019 the target was updated to reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2050. To meet these targets, the UK Government has set five…
… nations in moving towards net zero emissions. Importantly, it sees the role of local government as being essential in responding to environmental challenges locally and the bill includes proposals on resource management and environmental protection. Both of these support the targets and ambitions set out in the Climate Change Act. In 2019, the Government published proposals for a Future…
…, underpinned by low carbon generation which utilises Worcestershire’s unique local resources. The strategy contains a target to reduce the county’s carbon emissions by 50% by 2030 (against a 2005 baseline), with an aspiration to work towards a target of net zero carbon emissions by 2040. There are three key targets to be delivered by 2030. These are: Reduction in carbon emissions of 50…