… THE ECOLOGICAL EMERGENCY 13 NATURAL ASSETS 49 ACTION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE 16 TRANSPORT 53 CARBON EMISSIONS & ACHIEIVNG NET ZERO 18 MAKING IT HAPPEN 57 CARBON BUDGETS: PATHWAYS & TRAJECTORIES 21 YOUR IDEAS 61 AREAS FOR ACTION 23 NEXT STEPS 65 RENEWABLE ENERGY 25 REFERENCES 67 FOREWORD Back in May 2019, one of the first actions of the newly formed Dorset Council…
… is framed into these three key areas... Lobbying Critically, much of what is required will need to be led by national gov- ernment through clear policy and support programmes (including fi- nancial incentives). At present, the Climate Change Act sets a clear target for net zero by 2050. However, the Committee on Climate Change has highlighted that many areas of government policy do not yet…
… produced a report called Net Zero, recommending a new target for the UK to be net zero greenhouse gases by 2050, which could be achieved with known technologies and behavioural changes within the same budget allowed for the previous target. In June 2019, the updated target was legislat- ed by the UK Government. ACTION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Reaching net zero emissions requires an annual…
… carbon budgets due to a lack of clear policies (especially regarding heat), and regularly criticise the lack of action by the UK government. / 17 Insert image F ig u re 1 6 CARBON EMISSIONS & ACHIEVING NET-ZERO UK Carbon Emissions In 2017, UK emissions were estimated to be 460.2 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2e) , a decrease of 2.7% compared…
…. F ig u re 1 7 CARBON EMISSIONS & ACHIEVING NET ZERO Dorset Council Emissions As a new unitary Council (only in existence since April 2019), no his- toric data is available to directly compare progress. However, each of the former local authorities now forming Dorset Council had carbon management programmes, which had recorded savings in the region of 10-15% since 2009…