… possible action, under its control, to reduce emissions so that Hull becomes fully carbon neutral by 2030. The achievement of carbon neutrality by Hull for 2030 is a big challenge, and one that requires significant policy and funding change that can only be delivered by Government. Therefore, based upon the national net zero target for 2050, established within the Climate Change Act…
… Council declared a climate emergency and established a target for Hull to become a carbon neutral economy for both production and consumption of emissions by 2030, joining a global movement of local authorities as one of over 230 within the UK. The UK Government has committed the country to become net zero, for production emissions by 2050 and the Committee on Climate Change has set out…
…, for Government, the pace and scale of change required within the UK if we are to meet the 2050 date. The achievement of a net zero economy by 2050 is considered credible and viable with existing known technology and for an annual cost of 1%-2% of GDP3. Further, the United Nations Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change has said that for the world to meet the aims within the Paris Agreement…
… time. Delivery of carbon neutrality in Hull is not only 3 https://www.theccc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Net-Zero-The-UKs-contribution-to-stopping- global-warming.pdf 4 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/ 15-V14-FINAL dependent on actions taken locally…
… actions Chart 5: Most Cost Effective carbon reduction actions Change on this scale will require Hull to deliver, over the next ten years, a pace of carbon reduction that it has not been achieved to date. What is carbon neutral and what is the difference between production and consumption emissions? Being carbon neutral, also referred to as “net zero”, means that as a society…