… .......................................................................................................................................9 2.3: Local .............................................................................................................................................9 2.3.1: Additional information: What is net zero carbon? ...............................................................9 3.0: Guildford Borough Council - Climate Emergency Declaration…
… working hard as a council to identify and reduce our carbon emissions. This Action Plan sets out the actions we will be taking to achieve our goal of net zero carbon emissions as a council by 2030. Our council’s carbon footprint, while significant, only accounts for a small amount of the emissions from the borough as a whole. We cannot achieve net zero as a borough on our own. Therefore…
… in increasing global atmospheric temperatures: “Global net human-caused emissions of CO2 would need to fall by about 45 percent from 2010 levels by 2030, reaching net zero around 2050” Due to the scale and urgency of the climate emergency, everybody, not just world leaders, have a responsibility in reducing global carbon emissions. 1.3.1: Additional information: Carbon emissions: For simplicity we…
… Committee to advise the Government on Carbon emission targets. In 2019 the Climate Change Act was amended to include a carbon neutrality target with a deadline of 2050. In December 2020, the Climate Change Committee (CCC) published its Sixth Carbon Budget5 which advised that the UK would need to deliver a 78% reduction by 2035 if it is to meet its long-term net zero commitment. 2.3: Local In 2019…
…, GBC declared a climate emergency and committed to achieving net zero carbon emissions within the organisation by 2030. Surrey County Council (SCC) and many of the districts and boroughs within Surrey declared their commitment to reduce carbon emissions from their organisations aiming to achieve net zero by 2050. While more ambitious in its targets, the Guildford Climate Change Action Plan…