… outweigh removals GHG emissions removed from the atmosphere GHG emissions removed from the atmosphere The Paris Agreement is a legally binding international treaty on climate change. It was adopted by 196 Parties at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris, France, on 12 December 2015. It states that globally we must limit global warming to ‘well below 2 degrees centigrade’ to have…
… Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has said emissions must peak before 2025 and drop sharply to keep even the more conservative Paris Agreement warming goal of two degrees centigrade in play. We are now at a crossroads where the 2020’s must be a decade of action to keep this target within reach. The UK has set a target date of net zero by 2050, in line with the Paris Agreement. Scotland has set…