…% by 20302. In 2015 the UNFCCC ‘Paris Agreement’ detailed its aim to reduce emissions as quickly as possible and to aspire to halt global warming, and prevent a rise in temperature of a further 2oC. The agreement came into force on 4 November 2016. Figure 1: Related Legislation and Policy Summary 1 Compared with 1990 2 Compared…
… to 2007 scenario Carbon Management Plan 2019-2022 7 ‘A Clean Planet for All’ is an ambitious strategy linked to the Paris Agreement and sets out a vision for a prosperous, modern, competitive and climate neutral Europe. However, prior to the COP24 held in Poland, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a special report where they stated it was likely that global warming…
… would reach 1.5oC by 2030-2052, highlighting the potential impact and risks throughout the world. At COP24 all the countries agreed to implement most of the Paris Agreement, reaching a consensus on the monitoring and reporting of performance. Further discussion will take place in Chile in 2019 to finalise the remaining detail. By 2020 however countries will need to show that they have met…