… above the pre-industrial period7,8. It also charts a path to ensure we adapt to current and unavoidable climate change. Damage has already been done. Some further impacts are expected from pollution already produced. 5 From an initial vantage point of 2019 6 Green Alliance (2011) Climate science explained 7 In line with global ambitions in the UN Paris Agreement on climate change…
… of change needed. It sets clear goals and what we must aim for. The Global Picture Globally, greenhouse gas pollution (CO2e) continues to rise. Pollution reached a record high in 2017 of 53.5 Gt CO2e. This was an increase of 0.7 GtCO2e compared with 2016.9 The UN ‘Paris Agreement’ on climate change seeks to limit global average temperature rises to 1.5 °C above the pre-industrial…
… not manage to achieve at least a 13.4% reduction in the first years from 2020 we risk using up our remaining budget sooner so would need to achieve higher annual savings thereafter. Cool 2 – A strategy for Wirral in the face of the global climate emergency 9 Figure 3: Paris Agreement compatible local carbon ‘budget’ descent pathway…
… of the global climate emergency 12 MOVING FORWARD AND STAYING ON TRACK A mechanism to drive progress The key mechanism that this strategy introduces is based on the UN’s global approach. Under the Paris Agreement, nations submit their own ‘Nationally Determined Contribution’ (NDC) towards the global climate goal. The local carbon…