… in reversing this damage COOL 2 A STRATEGY FOR WIRRAL IN THE FACE OF THE GLOBAL CLIMATE EMERGENCY 5 INTRODUCTION 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 which came into force in 2016 8. Beyond 1.5ºC of unnatural warming even more dangerous climate change will happen To do…
… to rise. Pollution reached a record high in 2017 of 53.5 Gt CO2e. This was an increase of 0.7 GtCO2e compared with 20169. The UN ‘Paris Agreement’ on climate change seeks to limit global average temperature rises to 1.5ºC above the pre-industrial period. Unless there is a rapid fall in pollution we could see 1.5ºC of unnatural heating as early as 203510. The Local Picture In Wirral, our CO2…
… organisations and households need to adapt to these changes to avoid further disruption. COOL 2 A STRATEGY FOR WIRRAL IN THE FACE OF THE GLOBAL CLIMATE EMERGENCY 9 14. Based on information generated by Tyndall Centre for Climate Change local carbon budget tool Figure 3: Paris Agreement compatible local carbon ‘budget’ descent pathway for Wirral (13.4% reduction per year) compared with present…
… pathway (3.8% reduction per year)14 2015 2050204520402035203020252020 M t C O2 1.2 0.2 0.4 0.6 1.4 0.8 1.0 0 CO2 descent pathway to meet local ‘fair share’ budget based on the Paris Agreement (-13.4%) CO2 descent pathway based on past local annual average reductions (-3.8%) To stand a chance of staying within our emissions ‘budget’ and getting to net zero climate pollution and we…
… DECISIONS CARBON STORAGE A CLEAR VIEW OF CLIMATE RISK ADAPTATION WIDER CLIMATE UNDERSTANDING ADEQUATE RESOURCING STRONG PARTNERSHIPS AND NETWORKS EVIDENCE INFORMED ACTION 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…