… by us alone. Throughout the lifespan of the strategy we will review progress annually to ensure the direction we have chosen is still appropriate. STRATEGY 2020-30 7 3. Context The Paris Agreement, which was signed on 12th December 2015, was the first time that the overwhelming majority of national governments acknowledged that climate change was a tangible, severe and, importantly…
… of this work, it was recognised that an average global temperature rise of no more than 2°C is required to avert the worst potential consequences of climate change. The Paris Agreement formalised this recognition and has as its central aim to keep a global temperature rise this century well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further…