… and to model the pathways to reduce these emissions locally in line with the UK’s current commitments to net zero. Contents Introduction Background The Paris Agreement UK commitment High Peak - Declaring a climate emergency High Peak - Current emissions profile Carbon budget Mapping the emissions of High Peak Borough Council Initial activity HPBC plan - 2021/22 HPBC Emissions - council…
… ...........................................................4 The Paris Agreement ..........................................5 UK commitment ....................................................6 High Peak - Declaring a climate emergency .............................................8 High Peak - Current emissions profile ......... 10 Carbon budget ................................................... 12 Mapping the emissions of High Peak Borough…
…, dangerous weather events are becoming more frequent or severe and the environmental, economic and social costs increasing. BACKGROUND 5 THE PARIS AGREEMENT THE PARIS AGREEMENT The Paris Agreement is an agreement within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on climate change mitigation, adaptation, and finance, signed in 2016. The agreement was negotiated…
… by representatives of 196 state parties at the 21st Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC held near Paris, France, and adopted by consensus on 12th December 2015. As of February 2021, 191 members of the UNFCCC are parties to the agreement. The United States withdrew from the agreement in 2020, but officially re-joined on 19th February 2021. The Paris Agreement’s long-term temperature goal is to hold…
…, and make “finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development.” Under the Paris Agreement, each country must determine, plan, and regularly report on the contribution that it undertakes to mitigate global warming. No mechanism forces a country to set a specific emissions target by a specific date, but each target should go beyond…