… targets based upon the commitments in the 2015 Paris Agreement to stay “well below 2°C and pursuing 1.5°C” for global temperature rise, informed by climate science and defined in terms of science- based carbon budget setting. This report recommended that Kirklees aim to “reach zero or near zero carbon no later than 2041.” Following the report from the Tyndall Centre, Kirklees set a more…
… pathway to 2038, whilst outlining a “Climate Ready” objective for climate adpatation. Read the west-yorkshire-climate-and-environment-plan.pdf (westyorks-ca.gov.uk) Targets from National Government The UK national government has enshrined in law, a climate change mitigation target of achieving Net Zero by 2050, which is compatible with the Paris Agreement of limiting global warming to 1.5˚C…