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London Borough of Tower Hamlets

… an approach to offset the residual emissions. Some solutions (e.g. social housing retrofit, investment in additional renewable energy capacity) are possible in 2025 but not acceptable in the long term. By 2050, residual emissions in the UK will have to be less than 10% of what they are now, leaving only a marginal role for offsetting by increasing plant cover, for example tree planting. Our…

… of inefficient buildings, in particular Mulberry Place and the associated move towards a lower carbon new Town Hall. The Council may dispose / move out of other buildings but we have currently only accounted for Mulberry Place. • Carbon policy measures from the Council (e.g. retrofitting, energy management, and tree planting) and from Government, as well as market-driven changes (e.g. uptake…

… or nationally this must be done. Carbon offsetting, done well, can play an important short term role by funding land restoration, tree planting, energy efficiency measures and additional renewable energy capacity. However the focus should be on eliminating reliance on fossil fuels and reducing emissions in the first place. Carbon Capture and Storage may also have a place for mopping up…

… energy scenarios every year. These are used to facilitate the understanding of how the UK’s electricity generation mix could develop. We focused on the two scenarios which can meet (or be close to meeting) the UK climate change targets: the ‘Two Degrees’ and the ‘Community Renewables’ scenarios. As the ‘Two Degrees’ scenario relies on a large proportion of new nuclear energy plants…

… and as there is a significant degree of uncertainty for new nuclear plant financing, our recommendation is to consider the ‘Community Renewables’ scenario as the most likely. This scenario assumes that around 70% of annual electricity demand in 2050 will be met by wind and solar power. BEIS and HM Treasury projections BEIS and HM Treasury have also published their projections for the future carbon content…