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Tees Valley Combined Authority

… is centrally located for easy access to the whole of the UK 680,000 304 sq m The Tees Valley is located on the east coast in the middle of the United Kingdom, nestled between North Yorkshire and County Durham. Covering an area of 304 square miles it has a population of around 680,000 people living and working in the region. Tees Valley is made up of five local authorities, Darlington, Hartlepool…

…, including those that may not currently see Net Zero as relevant to their operations. And that’s just the start. | 1110 | FITTING INTO THE NATIONAL PICTURE The United Kingdom has made a number of international and binding commitments to reduce emissions to Net Zero by 2050 – and this strategy sets out the role the Tees Valley will play in achieving them. The Climate Change Act 2008…

… ambition to spread prosperity and opportunity around the United Kingdom and Net Zero , stating how Net Zero “could also be transformative” for post-industrial areas as “the Green Industrial Revolution will require significant investment in new infrastructure and production processes using new technologies” which “has the potential to benefit disproportionately less well-performing parts of the UK…

… mandated an 80% cut overall in national greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and set out a legal framework for reducing emissions across the UK economy, made up of five-year targets called Carbon Budgets. The Act also established the Committee on Climate Change to advise government on achieving Net Zero and to set Carbon Budgets. In June 2019, the target was revised to a 100% reduction – making…

… the UK the first major economy to make achieving Net Zero by 2050 the law. In December 2020, the Committee on Climate Change published its Sixth Carbon Budget, recommending a 78% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2035. In June 2021, the government also set this target in law. In November 2020, the Prime Minister’s 10 Point Plan for Green Industrial Revolution set out how “by investing…