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… ing in severity. Only last month (August 2020), we saw the highest temperature ever recorded on the planet . Time is very much of the essence in order to stay within the 1.5ºC global temperature rise as a safety l imit set out by the Intergovernmental Panel on Cl imate Change (IPCC) and the Government’s legal ly binding Net Zero 2050 commitment ( l ink here) , and we must take immediate steps…
….” https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-becomes-first-major-economy-to-pass-net-zero-emissions-law INTRODUCTION: Page 6 INTRODUCTION: Page 7 This Action Plan presents Newcastle’s view of how the city can achieve its ambition to be Net Zero carbon by 2030. In its creation, we have engaged with a diverse range of individuals and organisa- tions from across the city to feed in different values…
…). Councillor Clare Penny-Evans Cabinet Member for Climate Change and Communities Our commitment to have Net Znero emissions, twenty years ahead of the Government’s targets, requires far reaching change in every aspect of the city’s life. It is not something that can be achieved by one institution, but by the city coming together and acting collaboratively to change the nature of how we generate…
… Con- vention (further information here). The Climate Emergency declaration: • Declare a ‘Climate Emergency’ • Update the 2010 Newcastle Declaration on Climate Change by pledging to make Newcastle upon Tyne carbon neutral by 2030, taking into account both production and consumption emissions • Call on the Government to provide powers and resources to make the 2030 target possible • Work…
… with other Government bodies and Non Governmental Organisatoins (NGOs) to determine and implement best prac tice methods to limit Global Warming to less than 1.5°C • Work with partners across the city and region to deliver this new goal through all relevant strategies and plans recognising that the council cannot deliver on this ambition alone • Ensure that representatives on the Tyne and Wear…