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… and on their implementation efforts. On 12th June 2019, the UK government amended the Climate Change Act 2008, introducing a net-zero greenhouse gases target by 2050. This commits the UK to eliminating emissions from homes, transport, farming and industry, or in the most difficult cases through offsetting by planting trees and carbon capture and storage. To achieve the 2050 net-zero target, the UK Government has…
…/detail/e n/MEMO_07_515 UK Climate Change Act UK Government November 2008 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/27/content s Sustainable development goals 2030 United Nations May 2015 https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdgs The Paris Agreement/Accord United Nations Committee on Climate Change November 2016 https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris- agreement/the-paris…
…-agreement Clean Growth Strategy UK Government October 2017 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/clean- growth-strategy 25 Year Environment Plan UK Government January 2018 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/25- year-environment-plan Green Finance Strategy UK Government July 2019 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/ uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/82028 4…
… be possible with ambitious action by governments that signed the Paris Agreement. The UK is one of over 150 nations to sign up to the UN Paris Agreement in November 2016. By signing, all the countries committed to put forward their best efforts and to strengthen these efforts in the years ahead. This includes requirements that all countries report regularly on their emissions…
… adopted policies which envisage the role of local authorities as a catalyst in delivering urgent and necessary action to address the climate crisis. In October 2017, the government adopted the Clean Growth Strategy, proposing measures for decarbonising all sectors of the UK economy through the 2020s. It explains how the whole country can benefit from low-carbon opportunities, while meeting…