Sheffield City Council has declared a climate emergency and has established an ambition to become zero carbon by 2030. To this end the SCC set up the Green City Partnership Board comprising the city’s universities, local businesses and environmental organisations and charities. Research commissioned by the GCPB has established that to stay within a cumulative carbon dioxide emissions budget (set in Paris) of 16 million tonnes (MtCO2) for the period of 2020 to 2100 would require cuts in emissions averaging 14% per year.
At 2016 CO2 emission levels, Sheffield would use this entire budget within six years. Can a major UK city possibly achieve zero carbon in a decade? Dramatic action to reduce emissions requires national and local cooperation, as part of a wider collaboration with other local authorities. This talk was organised by the Yorkshire and North East regional committee.
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[In-person] Professor Susan Smith's expert insight into the challenges of inequality in housing in the United Kingdom.
Tim Nutbeam explains the extreme logistical and psychological challenges he and his team overcame to rescue a team member who suffered severe internal bleeding at the remote Halley Research Station in Antarctica.
Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (ANOB) are havens for wildlife and are designated national areas of importance. Here we will learn of the management of two such areas, Dedham Vale and Suffolk Coast and Heaths.
Sheffield City Council has declared a climate emergency and has established a plan to become zero carbon by 2030. What are the challenges it faces in achieving this ambitious target?
Seaside pleasure piers are unique heritage assets and flagship tourism attractions at Britain’s coastal resorts, but piers are increasingly under threat.
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