Manchester is set to blow its carbon budget for this century by 2027
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news…
Manchester will blow its carbon budget for the rest of this century within the next five years if urgent action is not taken, councillors have been warned. If the city continues on the current trajectory, it would exceed its carbon budget of 15 MtCO2 set for a 82-year period up to 2100 by around 2027.
DB2
What is the penalty for exceeding the carbon budget?
Paul: What is the penalty for exceeding the carbon budget?
Buy credits from Tesla?
ralph
What is the penalty for exceeding the carbon budget?
Aside from looking incompetent, some places have put their goals into laws. IIRC, both the UK and the Netherlands have had court cases that forced changes. Mostly, however, they just set new goals.
From 2012:
Sweden will likely miss its climate goals
www.rcinet.ca/eye-on-the-arctic/2012/10/16/sweden-will-likel…
Sweden’s carbon emissions dropped in 2011, but the country will miss its 2020 target for reductions…“We’re not going to meet our goals with the pace we have,” says Åsa Romson, spokesperson for the Green Party, to Swedish Television. “We’re going to be about 150 years late in meeting that goal and it’s not at all acceptable.”
DB2
Manchester is set to blow its carbon budget for this century by 2027
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LOL! That can be said for most major cities around the world.
Jaak
Manchester is set to blow its carbon budget for this century by 2027
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LOL! That can be said for most major cities around the world.
Indeed. (Well, actually, all cities.)
What does that say about the paper promises of Paris?
DB2