The UK Climate Change Act (Target Amendment) sets legally binding targets for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases. Through the Act, the net UK carbon account for 2050 must be at least 100% lower than the 1990 baseline (or ‘Net Zero’).
Barrow Borough Council have produced a Climate Change Policy and Action Plan which sets out ambitions for the Borough to be ‘Net Zero’ by 2037. Addressing the impacts of climate change is also a key theme which cuts across many sections and policies of the Local Plan.
A focus on adapting to climate change forms part of the Environment Act (2021) and the Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan, in addition to strategies towards ‘Net Zero’.