Between science and Reality, Rethinking Climate Change. The path to a 90% emissions reduction by 2035 A useful article with a link to a wonderful video, please watch it for the end if possible

1. Between scnience ad Reality
The Genius methods and practical of reducing emissions
by 90% by 2035
Under the Climate Change Act of 2008, theUK government mustset five-year
emission reduction targets, otherwiseknown as carbon budgets. By adopting the
advice in our sixth carbon budget, the governmentset a new legally-binding
target to cut the country’s greenhousegas emissions 78% by 2035 compared to
1990 levels.
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This amounts to a 60% reduction on today’s levels, and is probably the strongest
legally-binding target in the world. If the governmentfails to meet this target, it
would be guilty of breaking its own laws. It’s oneof the few national targets that
is actually compatible with holding global temperature risebelow the Paris
Agreeement’s 1.5°C limit. In the US, President Joe Biden recently vowed his
country would halve its emissions by 2030 – almost double the target of 28%
which Barack Obama set in 2014.
There is cause for optimism in these increasingly ambitious net zero targets. But
only on one condition: that these long-term promises are matched with short-
term action.
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2. Early decisions matter
After more than ten years of environmentalists lobbying the Department for
Transport, aviation and shipping is finally included in the UK’s carbon budget
under this updated net zero target. And 78% was notplucked fromthin air – it
represents a milestone on a carefully researched pathway that stretches from
today’s emissions levels to net zero in 2050. This pathway includes a timed roll-
out of policies and technologies, as well as expected changes in behaviour, that
we think are realistic over the next three decades, and which can get the UK to
carbon-neutrality at a reasonable cost.
Emissionsare designedtofall fastestbetween2025 and2035, but the governmentmustprepare forthis
phase now.The Climate Change Committee/DepartmentforBusiness,Energy&Industrial Strategy,
Authorprovided
Meeting net zero targets in 2035, or 2050, willdepend on policy decisions and
public and private investments being made in 2021. Governments tend to like

3. flashy projects like zero-carbon planes or nuclear fusion, butthese are no
substitute for a fully-funded, comprehensivestrategy for transforming society on
a strict timeline.
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In transport, thegovernment’s net zero strategy must involve rolling out charging
stations at speed, so half of new cars can be battery-powered within five years. It
must also ensurecar and plane travel falls, rather than rebounds to ever higher
levels post-pandemic. This is an area the governmentwill probably have to
intervene in, especially as it plans to build more roads and airportexpansions are
still on the cards. For heavy goods vehicles, new start-up companies or
established manufacturers need to start selling zero-carbon lorries, as nearly all
new sales will need to be zero-carbon by 2035.
In construction, the UK needs the skills, regulations and access to finance to
retrofit old homes, install low-carbon heating and create green new-builds. Justas
an example, heat pump installation must go frommore or less a standing startto
around half a million each year within five years.
The UK must also double its renewableenergy capacity over the next five years
and startinstalling carbon capturetechnologies on new gas power plants.
Industries mustbecomemore energy efficient and make low-carbon products
that last. There must be significant investment in hydrogen and carbon capture
technologies so we can remove at least five million tonnes of carbon dioxide from
the atmospherea year by 2030.
More food will need to be grown on significantly less land, making way for the
restoration of carbon-soaking peatlands and forests. And each person living in the
UK will need to change their eating habits within fiveyears to cut meat and dairy
consumption by at least 10%.
Working with a net zero target means there is no wriggle room. Sectors that are
hard to decarbonise, such as aviation and farming, can’trely on other sectors to
bail them out with their own emissions cuts – they’ll need to innovate to reach
net zero.

4. The path to a 90% emissions reduction by 2035.
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The road to net zero
To keep the 1.5°Cgoal in sight, rapid global changeis needed. We need new ways
of sharing knowledgeand learning from our mistakes. Hugecostly errors, such as
the Northern Ireland renewableheat incentive scandal, which saw wood being
burntto heat empty sheds justto secure subsidy payments, or the UK
government’s recentdecision to scrap the green home grantscheme, mustbe
learned fromso that we can brush ourselves off and try again.
By laying out a roadmap to net zero emissions for the UK government to follow,
my colleagues and I at the Climate Change Committee hope to presentan
optimistic vision of the future. We want to show our children that changeis
possible, and give them hope for new jobs and new creative outlets that can let us
build a net-zero society that is healthier, happier and more resilient.
Now that the governmenthas adopted our targets for decarbonising the UK over
the coming decades, our team mustadapt to monitor their progress acrossevery
department. We will hold this and any future government’s feet to the air-source
heat pump until they deliver on their promises.
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