Tonight we are launching our Net Zero Carbon Roadmap for Leeds, which shows a pathway for how Leeds can get to net-zero emissions by the city’s target date of 2030.

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We're looking forward to hearing responses to the roadmap's presentation by members of the Leeds Citizens' Jury, Polly Cook of Leeds City Council, @SimonBowens of Friends of the Earth and Elizabeth Edgington of @BITC

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Leeds’ carbon footprint has gone down: between 2000-2019 emissions fell by 40% (largely due to national decarbonisation of the grid).

Our share of the global carbon budget in 2020 is 31m tonnes; at ca. 4m tonnes a year, that’s used up by 2029

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During lockdown #1, emissions were ca. 43% lower – overall, in 2020, they were ca 13% lower than normal. Sounds encouraging, but this only delays the point we eat up our carbon budget by 2 months!
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Following science-based targets, Leeds needs to make 70% reductions by 2025 – which means another 25% reduction in emissions in the next 4-5 years.

We need to accelerate significantly!

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