2.0 Sustainability Flashcards

Question

What is the Paris Agreement?

Answer 1

The Paris Agreement central aim is to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by keeping a global temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius. 160 UNFCCC parties have made voluntary pledges to reduce emissions up to 2030, including China, the US and the European Union (on behalf of the UK and other EU nations). The main aim of the Paris Agreement is to hold the increase in global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit warming to 1.5°C. Overall, the current pledges would lead to lower global emissions compared to previous expectations. But further action will be required to keep warming to below 2°C or 1.5°C. How well did you know this?

Answer 2

Landlords renting out a non-compliant home for up to three months may be fined up to £5,000 or 10% of the rateable value up to a maximum of £50,000, whichever is greater. Landlords renting out a non-compliant home for more than three months may be fined up to £10,000 or 20% of the rateable value up to a maximum of £150,000, whichever is greater. Fines of up to £5,000 can also be handed down for providing false or misleading information or failing to comply with a compliance notice.

Answer 3

Before a property is let.

Answer 4

New tenancies on or after 1st April 2018 had to meet a minimum of E From 1 April 2023: All existing non-domestic tenancies will be required to achieve a minimum EPC rating of E.

Answer 5

• Places of Worship • Industrial Units or workshops • Tenancy less than 6 months • Tenancy more than 99 years • When Payback is not feasible – improvement works within 7 years. • Landlords of residential properties are required from April 2019 to spend up to £3500 on a property and cannot improve the rating entitled to file for exemption.

Answer 6

Achieving sustainable development means that the planning system has three overarching objectives, which are interdependent and need to be pursued in mutually supportive ways (so that opportunities can be taken to secure net gains across each of the different objectives): a) an economic objective – to help build a strong, responsive and competitive economy, by ensuring that sufficient land of the right types is available in the right places and at the right time to support growth, innovation and improved productivity; and by identifying and coordinating the provision of infrastructure; b) a social objective – to support strong, vibrant and healthy communities, by ensuring that a sufficient number and range of homes can be provided to meet the needs of present and future generations; and by fostering a well-designed and safe built environment, with accessible services and open spaces that reflect current and future needs and support communities’ health, social and cultural well-being; and c) an environmental objective – to contribute to protecting and enhancing our natural, built and historic environment; including making effective use of land, helping to improve biodiversity, using natural resources prudently, minimising waste and pollution, and mitigating and adapting to climate change, including moving to a low carbon economy.

Answer 7

A UNFCCC negotiations led to the Kyoto Protocol in 1997. The Kyoto Protocol set a target for 37 industrialised countries to reduce their emissions by an average 5% below 1990 levels, for the period of 2008 to 2012. As part of this group the UK committed to a 12.5% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. The targets were met successfully. Overall, the 37 countries reduced global emissions by over 10%. But this was not enough to offset the increasing emissions from other industrialising countries (such as China), meaning total global emissions grew over the period. A second Kyoto commitment period has been agreed from 2013 to 2020. Fewer countries have signed the second commitment agreement, although the UK and the EU are participating.

Answer 8

Built environment accounts for 1/3 of the world resource use and energy use. Heating, and cooling, and drainage and water SUDs,

Answer 9

Relates to the UK’s binding commitment to cut carbon emissions by 80% from 1990 levels to 2050. The above ties in the 5 yearly ‘carbon budgets’ – the UK was the first country to implement a legally binding climate change target. This is to be achieved both at home and abroad and aims to reduce the requirement for imported fossil fuels, this will also future proof the UK against increasing energy prices in the future.

Answer 10

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