Environment

An established record of high profile, impactful analyses on the sources and changes in emissions.    

There has never been a greater need for organisations to accurately  measure and strategise their emissions outputs. If we are  to avoid catastrophic damage linked to climate change then the vast majority of lasting reductions in greenhouse gas emissions - for individuals, companies and governments - will have to occur within the next 10 years. There is no avoiding the fact that this process will be as profound and climacteric a challenge as our economies and institutions have ever faced.

If you were the mayor of a large international city, can you imagine the complexity of reducing all emissions by over two thirds within 5 years - navigating thousands of businesses, hundreds-of-thousands of journeys, and millions of individuals? What confidence would you need to redirect city-wide structures toward deep reductions in impact? On what basis could you become informed for the complex decisions that will have to be made?

WRC specialise in developing an expert evidence base to guide decision making for decarbonisation.

We can form detailed baseline emissions inventories by source, sector and scope, conforming to all industry-standard reporting requirements. These are often then related to customised models projecting how emissions (1) will likely and (2) could change over time according to different economic scenarios composing growth, policy ambition and sociodemographic formations. We can relate these findings to science-based pathways and carbon budgets in-line with IPCC targets, national legislation and custom policy frameworks. Importantly, we have industry-leading expertise in the specification of detailed, place specific programmes of decarbonisation across sectors. This programme of work has fed directly into policy and climate change strategy formation, and enables the effective prioritisation of investment options across sectors and stakeholder groups.