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Gedling Borough Council

… in the decarbonisation of our operations and critically, we want to enable and encourage other sectors to follow suit by leading a movement for change amongst both our residents and businesses. Providing support and guidance throughout this transition will ensure that we achieve our ambition, whilst deriving a host of positive side effects that include improved air quality. Critically, however, it will eliminate…

… future climatic changes, through the incorporation of green infrastructure, which in turn, will enhance the resilience of communities to extreme events. Priority 2: Transport Aside from contributing to almost a quarter of the borough’s carbon emissions, transport is the main cause of air pollution in urban areas. This is associated with a number of adverse health impacts, being a contributing…

… factor in the onset of heart disease and cancer. In 2017 alone, the costs of air pollution to the NHS and social care in England were estimated to be £157 million9. According to the BEIS data, in 2018, transport accounted for 102,400 tonnes of carbon emissions annually or 24% of the borough’s total, a 15.2% reduction in transport emissions in 2008. Of the 102,400 tonnes of carbon emitted from…

… 8 Gedling Borough Council, 2021 - Low carbon Planning Guidance for Gedling Borough 9 Imperial College London 2018 - Air pollution in England could cost as much as £5.3 billion by 2035 20 Ford Transit 4.7 Tonne 7 Electric Ford Panel Van 16 Electric Ford Panel Van with Versalift 1 Electric Table 1: GBC’s fleet numbers with the alternative fuel low carbon type that would…

… and fertile land. Over the years, our demand for raw materials has grown, for example, from 1970 to 2010 our natural resource consumption more than tripled. However, this level of consumption worsens the climate breakdown and results in a host of detrimental impacts including an increase in air pollution, environmental degradation and habitat loss. It exhausts the planet's life support systems…