Including 5 closely related terms such as carbon emission, carbon footprint, and carbon emissions.
…. Fig 1. Graphic to showcase which emission sources have been included within the council’s carbon footprint. Arun District Council 2021-2022 emissions The council has finalised the carbon emissions for all scopes for the 2021-2022 financial year and included them within the table below. This also showcases the tonnes of CO2e percentage change seen within Scopes 1, 2, 3 and the total emissions…
… Your environment Climate change Climate action and biodiversity work plan 2023 to 2024 Climate action and biodiversity work plan 2023 to 2024 Introduction The council declared a climate emergency in January 2020 and stated its aim to be carbon neutral by 2030, twenty years ahead of the current UK government target. To analyse the council’s carbon emission and to set…
… which has a key aim of ‘supporting the environment’, improving sustainability, biodiversity and protecting habitats. Emission Baselines The council commissioned a carbon audit to calculate its carbon emissions and to set baselines. The audit used data from the financial years 2019-20 and 2020-21. This allowed for comparison of emissions pre-pandemic and during the restrictions to assess any…
… incomplete or missing data from either year. The carbon emissions were categorised as Scope 1, 2 and 3 in accordance with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. Source: The Greenhouse Gas Protocol (ghgprotocol.org) categorises emissions into three groups or scopes as defined above. Category Description Example…
…-electric vehicle usage and car mileage. This is in addition to increasing the amount of renewable energy generated and ensuring that biodiversity within the district is enhanced and protected. As can be seen from the diagram below (Figure 1), emissions generated from the council’s housing stock and the waste produced by residents and businesses were excluded from the core carbon footprint of the council…