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Warrington Borough Council

…. They have dropped by a half since 2014/15. To stay in line with global climate agreements our emissions need to fall faster (at least 13.7 % per year). This means we have a total remaining “carbon budget” for our operations of 27,901.75 tonnes CO2e until 2030. Data for the Warrington area as a whole indicates that transport and energy make up the vast majority of the borough-wide carbon footprint…

… Strategy. We urge you to heed this call too. By taking action we can bring many benefits to our communities and help make Warrington a healthy, thriving, greener, resilient and sustainable borough. The current position In 2019, when we declared a climate emergency, our greenhouse pollution or ‘carbon footprint’ was 6,556 tonnes CO2e. Our use of heat, power and transport account for the lion’s…

… share of these emissions. We have good data on the pollution linked to our use of fuel and power. We have much less data about the pollution associated with our activities indirectly. We need to be mindful that this wider footprint is much greater even though we don’t have the data yet to quantify it. A breakdown of our known carbon emissions in 2021/22 Our known emissions have been falling…

…. Other emissions arise from waste, industrial processes and agriculture, forestry and other land uses. The total footprint estimated for the borough in 2019 was 1,979,088 tonnes CO2e. Our operational emissions are a tiny fraction of this but we do have some influence over these wider emissions too. Carbon emissions breakdown 2021/22 Outsourced Scope 3 2% Staff Business Travel 3% Transmission…

… and distribution (T&D) 4% Water 0% Heating 22% Authority’s Fleet 26% Electricity 43% 12,110.83 5,889.70 0 5000 10000 15000 20 14 -15 20 15 -16 20 16 -17 20 17 -18 20 18 -19 20 19 -20 20 20 -21 20 21 -22 T C O 2 E YEAR Gross Carbon Emissions Over TimeGross carbon emissions over time Warrington Borough Council Climate Emergency Action Plan May 2023 (Summary version)4 Goal…