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Horsham District Council

…: Contribution of an intervention to biodiversity increase. This includes protecting existing ecosystems, animals and plants as well as investing in green and blue infrastructure. Carbon hotspots: Sources of high levels of carbon emissions, for organisations to focus their carbon reduction efforts on. Carbon insetting: The financing of carbon reduction or sequestration projects that reduce…

… indicates that further efficiencies are possible in terms of solid waste disposal and industrial energy consumption. • Land use acts as a net carbon sink in the District. This is calculated from ONS’s territorial carbon emissions data, which indicate forest land and grassland acting as positive actor in carbon sequestration. However, it is important to note that livestock is a carbon emitter…

… to March 2025) to address its own emissions. In implementing the Action Plan, HDC is leading the District’s decarbonisation efforts Fig. 1: Horsham Town Centre. Fig. 2: Rural countryside in Horsham District. and hoping to inspire others to reduce their own carbon emissions. However, the Council’s emissions only represent a small fraction of the District’s carbon footprint. As such, HDC has…

…. This Strategy provides an overarching 10-year plan (with regular review periods) for the area to decarbonise, whilst delivering multiple co-benefits to local businesses and communities. It builds on existing work, lessons learnt and successes in the District to address the climate crisis, reduce carbon emissions and improve climate resilience. This is the Summary version of the strategy, for use…

… it takes to start reducing carbon emissions, the more impacts will be experienced from a changing climate. Urgent action is required to address the high emitting sectors now, to give time for more complex decarbonisation issues to be implemented and to prevent the worst impacts of climate change. This Strategy maps interventions on a timeline; to ensure that opportunities to make large carbon…