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Horsham District Council

…. 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 carbon emissions outside of an organisation’s direct operations but within its own supply chain. Carbon neutral: achieving a balance between the greenhouse gases put into the atmosphere…

… Reduction Action Plan (April 2022 to March 2025) to address its own emissions. In implementing the Action Plan, HDC is leading the District’s decarbonisation efforts 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 commissioned a Climate Action Strategy…

… 10-year plan (with annual 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. The Strategy cannot be delivered by the Council alone. This document is therefore…

…. Additionally, the building stock in Horsham District is dominated by buildings built before 1980. These fall far behind current best practice energy efficiency standards and require significant interventions to reduce energy demand. As a District with a rural-urban split, strong local businesses, and a high level of older building stock, there are a lot of opportunities to reduce carbon emissions…

…. Firstly, carbon reduction will only become more difficult in the future as the easy-actions are completed and more complex issues remain. Secondly, the longer it takes to start reducing carbon emissions, the more impacts will be experienced from a changing climate. Therefore, urgent action is required to address the high emitting sectors now, give time for more complex decarbonisation issues…