Including 7 closely related terms such as carbon management, carbon investment, and carbon emission.
… the co-benefits of climate action to the organisation and to the community. Many of the low-carbon investments and behavioural changes required to address climate change will make living and travelling on Shetland healthier and more affordable. Examples of co-benefits to the council and to the community are as follows: SOCIAL • Facilitating uptake and encouraging active travel…
… heat and warming it up. CO2 (carbon dioxide) is the most common greenhouse gas and is where the term ‘carbon emissions’ comes from. Other greenhouse gases include methane, nitrous oxides and fluorinated gases (f-gases). The impacts of global warming and climate change will vary globally, with the worst impacts affecting those most vulnerable. This can be seen globally through more frequent…
… towards this. This is set out within section 44 of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009. The Climate Change (Duties of Public Bodies: Reporting Requirements) (Scotland) Order 2015 requires local authorities to report annually on their corporate carbon emissions in compliance with their Section 44 duties since 2015-16. Strengthened reporting requirements were introduced by the Climate Change…
… formed team, Future Energy. • The Energy Efficiency Team (re-banded from the Carbon Management Team) 18 SIC Climate Change Strategy 2023-27 19 SIC Climate Change Strategy 2023-27 Climate Change Programme Photo Credit: Stephen Mercer Climate Change StrategyClimate Change Strategy Net zero Route Maps and Data When Shetland Islands Council acknowledged a Climate Emergency in 2020…
… 2023-27 • 2030 ambitious pathway – assumes that significant resources and budget are made available to allow the rapid implementation of measures by 2030. This approach looks to minimise carbon emissions by 2030 with technologies available over that time frame, though does not look at decarbonisation beyond 2030 other than through factors outside of the Council’s…