Including 5 closely related terms such as reduce carbon, carbon emission, and carbon emissions.
… Register. The most recent Peer Review highlighted again these capacity issues and urged the Council to ensure its resources are aligned with its priorities. Climate Change and action to reduce carbon emissions is a significant change agenda that will only be achieved if the Council resources it adequately. Therefore additional resources are required to make some progress on this agenda. The full…
… and manage a Citizens Assembly or to deliver actions relating to reducing the Council’s carbon footprint. Cabinet therefore need to decide if these are to be added to the Corporate Plan and the relevant PDP for 2019/20. 5 Report Detail 5.1 At the Council meeting on 17 July, the Leader of the Council moved a motion on Carbon Neutrality and this was approved by a majority of Councillors present…
… of a representative range of our citizens to establish the facts and make recommendations for our council. Carbon Reduction Targets 5.2 There are a plethora of different timescales for achieving carbon neutrality. The Government has established a statutory target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050 as recommended by the Committee on Climate Change. The West Midlands Combined Authority (of which Cannock…
… information is from 2016 and is provided by the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. 5.8 According to this data, Cannock Chase Council has the second lowest Carbon Emissions Per Capita (tonnes) in Staffordshire at 4.1 in 2016. Tamworth has the lowest level at 3.7 whilst Staffordshire Moorlands has the highest at 12.2 tonnes per capital. The trend is downwards for all…
… Staffordshire authorities. Carbon Emissions Per Capita (tonnes) has fallen from 6.3 to 4.1 in Cannock Chase in the 11 years to 2016. If this rate of reduction were to continue as before, then by 2030 it is estimated that the District would be at around 2 tonnes of carbon emissions per capita. However, whilst the trend is downward there will be certain activities and factors that may increase carbon…