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Shropshire Council - Unitary

… trees allocated in just 9 hours. An additional 20,000 trees were allocated for 2020/21 planting season with funding from a Defra funded project. These have also been allocated without advertising. Trees not funded by the council or Defra will not be included in our overall carbon budgets to avoid double counting. Y Defra Trees Outside Woodland (TOW) project Planning Services Defra project…

…% grant funding (up to £30k per house) for energy and carbon performance improvements to social housing in Shropshire. N Install EV Charging Points in market towns across Shropshire Highways Shropshire Council is part of a successful 100% Government-funded project called ‘Agile Streets’ which is seeking suitable test locations for 25 funded EV chargers to help vehicle owners who are reliant…

… Notes / work underway More info needed? Work with others to establish, a carbon credit scheme that invests in projects that sequester carbon locally (known as 'carbon in-setting') Climate Change Task Force A pilot is underway with a Council highways contractor to partly offset (in-set) their carbon emissions via provision of additional trees to the Community Tree Scheme. Y…

… COMMUNICATION & EDUCATION Current initiatives that increase understanding of the issues and the solutions Report annually on progress with the action plan, emission reduction, and carbon sequestration. Publish as much data (including live data) as possible online. Climate Change Task Force Provisional data is provided within the Climate Change Strategy. Annual energy generation from…

… and resources Create a strategy for staff related transport that follows the hierarchy of transportation modes Human Resources Initial estimate for carbon emissions due to staff commute is 2853 tCO2e per year N Support staff to work from home and attend meetings virtually Human Resources Significant work underway in response to the Covid19 crisis. y Further promote national car-sharing…