Including 13 closely related terms such as low carbon, carbon economy, and reduce carbon.
… key outcome indicators such as carbon emissions, waste re-use and recycling rates, and air quality. Our decision-making reports now include a section to consider the implications of the recommendations on climate change. Carbon accounting will be embedded into our business planning and financial investment practices and procedures. We will produce a report in 2022 to update on progress…
… locally by taking action to reduce our carbon emissions and become a Carbon Neutral Council by 2025. The Council has already reduced carbon emissions by 55% since 2010 through initiatives to reduce carbon and introduce renewal energy sources to our buildings and streetlighting. The Council has produced its Carbon Action Plan7 to set out how it will achieve carbon neutrality by 2025 and how…
… it will influence wider carbon emission reductions across the borough. The current carbon footprint of the Council has been assessed to be 15,447 t/CO2e (tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent). To achieve carbon neutrality the Council recognises that it has a range of influences on carbon emissions depending upon the amount of control it has. The scope of the carbon neutrality ambition for 2025 are those…
…; including making effective use of land, helping to improve biodiversity, using natural resources prudently, minimising waste and pollution, and mitigating and adapting to climate change, including moving to a low carbon economy. At the heart of the NPPF and the Cheshire East Local Plan is a presumption in favour of sustainable development. This is set out in the Local Plan Strategy…
… petrol, diesel or hybrid cars in the UK will be brought forward from 2040 to 2035, and could come even earlier if possible. Electric vehicles provide an opportunity to reduce carbon emissions and other vehicle emissions. Electric Vehicles will become ever more popular, with experts forecasting that the purchase price of electric vehicles will reach rough parity with fossil fuel cars…