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Richmondshire District Council

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… and a plan to move to more environmentally friendly and low carbon ways of using, managing and maintaining open space can be delivered. These budgets are in addition to spending committed elsewhere for net zero carbon projects, such as the £50,000 Council contribution to the Tees Swale project that is regenerating upland peat in the District so that it can sequester more carbon emissions, £220,000…

… and from decomposing waste in landfill. Greenhouse gases are commonly referred to as carbon emissions. They are measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent, CO2(e). One tonne of CO2(e) can be visualised as a cube that is about the height of a three storey building. Reducing carbon emissions from human activity to net zero is the internationally recognised way to slow down or stop climate change…

… in capturing and storing carbon dioxide. The generation of renewable energy, such as from solar photovoltaics (PV) or wind turbines can also help to offset some of the carbon emissions, where the amount generated locally exceeds the amount consumed locally. By working to reduce carbon emissions, we can help achieve the reduction in global carbon emissions that is needed to keep the global temperature…

…, and by 2030, to achieve annual carbon savings of at least 30 times their annual emissions from woodland planting that they have directly funded. The County Council are developing a carbon reduction plan to reach its target of net- zero neutrality for the Council by 2030, or as near to that date as possible. The Council’s climate emergency declaration In response to the evidence before…

… commitments (see Figure 2.1) which together with other appropriate projects and activities, have been brought together in this Action Plan. Since the Council declared a climate emergency, momentum for taking action has built. For example, by the end of June 2021, the Government will have set in law a UK target to reduce carbon emissions by 78% from their 1990 levels by 2035, and later in 2021…

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