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… to inform and influence those who do have control over emissions, with the aim of reducing them. Previous and Current Progress Though the council has existed in its current form since April 2020, we benefit from the work undertaken at the 5 predecessor councils. Over the last 10 years, work undertaken by those organisations reduced carbon emissions from 15,117 tonnes per year in 2009 to 8,983…
… The Global Challenge Climate change is a global challenge. It is critical that action to reduce carbon emissions to net zero is taken by all countries, in particular those which account for the most emissions and can achieve the biggest reductions. Together China, the USA and India account for about 50% of global emissions as shown in table 1 below. Table 1 Annual global carbon emissions and those…
…-installations https://environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/view/search-industrial-installations 17 Evidence Base Global to Local Carbon Emissions 2018 Global carbon emissions are continuing to rise and their distribution is uneven globally as shown previously in Table 1. Table 2 below shows the annual carbon emissions to a more local scale, showing the total of Buckinghamshire…
…. Table 2 2018 carbon emissions from global to local scales Emissions Source Total Carbon emissions (kilotonnes CO2) Percentage of Carbon emissions Per Person (tonnes CO2 / person) Global 36.5 million 100% 4.8 UK 366 thousand ~1% of global emissions 5.2 Bedfordshire 2,420 0.7% of the UK 5.3 Hertfordshire 5,877 1.6% of the YUK 5.0 Hillingdon (London Borough) 1,383 0.4…
… Buckinghamshire 2018 carbon emissions by source Source Annual Carbon Emissions (kilotonnes CO2) % of Carbon Emissions Business and Agriculture 578 20% Domestic; Gas 575 20% Domestic: Electricity 231 8% Domestic: Other fuels 95 3% Transport: Motorway 657 23% Transport: All other roads 746 26% Transport: Rail and others 48.5 2% Land use, land-use change and forestry -99 -3…