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…) to develop a wide reaching public engagement and behaviour change Programme; Carbon Analysis Using the Welsh Government’s Carbon Reporting Framework as a guide we have now developed a very detailed baseline measurement and understanding of the Council’s Carbon Emissions. As well as calculating the emissions from our builldings, streetlighting and transport activities, this baseline includes…

… and citizens have struggled with issues like flood damage, poor air quality and other interruption to daily life. The Council has started to take action, with many initiatives over the past 10 years to cut emissions and support a transition towards a low carbon economy, but now we must accelerate and scale up our ambition and action to mitigate a climate change disaster and to ensure that Cardiff…

… strategy the Council has conducted wide spread consultation with key stakeholders and the public and our plans and proposals have been shaped by the valuable feedback that we’ve received. We have also now completed a detailed carbon baselining and impact assessment, based on Welsh Governments carbon reporting framework, and this key milestone has enabled us to understand the current carbon…

… position, both of our own operational direct and caused emission, and also of the wider City as a whole. We have estimated that the total Carbon Emissions Footprint for 2019/20 Cardiff Council Activities including direct, indirect and “caused” emissions from buildings, operations, procurement and staff commute is: 184,904 tonnes CO2e per annum Our current known projects and policies, as set out…

… in the strategy and action plan, will have a significant positive effect on our direct council emissions resulting in approximately a 57% reduction by 2030. However, our carbon study has also now fully quantified the very significant challenges, especially in our “caused” emissions. These make up the vast majority of our overall carbon footprint as an organisation and we know we need to address…