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London Borough of Ealing

… commitment to reduce carbon emissions. Consumed emissions contribute significantly to climate change and the council is also committed to reducing these emissions. For the purposes of this strategy, the focus is produced emissions. Future work will develop solutions and actions that specifically target consumed emissions. 7 CONSUMED, PRODUCED – WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE…

…? Produced and consumed emissions are both important to measure and understand as the council begins to track progress on reducing its carbon footprint. Emissions associated with the production of a given good and or service may arise in many countries. Carbon emissions originating in the borough are classified as production based. This data is tracked nationally and published two years in arrears…

… to a low carbon economy; we hope to uncover and highlight the boost to revenues and customer loyalty that these actions can have. We will be working with partners to design a toolkit for engaging and working with businesses in our boroughs to begin their journeys towards decarbonisation using the Design Council’s framework. The council has recently worked with stakeholders to establish a High…

… AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY (BEIS) EALING ANNUAL CARBON EMISSIONS ESTIMATES: 1,008,700 TONNES CO2e 27 Energy and Transport make up approximately 74% of carbon emissions originating in the borough (known as production-based), as shown in Figure 3, above. These emissions are mainly from the burning of fossil fuels as a source of energy for electricity, heat, hot water and to power vehicles…

… emitted across the borough. The intended outcome of these actions is to mitigate climate change and to reduce the loss of plants and wildlife on which human life depends. The baseline data used for this strategy is the 2020 Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Local Authority carbon emissions estimates. Section 9 details how we have used this data to determine how…