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West Lothian Council

… are driving down emissions. RPP3 sets out the path to a low carbon economy while helping to deliver sustainable economic growth and secure the wider benefits to a greener, fairer and healthier Scotland in 2032. 7West Lothian Council - Climate Change Strategy Scotland’s National Performance Framework This Strategy has been developed in line with the outcomes and values set out in Scotland’s…

… Goals In a drive towards a low carbon future, the Scottish Government set out ambitious emissions reductions targets in the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009. The targets were amended and updated in the Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2019, with the new goal of reducing Scotland’s emissions of all greenhouse gases to net-zero by 2045 at the latest, with interim…

… will build on the progress made to date on climate change related issues and support the council’s priorities going forward. We will continue to reduce the council’s own carbon footprint and encourage and support others in West Lothian to reduce theirs. We encourage sustainable transport and active travel by implementing measures to help people make smarter, sustainable travel choices…

… 2018/19 2019/20 Year Tonnes C O ₂e Council Emissions 2013/14 - 2019/20 Figure 1 – Council Emissions CO₂e 2013/14 – 2019/20 The scope of the council’s carbon footprint includes energy consumption in non-domestic council owned operational buildings, water supply and treatment, different waste streams, transport (including own-use mileage), and all external lighting. As outlined in figure 2…

… previous Carbon Management Plans that council emissions had broadly followed national reductions and that our original 2020 reduction target of 20% would give us an equivalent reduction of 42% from 1990 levels (equalling the Scottish Governments original interim target). This would put the council’s 1990 emissions figure at around 85,700 tonnes CO₂e. On that basis, the revised interim target…