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… Climate Action Plan How we have reduced our own carbon emissions Between 2010 and 2020, the we achieved a significant reduction in carbon emissions arising from gas, electric and vehicle fuels use. The reasons for this are two-fold. Investment in systems and technology (shown below) and behavioural changes across services which reduce carbon emissions and, the gradual decarbonisation of the UK…
… position from which our objectives, goals and targets will be measured. London Borough of Hillingdon carbon emissions (tCO2e) April 2019 to March 2020 Total emissions (tCO2e) 12,488 Electricity 6,304 Natural gas 5,030 Vehicle travel 1,154 There are several challenges to achieving carbon neutrality across our operations. The chart below shows the highest ‘emitting’ buildings. Our Civic Centre…
… a significant hurdle as it makes up the majority of the ‘non-building’ emissions. For both the Civic Centre and streetlighting, innovative approaches will be required to find solutions to achieving the necessary emissions reductions. The council’s carbon neutral target relates to carbon emissions it has direct operational and financial control over. The carbon emissions for the borough are far bigger…
… www.hillingdon.gov.uk Strategic Climate Action Plan Adopted July 2021 2 The Strategic Climate Action Plan Contents Foreword 3 Preface 4 The vision 5 1. Introduction 7 - What is climate change? - Why does climate change matter? 2. A positive track record 10 - How we have reduced our own carbon emissions 3. The starting…
… borough, to protect and enhance the environment, and to provide a brighter prospect for future generations. Corporate Climate Commitment 1 To lead and inspire our residents, businesses, and schools to reduce their own carbon emissions. Where we cannot directly control emissions, we intend to identify the opportunities to enable others to reduce theirs. We want to work with residents, schools…