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Leeds City Council

… of Transport (DfT) assessment framework to provide sufficient weight for new transport projects that reduce carbon emissions by encouraging mode shift and constraining car use;  Greater local influence over Highways England to ensure the investments and operation of the Strategic Road Network aligns with local policy.  With respect to aviation, the council accepts that aviation growth and meeting…

…, reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 100% of 1990 levels (net zero) by 2050. To reach this target the government has set legally-binding ‘carbon budgets’ in five-year periods. The carbon budget will be the amount of greenhouse gases the UK is permitted to emit for each five-year period. A recent CCC report found that the government’s policies and plans are currently insufficient to meet its…

… for our area. 2.3 In parallel to considering the climate emergency, the council has also focused on the ecological crisis that is being faced, with a loss of 70% of insects over the last thirty years across Europe. 2.4 Since 1990, UK carbon dioxide emissions have decreased by 39 per cent. The decrease in carbon dioxide emissions was driven by the continuing downward trend in emissions from power…

…) published its Energy and Emissions Projection in January 2018 showing the projected Grid Carbon Factor falling dramatically from 212 grams in 2017 to just 41 grams in 2035. The Grid Carbon Factor is measured in grams of CO2 equivalent emitted for each kWh of electricity generated on the National Grid: (grams CO2e/kWh). BEIS is now predicting that the Grid Carbon Factor will be as low as 41 grams CO2e…

… by sector 12 2.7 Figures 2 and 3 further split the transport emissions by road type and by vehicle type and show that the motorways and private cars are the biggest contributors to CO2 emissions within the transport sector. Figure 2: Leeds Annual Roads CO2 Emissions 2016 Source: UK local authority and regional carbon dioxide emissions national statistics: 2005-2016…