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Malvern Hills District Council

… zero position reached – where emissions produced are balanced out by carbon capture or offsetting – by 2050. However, it warned the bulk of the work to reduce emissions must be carried out during the next decade. In February 2019, the Worcestershire Energy Strategy was published by Worcestershire Local Enterprise Partnership. The strategy includes targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions…

… made against the action plan, with monitoring and oversight by the Environment Policy Development Panel. Our measures of success will be: • Reduction to zero of the council’s own greenhouse gas emissions • Reduction as far as possible towards net zero of district-wide greenhouse gas emissions (under scope of influence of local authorities) • Growth in size of the low carbon economy…

… Panel was asked to carry out the research to produce a carbon reduction plan in response to this, including recommendations for appropriate carbon emission reduction targets. This report is the result of that research. It takes into account planned national action, existing local plans, evidence from other councils and consultation with our partners and residents. It sets out an ambitious…

… half of the UK’s energy needs. Coal fired power stations are set to be phased out by 2025. In July 2019 the committee published its latest update report, which acknowledged the progress the Government has made so far and stated there was cause for optimism the UK could become carbon neutral by 2050. However, it warned most of the country’s carbon emission reductions over the last five years…

… a series of actions for each priority and the known carbon impact and the cost implications. 13 Breakdown chart of Malvern Hills District Council’s greenhouse gas emissions 2019 Malvern Hills 2019 Total kg C02e Refuse vehicles 46% Malvern Theatre 24% Malvern Splash 20% Council house and chamber 4% Other buildings 2% Staff and councillor travel 2% TICs 1% Car parks and toilets 1…