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Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council

… Local Plan includes the promotion of sustainable transport, planning for new developments in locations and ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, actively supporting energy efficiency in buildings and helping to increase the use and supply of renewable and low-carbon energy. Generating energy locally will create jobs and support the local economy. By developing a portfolio of options for clean…

… to global emission reductions.iii Net zero means emissions could be balanced by schemes to offset an equivalent amount of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, such as planting trees or using technology like carbon capture and storage for processes that would otherwise be unable to reach zero emissions. The Barrow Borough Local Plan established our ambition to positively address the impact…

… consumption of resources, increasing recycling and reducing waste; 5. Increase carbon capture to offset emissions; 6. Increase public awareness around climate change. Climate Change Policy 2020-25 4 | P a g e 1. Reducing emissions from Barrow Borough Councils estate and operations. We want to demonstrate leadership and make our contribution to meeting carbon budgets by reducing…

… emissions from our own estate and operations. The main opportunities are in our own buildings, assets, transport, housing improvements and procurement. In order to achieve these reductions the council will carry out annual carbon audits to plan effectively and to ensure that emissions are decreasing, so that we can reach net zero for our own estate and operations as soon as possible. Energy…

… on the range of measures required to meet or exceed our target. We will actively engage with the public to seek ideas as well as critical feedback of our ongoing emissions reductions programme. We will carry out carbon audits of our own estate and use available data to review carbon budgets for the Borough, to ensure targets are met. We will also use available modelling techniques to calculate our…