Including 20 closely related terms such as carbon emission, carbon emissions, and carbon emissions.
… that the Council can use to measure to improvements made to GHG emissions as it works to reduce emissions. This Key Performance Indicator will be used alongside a suite of other KPIs that measure performance in reducing total emissions. Carbon Neutrality by 2030 2020 – 2030 Strategy 6 | P a g e Breakdown of GHG Emissions Of the total emissions for the period 2019/2020…
… Borough to achieve net-zero emissions through demonstrating leadership in the early actions taken to reduce emissions. Carbon Neutrality by 2030 2020 – 2030 Strategy 3 | P a g e Key Principles Going Forward The following are the key principles that will set out the Council’s approach to the Climate Emergency, shaping actions to be taken forward. 1. Have an agreed…
… approach to setting the baseline and understanding the ongoing impact of activities The Council has a good record of tracking its own direct emissions (scope 1) and those created from the energy it consumes (scope 2) over several years as part of the previous Climate Change Strategy and emission reduction targets. 2. All Council decisions will take into account the potential impact…
… equivalents (CO2e). This is a unit of measurement used to indicate the global warming potential of a greenhouse gas, expressed in terms of the global warming potential of one unit of carbon dioxide. The UK Government’s 2019 Carbon Conversion Factors have been applied to the units of energy and fuel consumption to calculate the associated emissions In line with the Environmental Reporting…
… Guidelines carbon emissions are broken down into direct and indirect emissions. These are categorised into Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 emissions according to which activity and fuel or energy use they arise from. Scope 1: These are Direct Emissions which arise from the activities of an organisation and include fuel combustion on site such as gas boilers and fleet vehicles. Scope 2…