Search inside documents

Waverley Borough Council

… emissions associated with remaining below a specific global average temperature Carbon Neutral – All carbon emissions are either eliminated or are offset by counteracting emissions through carbon absorbing projects. To become carbon neutral an organisation should be considering its own direct emissions as well as those created by suppliers. CIL - Community Infrastructure Levy. Charge levied…

… emergency. Waverley Borough Council had never before declared a state of emergency of any kind, and this is significant. For this is not merely another policy initiative; it is an attempt to ensure we do everything we can as a council as part of a worldwide movement to reduce carbon emissions to a level which will keep global temperatures in check. In essence, we are doing our bit to avoid…

… important that we do everything we can within our power to work towards achieving it. The council has been recording its non-domestic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions since 2008. By 2015 it managed to maintain its absolute emissions at the same level as 2008. We do recognise that more action is required now to rapidly move to a carbon neutral council. In 2015 the council’s carbon emissions were…

… in April 2015 were 11,983 1 t CO2e and represent the total carbon emissions based on standard assumptions for occupancy and behavior. Waverley Borough’s overall carbon footprint was 577 ktCO2e in 2015. This comprises domestic, transport emissions, as well as emissions from the industrial and commercial sector. An element of offset emissions from land use, land use change and forestry…

… and Long term actions. A scoring system for cost and carbon impact has also been introduced and uses broad assumptions to provide an indication of the scale of investment required and carbon saving achieved for each action. Quantifying the carbon impact of potential actions can be complex and will require ongoing commitment and effort. At this stage, it has not been possible to fully quantify…