Including 24 closely related terms such as carbon emissions, carbon emission, and emissions.
…: The section on Council Operations sets out how the Council aims to reduce its own carbon emissions to become carbon neutral and identifies actions on how this is to be achieved. Council operations include emissions reduction in Council buildings, including the Civic offices, museum and sheltered housing as well as emissions from the goods and services that the Council purchases, business travel, staff…
… compiled for all local authorities in the UK, the scope of the District’s emissions will be limited to Scope 1 and 2 emissions as realistically these are the emissions that can be reasonably influenced. To become carbon neutral on this scale is a challenging task and this will require communities and businesses to take responsibility by also making significant emissions reductions. Changes…
… a Climate Emergency in September 2019 and pledged to do everything within its power to make the area carbon neutral by 2030. This target is more ambitious than the UK target to take bold action and reduce emissions at a faster rate. Reaching this target will be a considerable task involving collaboration and engagement from staff, residents, businesses, suppliers, partners and support from the UK…
… commuting, waste and leased assets. Further sections of the Plan outline action that can be taken to reduce carbon emissions by residents, businesses and others across the District, either through direct initiatives, using statutory powers or by influencing behaviour change. This ranges from emissions arising from travel, as well as from homes, business premises and production processes, through…
… to the Council’s estate and has the most comprehensive data set before the Covid-19 pandemic caused marked changes in building usage and staff travel. The baseline will give the figures for comparison against emissions reported up to 2030. Where the term carbon emissions is used throughout the Climate Change Action Plan, this refers to all Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) expressed as carbon dioxide equivalents…