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Staffordshire Moorlands District Council

… into account emissions from both production and consumption OuR MISSION Encouraging people, businesses and other organisations to do what they can to reduce their carbon footprint and making it easier, where we can, for those changes to happen OuR STRATEGY We will use our tools, levers and powers and apply the Carbon Management Hierarchy as we focus on our 7 Ways to Net Zero; applying our…

… emissions from Council vehicles Reduce emissions from Council buildings Look at generating green energy for Council buildings Increase tree cover and improve nature Reduce carbon emissions from our waste and recycling service Consider Climate Change in all Council decisions and policies Tackle fuel poverty and reduce emissions from homes Support sustainable travel and development…

… for hundreds of years. The amount of Greenhouse gases from human activity have increased sharply since the industrial revolution especially in recent decades. This tips the ‘carbon cycle’ (where natural emissions of CO2 equal those removed) out of balance and increases the amount in the atmosphere. GHGs trap heat in the atmosphere. The amount of CO2 in the atmosphere is now at its highest…

… in several million years, and research shows that the heat trapped by this and other GHGs is increasing the average global temperature. This is called global warming.. 51 cLIMATE cHANGE – OuR STRATEGY AIMING LOW: THE WAY TO NET ZERO “Global warming of 1.5°C and 2°C will be exceeded during the 21st century unless deep reductions in carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gas emissions…

… = Not Estimated NO = Not Occurring Included under BASIC framework Included under BASIC+ framework Key statistics at a glance - Staffordshire Moorlands An annual reduction rate of 12.4% is recommended to keep Sta�ordshire Moorlands aligned with Paris Agreement targets According to BEIS statistics, between 2005 and 2019 the average annual emissions reduction rate in Sta�ordshire Moorlands figure…