Including 19 closely related terms such as carbon emissions, carbon emission, and carbon emissions.
…. The council published its first Carbon Management Plan in 2010, and its Carbon Management Plan 2 in 2015. The Climate and Nature Emergency Plan is therefore an evolution of both its predecessors. 2005/06 was chosen as the baseline year for both Carbon Management Plans, and at that time the total carbon emissions from our buildings, street lighting, waste, fleet and business transport…
… was 31,155 tCO2e (further information on the meaning of tCO2e in ‘What is net zero carbon and why is it important?’). The council committed to reducing carbon emissions by 40% by 2021 compared with its baseline year, but indeed exceeded this target by going further and faster. By 2020 the council’s carbon emissions were 13,003 tCO2e, a reduction of 58%. The Welsh Government methodology that we…
…. It is therefore inevitable that the new data sets we collect will be much higher than those under both Carbon Management Plans. The following table shows the data collected for the baseline year of 2019/20 and for 2020/21 following Welsh Government reporting guidance: 12 Climate and Nature Emergency Plan / Gwynedd Council Total Operational Carbon Emissions over 2…
… 1 - 2 Medium term 2022/23 – 2026/27 Years 1 - 5 Long term 2022/23 – 2029/30 Years 1 - 8 15 Climate and Nature Emergency Plan / Gwynedd Council 7. Buildings and Energy As the Carbon Management Plan 2 came to its conclusion in 2020 the Welsh Government Energy Service (WGES) were appointed to assess the opportunities to reduce carbon emissions across the council’s…
… to work where possible. Continuous Further work needed to measure financial costs or savings Further research needs to be undertaken to measure carbon savings 8.7 Encourage active travel amongst staff – for health and well-being benefits and to reduce carbon emissions The council has formed a partnership with 11 companies in Gwynedd to offer most staff the opportunity…