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… target to become carbon neutral by 2030/31.” Councillor Ellie Chowns & Alistair Neill Councillor Ellie Chowns Cabinet Member for Environment Alistair Neill Chief Executive Officer, Herefordshire Council Climate change has been placed at the forefront of the agenda by the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report stating the implications of a 1.5oC rise in global…

… leadership role in taking on the challenges that lie ahead by declaring a target of becoming carbon neutral by 2030/31. This is Herefordshire Council’s third Carbon Management Plan. It focusses on the period 2020/21 – 2025/26, the first part of our plan up to 2030/31 and carbon neutrality. It draws and builds upon the previous plans with one significant difference – the ultimate target…

… for the Council to become carbon neutral by 2030/31. This document is based on extensive evidence, research and analysis into how best to approach the challenging target, with a wide variety of key stakeholders having been instrumental in developing and shaping the plan. The associated action plan is dynamic and flexible. It will need to evolve constantly as interim goals are met, new challenges…

… at ways to reduce its carbon footprint and also leading countywide carbon reduction. The Council has recently succeeded in achieving its ambitious emission reduction target two years early. The first carbon management plan, launched in 2011, formalised this commitment and brought with it an increased investment in environmental and low carbon projects. This continued with the development…

… for attaining the challenging goals set out in this document. This document has been designed to set Herefordshire Council on a pathway towards carbon neutrality. The associated action plan shows in more detail how we plan to move towards achieving our 2030/31 goal of becoming carbon neutral by aiming for a 75% reduction by 2025/26. Achieving early gains in reducing our emissions are key success…