Including 8 closely related terms such as carbon reduction, significant carbon, and carbon budgets.
… recognise that the Council has a broad role to play across a range of activities to reduce carbon emissions both within the Scopes for this Authority as well as for the wider District area. Our approach will include: • Prioritisation – It is important to maximise the reductions in emissions with the resource available. To evaluate initiatives we will look at the carbon reduction benefit against…
… of better public transport and cycling routes and look for opportunities to introduce initiatives to promote uptake of low carbon vehicles. • Influence significant carbon reduction and cost savings in the wider area through the planning process. • Work with our neighbouring authorities to develop Countywide planning policies to promote low carbon lifestyles. Challenges: Government legislation…
… to these changes and increase our resilience to mitigate their effects. Our Council is committed to this challenge and the principle of carbon reduction. Following COP27 we, as an organisation, are restating our intention to achieve an 80% reduction in our carbon emissions by 2030. We have shown through the pandemic that we can deal with global emergency and as we come out of this there is a window…
… to change. Carbon reduction is a global issue with a global commitment to address it and everyone can play their part. The shift needed to effect positive environmental changes can generate many benefits and new opportunities such as green industries, jobs and energy security. By applying some simple principles and asking basic questions, solutions can emerge in almost every scenario: 4 5…
… and Recommended CO 2e (k t) Source BEIS actual from 2014 to 2019 and Tyndall recommended for 2020 to 2050 9 Internal Target The Council is aiming to achieve an 80% reduction in our carbon emissions by 2030 and is committed to supporting the District to meet the Tyndall Centre’s suggested carbon budgets. We additionally set ourselves an internal target to reduce our own carbon emissions by 750…