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West Suffolk Council

… of the Environment and Climate Change Action Plan, the council’s performance and Annual Environmental Statement. 2. Progress against actions 2.1 The agreed action plan is structured under the following themes:  Communities and Communication. The Committee on Climate Change reports that, to achieve carbon neutrality, 62 percent of emissions reductions will come from behaviour change. Technological…

… streetlights. By March 2025, the aim is that all council-owned streetlights in West Suffolk will be LED. 2.4 The draft 2024-2025 Action Plan is included as Appendix A. In considering the current plan and current challenges there are a number of specific opportunities the ESRG want to highlight, and these have been included in the draft plan. 2.5 Carbon emissions show a slight increase…

… time  Energy delivered to drivers powered 421,490 miles  136 trees and 600 whips planted during 2023-2024. 2.6 The Carbon Budget agreed at Cabinet in 2020 is included in the Environment Statement. The net zero plan which formed part of the 2020 report illustrates potential routes to net zero by 2030. This is broken down into potential workstreams, such as reducing emissions from…

… existing buildings, investing in renewable generation projects, and moving fleet to electric/hydrogen solutions. These are reflected in the strategic action plan (Appendix A). As this work progresses, the aim will be to develop the carbon budget further, allowing us to breakdown carbon targets in more detail across the key emissions areas, and develop more precise targets for each. 2.7…

… The carbon budget periods are: a. April 2020 – March 2024 – steady annual emission rate of 4,675 tCO2e/year b. April 2024 – March 2028 – steady annual emission rate of 2,484 tCO2e/year c. April 2028 – March 2030 – steady annual emission rate of 840 tCO2e/year d. Zero emissions in 2030-2031. 2.8 For year 2023-2024, the council is in the second period of the carbon budget. Emissions stand…