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Dover District Council

… Change Member Group was set up to explore issues associated with climate change, and currently meet every two months. The Working Group objectives are: • To understand the opportunities in delivering and setting a Council wide net zero carbon emission target • To identify the scope of and prepare, a costed Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan, setting out plans for Dover District Council…

… and Industrial Strategy (BEIS – formerly DECC). These are detailed on the following pages and will provide both the baseline for and evidence of the progress towards the net zero carbon emission targets set by Dover District Council. Energy consumption in buildings, and transport are significant emitters within the Council’s estate and wider district as highlighted in the following charts, indicating…

… Annual Report 16 Dover District Council Climate Change Strategy January 2021 17Dover District Council Climate Change Strategy January 2021 3.Monitoring and reporting Monitoring and reporting are essential to ensure that actions taken are effective and enable informed decisions to be made. Carbon emission metrics, measured against baseline data, are the tools used to highlight…

… through the following: - DDC Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report – this report, published annually, collates measured emissions data from various sources to demonstrate the total gross greenhouse gas emissions from the Council’s own estate, operations and functions. The Home Energy Conservation Act (HECA) report has evolved from a fuel poverty focus only to include promotion of carbon reduction…

… community so that the district can become carbon neutral by 2050. Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 Rights of Way Act 2000 (CRoW) Natural Environment & Rural Communities Act (NERC) 2006 Kent County Council (Various) BEIS Public Attitudes Tracker (March 2020) Published 7 May 2020 - covers public attitudes towards policies such as energy and climate change. 76% of the public said…