Including 8 closely related terms such as manage, management, and carbon reduction.
… or organisation in a given time frame. Usually a carbon footprint is calculated for the time period of a year. Carbon Management Plan A carbon management plan brings together in one place everything you are doing to measure and reduce your carbon emissions. It details your objectives and targets, the emissions baseline, progress against targets, the outcome of completed carbon reduction targets…
… Falkirk Council Carbon Management Plan 2015/16 to 2020/21 1 Falkirk Council Carbon Management Plan 2015/16 to 2020/21 Approved by Falkirk Council Executive, 20th October 2015 Contents Executive Summary 1. Introduction 2. Targets, Baseline & Scope 2.1 Targets & Timescales 2.2 Baseline Year &…
… or adapt (called adaptation) (b) Cutting carbon emissions to try to reduce our contribution to the problem in the first place (called carbon reduction or management or mitigation). Carbon Dioxide (CO2) A naturally occurring gas and one of the most abundant greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is also a by-product of industrial processes, burning fossil fuels and land use changes…
… and the action plan of future reduction targets. Business as Usual Scenario A description of what would most likely occur in the absence of a carbon offset project, also referred to as the ‘baseline scenario’. 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. ROLE OF THE DOCUMENT This third Carbon Management Plan outlines how Falkirk Council may manage its carbon emissions for the period 2015-2021…
… to Elected Members on an annual basis with regular meetings and updates by the Carbon Management Group and the Corporate Sustainability Working Group. 6 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 PREVIOUS PLANS Falkirk Council was one of the first Scottish local authorities to start proactively managing its carbon emissions back in 2007. The first Carbon Management Plan (CMP) covered the period 2007-2010…