Including 10 closely related terms such as manage, management, and achieve carbon.
… natural environment; 11.We will commit to working closely with other local authorities, statutory agencies, public and private sector organisations and our communities to achieve carbon reduction outcomes and will seek to identify and share best practice; 12. In recognition of Dumfries and Galloway Council’s commitment to our Climate Change Declaration on eliminating carbon emissions…
… biodiversity and our natural environment. Dumfries and Galloway Council has previously implemented Carbon Management Plans 1 & 2 following the enactment of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009, but to ensure an effective response to the climate emergency it is essential that we step up our actions significantly. We must embed throughout our entire organisational culture the pursuit of measures…
… directorates and departments to identify ways in which we can move further and faster on carbon reduction measures; 5. We will embed climate change considerations into all policy and practice risk assessments to ensure a continuous focus on the implications our actions may have on our environment, and ensure that measures to reduce or eliminate carbon emissions are acted on; 6. We recognise…
… the world to make climate emergency declarations and many national governments, including in Scotland and the UK have now made that declaration. Scotland is already recognised as a leader in the pursuit of carbon reduction targets and much has already been achieved in sectors such as Energy, Waste, Agriculture, Residential and Transport. But there is now a requirement for urgent action to minimise…
… on actions to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045 and for Scotland to be carbon neutral by 2040. There is now a weight of expectation however that Dumfries and Galloway Council must take action with a strategic plan on tackling climate change. This motion therefore sets out our 12-point plan to reinvigorate the pursuit of net zero carbon emissions in our region, protect our fragile…