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Cheshire West and Chester Council

… that the 2045 target and carbon budget are exceptionally challenging based on the current policy, funding and technological environment. However, setting an exceptionally challenging target is in this case, appropriate, as it will facilitate speed of action in reducing carbon emissions, which is the most significant consideration in tackling climate change. 5 Accessible Description…

…, we will begin to use all the Council’s purchasing power to reduce carbon emissions throughout our supply chain, by taking carbon considerations in to account when making procurement decisions. The Council cannot however bring about the required change independently, we are dependent on a range of factors such as clarity regarding the national planning framework and the provision of a long…

… seeking to limit emissions to meet the area’s carbon budget. Carbon neutrality means that we need to reduce our emissions to ‘net zero’, so that any carbon emissions produced in Cheshire West and Chester by 2045 would be met by an equal level of carbon sequestration (capture). Throughout this document, the term carbon neutrality and net zero are used as widely understood proxies for net-zero…

… greenhouse gas emissions, which is the intent of the Council’s Climate Emergency declaration. The actions within the plan are intended to be initiated within the Council’s current Council Plan period, 2020-24. This plan and objective are linked to, but distinct from, the Council’s organisational Carbon Management Plan, which concerns the actions that the Council will take to reduce its emissions…

… the Council could advocate for the borough, as a whole, and at national and international level. Actions generally can be categorised as those which are primarily mitigation-based – those that reduce carbon emissions, those that are adaptation-based – that reduce the detrimental effects of climate change, and those that we will ask of our residents to effect change in their own lives. 4…