Including 7 closely related terms such as reduce carbon, reduce carbon, and carbon world.
… emergency'. In December 2020, Boris Johnson declared that the UK will set a target of 6 68% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2030 and include this target in its commitments in the Paris agreement - the UK has signed and ratified the United Nations Paris Agreement that commits signatories to reduce carbon emissions sufficiently to limit global temperature increases…
… and as an organisation to reduce its carbon emissions, and to act as an exemplar of best practice locally for businesses, and the wider community. It must not only reduce carbon emissions within the Borough, but also ensure that by acting strategically the adverse impacts of climate change are planned for and circumvented wherever possible. Planned investment now will make cost savings in the future. Some…
… impacts of climate change are already unavoidable. They will influence the Council’s activities and have cost implications. Therefore, reductions in emissions and adapting to climate change are central to the Council’s role and function. This Strategy sets out how the Council should reduce carbon emissions in the short term with long-term objectives and also how it should consider the possible…
…. This Strategy will be regularly reviewed. It will set out a framework for embedding climate change into the Council’s decision making, community leader and service functions. H O W C A N W E B E A C A R B O N N E U T R A L B O R O U G H B Y 2 0 3 0 ? The target can be partly met by ensuring that reducing carbon emissions is embedded in all the Council’s activities. The tables below set out…
… Council’s Carbon Footprint - emissions from our own operations 10 Figure 7: One Carbon World – sources of CO2e by emission activity 10 Figure 8: One Carbon World – sources of CO2e by emission energy and fuel use 11 Figure 9: One Carbon World – sources of CO2e by indirect emissions (scope 3) 11 RIBBLE VALLEY IN CONTEXT 12 Transport 12 Figure 10: Transport hierarchy 12 Figure 11: Car Ownership…