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Scottish Borders Council

… Goals and in September 2020 declared a Climate Emergency. This commitment and declaration frame the climate challenge we face. They give impetus to the Race to Zero by SBC members, employees, and partners to reach a Net Zero destination and to transition to a low carbon economy by 2045 and to avoid a catastrophic level of ‘runaway’ climate change. Robert Swann the polar explorer said…

… and Dennis caused significant damage to the Borders during February 2020. Further flooding, wildfires and disease will impact our landscapes, infrastructures, supply chains, markets and disrupt our way of life and drive-up costs for every one of us.  GHG emissions are not falling fast enough. In 2020, when COVID-19 brought the world to a virtual halt, carbon emissions fell by more than in any year…

…, will simply create a capital or revenue burden downstream. The opportunity must be taken to carefully revisit and examine the SBC capital programme to ensure that all projects, wherever possible, are contributing to the net zero agenda. Adaptation and resilience will not happen immediately. For example, while there will be scope to gain carbon sequestration from woodland planting on the SBC estate…

… in agricultural and forestry matters, the Scottish Borders can become a ‘hub’ for innovative land management activities with development and testing of low emission and carbon sequestration measures. 3.2 Leading from the front SBC want to lead people along our CCRM by controlling our own estate and through enabling and motivating change by others. We face a double challenge; not only must we manage…

… pathways and tougher targets to reach our destination more quickly. Option 3: Net Zero before 2045 - using more creative carbon accounting to reach our destination by deducting our accumulations of ‘positive’ GHG offsets, for example, from peatland soils or forestry, (renewable energy generation (mainly wind turbines) is already accounted for at a national level) 14 from our…