Including 7 closely related terms such as achieve carbon, reduce carbon, and reduce carbon.
… communities. Opinion is divided on the pace required to meet this emergency; Extinction Rebellion state that we should aim for net zero emissions by 2025, the UK Committee on Climate Change references 2050 for carbon neutrality for the UK. The Climate Change Act 2008 set a target to reduce carbon emissions by 80% by 2050, compared to 1990 levels. In June 2019, this target was updated to a 100…
… emissions and play its part. The scale of the challenge is daunting and one where the Council cannot provide all the solutions. Nor can it, or should it, work in isolation. To really achieve carbon neutrality there needs to be a system change at all levels of government and within all sectors of the community. Close co-operation already exists with Hampshire County Council and this is echoed…
… more efficiently and trying to encourage those living and working in the Borough to do the same; continuing to look at ways to reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions; and ensuring we plan appropriately for the long term. The Council is not starting from scratch on its journey towards becoming carbon neutral or on adapting to climate change impacts. At the Council’s depot…
…. An example of this is with the Council’s acquisition of land and future tree planting regimes. This approach has the multiple benefits of not only reducing carbon emissions via offsetting but also providing ecological mitigation and public recreation to help improve our residents’ health and wellbeing. Fleet fuel use is the Council’s largest source of Council emissions. This has been identified…
… as one of the main focuses for reducing carbon emissions. The Council already has some electric vehicles but the challenge lies predominantly with the larger refuse vehicles. In order to achieve a reduction the Council will assess the introduction of electric or alternative fuel vehicles before 2025. From then it is proposed that there will be a phased programme of replacing the current fleet…