Including 5 closely related terms such as reduce carbon, carbon reduction, and reduce carbon.
… through the lens of local communities and businesses and will be place- specific. The Council needs to “step up”, and we also recognise the importance of engagement with our stakeholders in the district and achieving as high a level of buy-in as possible from our residents to our carbon reduction plans and actions. By adopting a leadership role within the district, we can show what a mainly rural…
… to provide energy efficiency improvement works to homes occupied by low-income households • Supporting third party work to look at future decarbonisation potential at the Bacton Gas Terminal • Building staff awareness of the climate challenge through training and briefings • Promoting flexible working for staff, with a reduction of staff attending the office and off-site meetings/visits to reduce carbon…
… the recommendations of the Climate Change Committee (CCC) for its Sixth Carbon Budget. This has resulted in a tightening of the targets for emissions reduction to a 78% cut by 2035. In the supporting papers to its report, the CCC identified a key role of Local Authorities in support of delivery of the targets. What is “Net Zero”? The UK has committed to Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The term Net…
… into the atmosphere with technologies and actions that take emissions from the atmosphere or from afforestation and other nature-based solutions. What are carbon budgets? These are set by the Government on the recommendation of the Independent Climate Change Committee. A carbon budget is a permitted and cumulative amount of carbon dioxide emissions that are emitted over a specified period of time – in the UK’s…
… case, five years – in order to keep within a certain temperature threshold. Every carbon budget provides a cap on the total greenhouse gas emissions, which should not be exceeded, to meet emissions reduction commitments. 7 As a result of the Government’s Net Zero 2050 Target, many Local Authorities across the country have declared climate emergencies and are making their own ambitious Net…