Including the closely related terms offsetting, and carbon baseline.
…, already do to mitigate and adapt to climate change must be ramped up and progressed at pace. But we cannot do this alone. We have committed to becoming a net zero carbon Council by 2030. This means reducing our directly controllable emissions to as low as possible and then, if required, investing in solutions to reduce the remaining carbon emissions (offsetting). We have also committed…
… and Parish Councils. This strategy and action plan sets out our blueprint moving forwards. It will change as new partnerships form and new opportunities arise, but it sets out clearly our carbon baseline, where we need to focus and what we need to do to tackle greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to a changing climate. 2020 was one of the three hottest years (with 2016 and 2019) and flood warnings…
… and goals were initially developed using an evidence base collated from national research (such as the UK Climate Projections) and the locally specific emission baseline reports such as the district and council carbon baseline reports that were completed by July 2020 and can be found at www.lewes-eastbourne.gov.uk/ climatechange In August 2020 the council commenced the public engagement using…