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Bridgend County Borough Council

…. A summary of Welsh Government legislation, strategies, and ambitions to drive carbon reduction activity in Wales is shown below. Strategy Ministerial ambitionLegislation Well being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 Environment (Wales) Act 2016 The Climate Change (Carbon Budgets) (Wales) Regulations 2018 Prosperity for All - Economic Action Plan (2017) Prosperity for All - A Low Carbon…

…. Since declaring a climate emergency in June 2020, the council has not been standing still, significant progress has already been made to reduce carbon emissions both within the organisation and across the county borough, some examples of which you will see in the strategy. The Bridgend 2030 Strategy provides a focus and direction for the decarbonisation of the council’s own emissions…

… and communities to be more healthy and resilient Smarter use of resources “ One Council working together to improve lives” Bridgend 2030 Net Zero Carbon Strategy 9 What have we achieved to date? Climate resilience – How are we preparing? Since declaring a Climate Emergency in June 2020, the council has not been standing still. Significant progress has already been made to reduce carbon emissions…

… progress against our carbon reduction plans. The implementation of this strategy is detailed in Appendix 1. It is also critical that focus is placed on putting the actions presented within the strategy into motion immediately. We will use the content and quantifications (energy, carbon and cost-saving potential) developed through our work with the Carbon Trust and included throughout…

… will often provide carbon reduction across several of the activity streams. Carbon leads will also be required to drive and empower decarbonisation initiatives in their departments. Carbon Management and Waste will be included as additional programme areas, alongside Transport, Buildings, Land Use and Procurement. 22 Bridgend 2030 Net Zero Carbon Strategy Action plans Defined action plans…