Including 8 closely related terms such as reduce, reduce carbon, and low carbon.
… working group to monitor progress. With the publication of this Climate Emergency Plan all of these commitments are now in place. The UK introduced the Climate Change Act into the legislation in 2008. This seeks to reduce carbon emissions by 100%2 (from where they stood in 1990) by 2050. However, 2019 marks an important milestone year as global carbon emissions have almost doubled since the Act…
…, it is anticipated that the current ‘business as usual’ approach emissions will eventually plateau at a much higher level well before this as most of the ‘quick wins’ will have already been achieved (Figure 4). The projected reduction rate of carbon dioxide emissions required to achieve net zero carbon by 2030 is also shown in the table (Figure 4). It can be seen that large-scale carbon dioxide reduction…
… in 2017. Our highest emitting areas are transport and the use of gas in the domestic sector. These will be key areas on which we will focus our efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. We will also seek to increase the amount of carbon sequestration in the borough. Figure 5. Detailed breakdown of Wokingham Borough Carbon Dioxide Emissions 20175 Based on the BEIS data, predicted carbon…
…. • The area is prosperous so residents tend to be relatively liberal with their energy consumption in terms of use of appliances and heating. Section 3. Opportunities By taking a proactive approach to becoming net zero carbon by 2030, Wokingham Borough residents can look forward to a low-carbon future. Wokingham Borough is fortunate in that it has a number of opportunities that will help reduce…
… with Thames Valley Berkshire Local Enterprise Partnership and support their efforts in delivering a low carbon economy in Berkshire, as well as and the Greater South East Energy Hub and the University of Reading. Section 4. What Wokingham Borough Council have already done – Looking back Prior to declaring a climate emergency on July 18th 2019, the council was already committed to reducing carbon…