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Ribble Valley Borough Council

… emergency'. In December 2020, Boris Johnson declared that the UK will set a target of 6 68% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2030 and include this target in its commitments in the Paris agreement - the UK has signed and ratified the United Nations Paris Agreement that commits signatories to reduce carbon emissions sufficiently to limit global temperature increases…

… and as an organisation to reduce its carbon emissions, and to act as an exemplar of best practice locally for businesses, and the wider community. It must not only reduce carbon emissions within the Borough, but also ensure that by acting strategically the adverse impacts of climate change are planned for and circumvented wherever possible. Planned investment now will make cost savings in the future. Some…

… impacts of climate change are already unavoidable. They will influence the Council’s activities and have cost implications. Therefore, reductions in emissions and adapting to climate change are central to the Council’s role and function. This Strategy sets out how the Council should reduce carbon emissions in the short term with long-term objectives and also how it should consider the possible…

…. This Strategy will be regularly reviewed. It will set out a framework for embedding climate change into the Council’s decision making, community leader and service functions. H O W C A N W E B E A C A R B O N N E U T R A L B O R O U G H B Y 2 0 3 0 ? The target can be partly met by ensuring that reducing carbon emissions is embedded in all the Council’s activities. The tables below set out…

… impacts of climate change in its service delivery. The Council is already taking on board some of the climate change messages in some aspects of its work. However, this is often undertaken in a piecemeal fashion often as the result of specific areas of work. Many of the efficiency savings that the Council is already working towards will reduce carbon dioxide emissions as an unintended…