Including 9 closely related terms such as reduce, reduce carbon, and low carbon.
… On the other hand, the Scottish Borders is well placed to capitalise on the country’s requirement for bio-energy and carbon sequestration with nature- based solutions such as woodland creation and peatland restoration alongside carbon capture and storage all acting as negative emissions solutions. There is much good work already underway. This includes, for example, the Charlesfield anaerobic digestion…
… use, water and industry—can lead to higher productivity, more resilient economies and greater social inclusion. Specific opportunities exist in renewable energy technologies; and manufacturing, low-carbon engineering and green finance, development of key technologies such as hydrogen and carbon capture and storage, and the embedding of circular economy principles are all critical…
… Management The Council adopted a Low Carbon Economic Strategy in 2013. More recently, the Energy Efficiency Programme was established to identify, design and implement technical interventions to decarbonise our built estate and reduce our utility cost base. This report seeks to augment these efforts. The Energy Efficiency Programme will continue to examine ways in which we can support the Scottish…
… and economic potential of the region’s significant and expanding net energy contribution. Opportunities around management of the Council' Estate including buildings and Greenspace- that could reduce carbon emissions and provide adaptation (e.g. reduced inputs into Greenspace management and greater biodiversity and multiple benefits such as natural flood management (trees and wetlands) and shading…
… (whereby any remaining emissions are balanced by solutions such as forestry or bioenergy with carbon capture and storage) by 2045. It noted that this would require a substantial increase in effort across all sectors of the economy. 4.2 In May 2019, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) issued a report warning about the damage human beings…