Including 7 closely related terms such as carbon removal, low carbon, and carbon management.
… savings can also still be made in addition to reducing carbon emissions and harmful air pollution across West Dunbartonshire. Sustainable Procurement The Council will take action to meet the needs for goods, services, works and utilities in a way that achieves value for money on a whole life basis in terms of reducing carbon emissions, generating benefts for society and the economy…
… CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS 4 FOREWORD 5 01 CONTEXT 7 About West Dunbartonshire 7 The Legal and Policy drivers 7 The Science 9 The Financial Case 10 Sustainable Development Goals 10 Global Efforts 13 COVID19 - A Green Recovery 13 Scotland’s National Performance Framework 14 Building on Success 15 02 THEMES 16 03 WORKING TOWARDS NET ZERO 19 Carbon Removal and Offsetting 20 West…
… Air Source Heat Pump BECCS Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage CCC Committee on Climate Change CHP Combined Heat and Power C02 Carbon Dioxide CCS Climate Change Strategy COP Conference of the Parties CRC Climate Ready Clyde DHN District Heating Network EPC Energy Performance Certifcate EU European Union EV Electric Vehicle GHG Greenhouse Gas GSHP Ground Source Heat Pump LHEES…
… looking at how we use and provide energy; encouraging our employees to be more environmentally- friendly; developing biodiversity sites throughout the area and taking steps to manage and reduce the Council-wide carbon footprint. Our environmental strategic work has included our previous Climate Change Strategy; Energy Strategy; and Carbon Management Plan. Our new Climate Change Strategy looks…
… Change policy. The Legal and Policy drivers In a drive towards a low carbon economy, the Scottish Government set world leading Climate Change targets to reduce Scotland’s carbon emissions by 80% by 2050, with an interim reduction of 42% by 2020. In 2014 this interim target was met and exceeded (45.8%), originally leading to a new target set for a reduction of 50% for 2020. These targets…