Including 7 closely related terms such as carbon reductions, reductions, and carbon operation.
… meaningful progress towards being zero carbon in its operations by 2025. Our vision for the Council in this Carbon Plan is therefore to: ‘lead by example and work in partnership towards achieving net zero carbon operations by 2030’. Setting ambitious yet realistic targets for carbon reduction and renewable energy generation by 2025 will be important to keep us on track to the ultimate goal…
… on the actions set out in the Carbon Plan 2015-20 to achieve a carbon emission reduction target of 50% by 2020, against the 2008/9 baseline. Reading has a strong track record on carbon emissions reduction, being amongst the top ten boroughs in the Country for reductions since 2005, totalling 228kT CO2 or 52% of Reading’s total reductions. In the latest year for which data is available (2018/19), Reading…
… the last six years, so although energy use in kWh has decreased by nearly 50% since 2008/9, spend on energy has remained relatively stable. Carbon emissions reduction over the last 10 years has mainly been achieved through reductions across the building and street lighting estate. Reduction in building energy use has accounted for nearly three quarters of the total emissions reduction, whilst…
… Classification: OFFICIAL 4. The Council’s route to net zero carbon In pursuing a successful carbon reduction strategy to date, the Council has focused on schemes offering the best return on investment. While this will continue, it is inevitable that additional carbon reductions and the associated returns will be more challenging to achieve as we approach net zero – the ‘low-hanging fruit’ has been…
… harvested requiring us to reach higher for future reductions. To guide us we have structured this Carbon Plan around the actions set out by the Committee for Climate Change in its July 2019 report ‘Reducing UK emissions: Progress Report to Parliament’. This identifies four key themes over the next five years to drive further and deeper carbon emissions reductions, and by adopting these we can…