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East Cambridgeshire District Council

… to hopefully agree the next steps in tackling climate change and boosting our natural environment. And I congratulate the UK government for committing in April to set the world’s most ambitious climate change target into law, in order to reduce carbon emissions by 78% by 2035 compared to 1990 levels. I am also thrilled to read of the Queen’s Green Canopy, a national programme of tree planting…

… we have set ourselves. This will include: • Identifying, and keeping up to date (annually), the carbon footprint for the Council’s operations and for the district as a whole; • Monitoring and reviewing our carbon targets and tracking carbon emissions reductions for the Council’s operational footprint and the broader impact of its activities and policies; • Preparing and regularly…

…. For example, if you reduce 20 tonnes of CO2 in 2020, this produces a cumulative impact of 400 tonnes reduction by 2040. ‘Net Zero Carbon’ means, first, the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to the lowest possible level. Then, for any remaining emissions, offsetting them through carbon removal methods such as tree planting or carbon capture and storage, so we have ‘net zero’ emissions overall…

…, the report highlighted the key areas that Councils across Cambridgeshire, and their partners, should consider incorporating into new policy, including: • Decarbonisation of heat and improvements to the energy efficiency of the housing stock; • Implementation of low carbon heating and carbon capture and storage in commercial and industrial buildings; • All cars, vans, buses and motorcycles…

… and most HGVs to be electric, as well as shifting more transport away from cars to walking, cycling and public transport; • A significant reduction of food waste, reduction of demand for red meat and dairy by 20%, and increased fertiliser efficiency, breeding measures, and livestock food additives; • Deployment of carbon capture and storage on waste sites, increasing capture of landfill…