Including 9 closely related terms such as reduce, reduce carbon, and achieve carbon.
… commitment to reduce carbon emissions. Consumed emissions contribute significantly to climate change and the council is also committed to reducing these emissions. For the purposes of this strategy, the focus is produced emissions. Future work will develop solutions and actions that specifically target consumed emissions. 7 CONSUMED, PRODUCED – WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE…
… SUMMARY Ealing Council declared a climate emergency in April 2019, committing to treat the climate and ecological emergency as a crisis requiring immediate and vital action. Our aim is to become carbon neutral, as a borough and an organisation by 2030. Our strategy sets out a plan to reduce the council’s produced emissions and outlines a commitment to use our influence to reduce emissions…
…. Each thematic section also indicates co-benefits of addressing climate change in the focus area. Benefits of climate change mitigation and ecological conservation for the UK include improvements in public health, reduced NHS costs, greater energy security, growth in the low-carbon jobs market and a reduction in poverty and inequality. Find out more about the importance of co-benefits…
… in Section 7. This strategy recognises the importance of the community’s role in achieving the aim of becoming carbon neutral by 2030. Our residents, businesses and public sector partners, such as schools and health services, are vital to this journey. The council will work to strengthen relationships and support to lead toward our goal; see Sections 8 and 17 for more detail. Climate justice…
… within nine years. Carbon offsetting is one of the methods we can use to achieve carbon neutrality, and while we are a long way from making decisions about our offsetting strategy, Section 15 outlines some principles that we will use to guide our evolving work. Finally, Section 16 gives an overview of how we plan to be accountable to delivering this strategy. There will be annual reporting…