Including 6 closely related terms such as reduce, low carbon, and carbon management.
… within existing resources, although external funding opportunities will also be sought . It should be noted that this action plan will evolve in response to emerging local, regional, and national policy and legislation . Identify and adopt more carbon efficient processes Replace high carbon energy sources with low carbon source Offset those emissions that cannot be eliminated by the above…
… . The CAS is a positive step to identifying ways to reduce carbon emissions and increase climate resilience across the Maldon District . This will include developing strong climate partnership links, pushing to be the first in line for sustainable transport options, finding ways to support sustainable agriculture, encouraging development that meets all future homes standards, and engaging…
… and empowering our communities to make low carbon and informed choices . When the CAS was adopted, the Council committed to developing a yearly Climate Action Plan (CAP), which would set the actions and initiatives that would help us on our net zero journey . The CAP aims to prioritise actions in accordance with the Carbon Management Hierarchy (Figure 1), where the most desired actions are those…
… I 54 I Maldon District Council’s Climate Action Plan 2023/24 Avoid carbon intensive activities e .g ., re-think strategies and policies AVOID REDUCE REPLACE OFFSET Figure 1 The Carbon Management Hierarchy Introduction Maldon District Council (the Council) declared a Climate Emergency in February 2021 and in January 2022 the Council’s Climate Action Strategy (CAS) was adopted…
… The Carbon Management Hierarchy Maldon District Council’s Climate Action Strategy 2021-2030 I 76 I Maldon District Council’s Climate Action Strategy 2021-2030 Who has contributed to the Action plan? Climate Action Plan 2023/2024 The remainder of this document is based on the ‘areas of focus’ as set out in the CAS as Climate Action Pledges. These are detailed on pages 5-8 of the CAS…