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Bolsover District Council

… - a prosperous economy, at first glance, can appear at odds with an equal aspiration for carbon reduction. We believe that climate change is the most pressing issue confronting our communities today. Climate change is already happening and further climate change is inevitable. A reliance on energy that will become increasingly scarce and unreliable is not an option, in the case of oil, gas…

… to achieve this. Cllr Ann Syrett Council Leader Cllr Brian Watson Portfolio holder for Finance and Resources and Sustainable Energy 4 Introduction and Vision Carbon footprint is the overall amount of climate change gas emissions, consisting of primarily carbon dioxide, associated with an organisation, event or production, it is one of the most common measures of our effect…

… on the environment. An increase in climate change gas emissions, and therefore rising carbon footprint, is the primary cause associated with climate change and its negative impacts. Rising temperatures are changing the growing patterns of plants and crops, sea levels are rising too with polar ice caps melting resulting in coastal erosion and the destruction of ecosystems. As vegetation growth patterns…

… sustainability, improving the lives of our people and our environment today and in the future” 6 Kyoto Protocol The UK is committed to the Kyoto Protocol – an international treaty which considers climate change. The protocol commits countries to adopt an urgent approach to reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. The aim of the protocol was to provide countries upholding the United Nations…

… Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) the option to execute methods of setting targets to control and measure the production of greenhouse gases within the country. The Climate Change Act 2008 The Climate Change Act 2008 makes the UK the first country to have a legally binding long-term framework to cut carbon emissions. It also creates a framework for building the UK’s ability…