Including the closely related terms climate change, climate change, and climate.
… proposed approach for tackling climate change. This is a vital strategic task which will ensure the Council has a robust plan for reducing emissions from the Council’s own land, buildings, fleet and assets. What is Climate Change? Climate change refers to the impact on the climate of too many greenhouse gases in our atmosphere, causing accelerated global warming. This is a result of many…
… 2020 – 2030 Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan Carbon Neutrality by 2030 2020 – 2030 Strategy 2 | P a g e Introduction On 9th July 2019, the Council’s Executive Committee declared a Climate Emergency and resolved to start working towards becoming…
… carbon neutral by 2030. This resolution confirmed the Council’s continued commitment to achieving a reduction in carbon emissions from its own activities and delivering the aims of the Building A Better Ipswich 2017 Corporate Plan. This document will act as the starting point for the development of an ongoing Climate Change Strategy for Ipswich Borough Council and focusses on the Council’s…
… approach to setting the baseline and understanding the ongoing impact of activities The Council has a good record of tracking its own direct emissions (scope 1) and those created from the energy it consumes (scope 2) over several years as part of the previous Climate Change Strategy and emission reduction targets. 2. All Council decisions will take into account the potential impact…
… equipment results in a measurable reduction in the Council’s carbon footprint • Ensure the priority is procuring zero emission machinery wherever possible. Group Four: Working Practices and Behaviours We need our staff to start to think of behaviours related to Climate Change as less of an environmental issue and more of an organisational change that we need to examine and tackle as we…