Including the closely related terms climate change, climate change, and climate.
… Shropshire Council Corporate Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan Shropshire Council Towards Net-Zero Carbon Corporate Climate Strategy Climate Change Task Force November 2020 Shropshire Council Corporate Climate Strategy 2020 8 February 2021 1 1. Introduction…
…, we are facing a climate emergency and urgent action is therefore required. This is a fast-moving area of work and information about climate change, carbon performance and management technologies are changing all the time. In these circumstances it is not proposed to hold a formal consultation process on the Strategy, but instead to treat the corporate Strategy as a ‘live’ document and issue…
… a general invitation for comments and suggestions for amendment which can be taken into account as part of an annual monitoring and review process. More detailed background information available at: https://www.shropshire.gov.uk/climate-change-and-sustainability/ 2. Shropshire Council’s Carbon Performance The Greenhouse Gas Protocol 2.1. Greenhouse gas emissions are categorised into three groups…
… or 'scopes' by the most widely-used international accounting tool, the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol. As illustrated in Figure 1 and Table 1 below, Scope 1 covers direct emissions sources (e.g. gas boilers and fuel used in company vehicles), Scope 2 and 3 emissions cover indirect emissions. https://www.shropshire.gov.uk/climate-change-and-sustainability/ Shropshire Council…
… also have an adverse effect on local air quality, which affects health and wellbeing. In addition, because of road transport bias; the cost of climate change impacts should be considered in NHS costs, road maintenance due to extreme weather events, flooding, drainage and erosion costs. Building Utilities Clarification (Scope 1 & 2) 2.6 Scope 1 includes static sources (direct emissions…