Including 7 closely related terms such as climate change, climate change, and new climate.
… to reducing the carbon emissions from its buildings and fleet and has previously implemented two Carbon Management Plans over the last ten years, which have helped to reduce its emissions by 28.9% from a 2014/15 baseline. One of the six objectives of the Council’s new Climate Change Strategy 2021-26 is “Reducing emissions from City Council buildings, land, vehicles and services”. We have developed…
…. These include Council buildings and land (where the Council owns the building or land and pays the energy bills), Council fleet vehicles and business travel (travel by staff in their own vehicles for business purposes). In the new Climate Change Strategy, we have set a target to reduce the Council’s direct carbon emissions to net zero by 2030. This Plan identifies a prioritised list of carbon reduction…
… to date, including a range of different energy efficiency, fuel efficiency and renewable energy projects. Switch it off campaign poster These projects have been funded through a total of over £1.4m in contributions from the Council’s dedicated Climate Change Fund since 2008/09, as well as further investment from planned maintenance and service budgets. As described in more detail in Appendix…
…. The Bouygues study and other advice received by the Council identifies a range of potential carbon off-setting approaches, which we will explore in more detail as part of the new Climate Change Strategy. Estimated costs of carbon reduction projects The Council has already invested in many of the simpler, more cost-effective solutions (e.g. insulation, LED lighting, solar PV) to reduce emissions…
… HM Government’s Environmental Reporting Guidelines2, a document designed to help all organisations with voluntary GHG emissions reporting, and advice from the then Department of Energy and Climate Change, to determine the relevant energy sources that the Council is responsible for and should include in its carbon emissions baseline calculated in 2014/15. The quantities of energy consumed…