Including 6 closely related terms such as global warming, climate change, and climate.
… aims of achieving the council’s zero carbon goals. 3y Management support for climate change efforts The newly appointed Sustainability officer must be strongly supported by senior management to implement actions and initiatives and deliver results. 3y Form an internal climate change working group This action is already underway in the Council. Momentum should be maintained with regular…
… a Net Zero Carbon Council by 2030 2. Recommended action plan to achieve a Net Zero Carbon District by 2050 The colours correspond to the emission categories identified by the Committee on Climate Change. On the following pages, ‘3y’ indicates an action which should be initiated in the next 3 years. NWLDC Zero Carbon Roadmap 20190234 | Sept 2020 | Rev M 3 1.0…
…). Undertake a pilot project/exemplar a pilot project/exemplar to establish costs and programme requirements for wider roll out. 3y Set best practice energy standards of future housing built or acquired by the Council, or on Council land. This should be consistent with the recommendations of the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) Report on the future of housing (i.e space heating demand < 15-20 kWh/m2…
…. Include a carbon cost for transport in procurement decisions. 3y Base refrigerant selection in cooling systems used by the Council on a principle of ‘lowest available Global Warming Potential (GWP) refrigerant’. NWLDC Zero Carbon Roadmap 20190234 | Sept 2020 | Rev M 6 2.0 ACHIEVING A ZERO CARBON DISTRICT BY 2050 – ACTION PLAN 2.1 Planning policy and the Local…
… of food served in schools and hospitals. 3y Encourage farmers to double the amount of trees on farmland by 2030. This could be achieved through the forum of an Agricultural working group. 3y Create an agricultural working group to discuss potential for agriculture to reduce CO2 emissions in the district This could, for example, discuss recommendations given in the Committee on Climate Change's…