Including 7 closely related terms such as global warming, climate change, and climate.
… Mole Valley District Council Footprint Report Mole Valley District Council Climate Action Planning Charlie McNelly, Oliver Patrick, Robert Hatcher, February 2020 1 Prepared for: Paul Anderson Executive Head of Service (Resources) Paul.Anderson@molevalley.gov.uk +44(0) 1306 870613 Prepared by: Charlie McNelly, Senior Analyst…
… and travel, community life, waste management and recycling, and sports and leisure centres. Image: Stepping stones over the River Mole. 6 Background • The need for taking immediate and bold action on climate change is being increasingly recognised by businesses, government and the general population. • Mole Valley District Council (MVDC) declared a climate emergency in June 2019. One key…
… aspect of the climate emergency declaration is the target to make Council’s operations carbon neutral by 2030. • As a first key step in this process, Carbon Trust was commissioned by the Council in late 2019 to calculate MVDC’s footprint, to inform the pending Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan. • This report consolidates the results of the footprint exercise and initial engagement providing…
… pass through the atmosphere, but they prevent the heat that the sunlight brings from leaving the atmosphere. • Carbon dioxide is not the only greenhouse gas. There are five other principle greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming: Methane, Nitrous Oxide, Hydrofluorocarbons, Perfluorocarbons and Sulphur Hexafluoride. • Not all of these gases arise from combustion of fossil fuels…
…, with some originating from refrigeration/cooling, agriculture, chemical production and electrical applications. • Under the GHG Protocol (see next slide), each gas has its own global warming potential (GWP). By comparing each gas’s GWP to that of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) it is possible to derive a Carbon Dioxide equivalent value (CO2e). - Example: CO2 has a GWP of 1, Methane has a GWP of 24; therefore we…