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Bedford Borough Council

… internal carbon footprint. Authorised staff use their own cars and public transport for business travel. Action Plan: • Encourage staff to adopt sustainable transport options such as cycling and walking, car sharing, public transport and ultra-low emission vehicles • To explore the options for using electric pool vehicles (EVs) for business travel • Consider a corporate Smart Travel Plan…

… for staff and members to reduce our carbon impact through cutting the amount of travel (e.g. video conferencing), using cars more efficiently and switching to public transport, walking and cycling • Providing realistic alternatives to lone driving (also known as ‘single occupancy car use’); making these alternatives more attractive; and • Reducing people’s need to travel, for example through…

…-lying coastal areas and coral reefs. However, limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees requires ‘rapid and far reaching’ transitions in land, energy, industry, buildings, transport and cities. Emissions of carbon dioxide would need to fall by around 45% from 2010 levels by 2030, reaching ‘net zero’ around 2050. The UK, through the Climate Change Act in 2008, is going some way to achieve…

… 7. Replace BBC owned vehicles with suitable electric or hydrogen models when appropriate replacements are available, with immediate moratorium on fossil fuel vehicles under 3.5t , as well as promote sustainable transport alternatives 8. Work with partners to share best practice 9. Ensure that Council buildings (estates team) has a programme of work to improve EPC ratings 10. Work…

… Controlled 2018/19 Tonnes of CO2 Council buildings (electric and heating fuel) 4,953 tonnes Owned Transport (fleet and social care) 2,159 tonnes Business travel (scope 3 indirect, inc. air, rail) 164 tonnes Total Tonnes 7,276 tonnes 3. Aims, Objectives, Target and Priorities 12 Carbon Reduction Delivery Strategy 2020-2030 3.2. Steps to implement the Council’s Carbon Reduction Delivery Strategy…