Including 16 closely related terms such as council buildings, council building, and council activities.
… Challenge 6 Our Challenge 6 Our Vision 8 Our Aim 9 2. Background and Policy Context 11 3. Low Carbon Workstreams 13 Workstream 1: Carbon Monitoring 13 Workstream 2: Travel 14 Workstream 3: Council Buildings and Energy Use 15 Workstream 4: Working Practices 16 Workstream 5: Natural Environment and Biodiversity 16 Workstream 6: Influencing Others in the District 17 Other workstreams: 18 Council Housing 18…
… New developments 19 Waste 20 4. Implementing Monitoring and Reporting 20 5. Review 22 Foreword Portfolio Lead for Low Carbon, Cllr Richard Musgrave In December 2019 the Council adopted its new Council Plan setting out its priorities for the period 2020-2030. One of the key commitments was on climate change - to respond to our developing understanding of the impacts of climate…
… change through identifying and promoting low carbon – including aiming for the Council to be Carbon neutral before 2050. We know from the consultation undertaken as part of the development of the Council Plan that it is something residents fully support. The Council Plan also highlighted that with investment in world-leading carbon capture technology taking place in our district, including…
… it is important that we clearly articulate the ambitions of the Council in addressing its own carbon footprint and helping to address the wider district footprint, so that the new North Yorkshire Council has a clear route-map to continue this important work. For this reason, the strategy sets out the Council’s ambitions to 2030, in accordance with the Council Plan timescale, but also sets out our commitment…
… of these actions, we have calculated our Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions for our carbon footprint for the financial year 2018-2019. (Scope 1 includes direct emissions from council activities e.g. burning gas in boilers for heat, or fuel usage in vehicles; scope 2 emissions are associated with electricity use and heat; and scope 3 emissions include indirect emissions associated with water use, waste, business travel…