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Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames

… Climate Action Plan - for upload to website Foreword I am pleased to present Kingston’s updated Climate Action Plan. In June 2019, Kingston Council declared a Climate Emergency, with a commitment to deliver carbon neutrality in council operations by 2038. At that time, we committed to eliminating as many of the Council’s emissions as possible…

… together to feed back their thoughts, and over 200 responses were submitted online. Our residents and stakeholders made it clear that, while you are interested in our work to improve council buildings and reduce carbon in operations, you were most interested in how you could make a difference, how you could work together to deliver this ambition for Kingston, and how actions would impact upon…

… Homes and Buildings 16 Theme 2: How we travel 18 Theme 3: Natural Environment 21 Theme 4: Waste Reduction 24 Theme 5: Sustainable Council 26 Theme 6: Green Economy 31 Theme 7: Everyone together 33 Measuring and reporting 35 The Council’s carbon baseline 35 Kingston Carbon emissions 37 Next Steps 39 Appendices 40 Appendix A - Our Carbon Baseline methodology 40 Appendix B - London and National…

… will reduce carbon emissions as far as we can and offset what we cannot remove; ● We will achieve carbon neutrality for council operations by 2030; ● We will prioritise green and decentralised energy; ● We will ensure the climate implications of our actions are a key factor in decision-making; ● We will be proactive about bringing funding into the borough; ● We will, in tandem, prepare to protect…

…, we have refined the themes for action. The refined themes now more clearly differentiate between the focus required for the council and then the wider place. The Sustainable Council theme contains all actions related to the council, the remaining themes are in relation to Kingston as a place and the associated actions. Page 16 | 44 Theme 1: Efficient Homes and Buildings Our Efficient Homes…