Including the closely related term climate emergency.
… Carbon Reduction Action Plan Design v0.1 South Kesteven District Council Final report June 2020 Carbon footprint and reduction opportunities Growing acknowledgement of the latest science and recommendations from the Committee on Climate Change has resulted in unprecedented recognition of the global climate emergency, and the need…
… local authorities across the UK declared a climate emergency. The declaration of a climate emergency recognises firstly the crucial role that local authorities can play in helping to reduce both the causes and impacts of climate change, but it also provides local authorities with the opportunity to develop effective pathways towards reducing their emissions, which if successfully achieved, will help…
… to reduce the climate impacts at both the local and national scale. South Kesteven District Council recognises the significant role it can play in helping to accelerate the national transition towards developing a low carbon economy, and declared a Climate Emergency in 2019. This report was commissioned by the Council to help achieve the carbon reduction targets set out in its’ declaration. Context…
… to this report 1 Contents Executive Summary 3 Section 1: Council target 8 Section 2: Carbon footprint 9 Section 3: Carbon reduction opportunities 19 Section 4: Governance and engagement 38 Section 5: Monitoring and reporting 40 Appendices 42 2 Executive summary • This Carbon Reduction Action Plan forms a key step in South Kesteven District Council’s (SKDC) climate emergency response…
… and sets out a number of strategic actions that SKDC should work towards in order to achieve their carbon reduction target. SKDC declared a climate emergency in September 2019, pledging to reduce the organisation’s carbon footprint by at least 30% by 2030 and endeavouring to become net-zero carbon as soon as viable before 2050. • Achieving the 2030 target will reduce emissions from 7,600 tCO2e in 2018…