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South Derbyshire District Council

… equality, diversity and inclusion in how we approach carbon reduction in South Derbyshire. Response to the Environment Emergency Declaration As well as a climate emergency, the UK government declared an environmental emergency in May 2019. In order to respond fully to the environmental emergency, and in particular species decline, the Council believes that building mitigation measures…

… industry and the fertile soils which supported our agriculture. What is now clear is that the future challenges and opportunities are in the air above us. The Climate Emergency has brought sharply into focus that business as usual isn’t an option. We all need to make the change to a low carbon future to secure the benefits we’ve enjoyed in the past. This is daunting, but with the right mind…

… Ref: STEMS-07-ST2 Rev:02 Date: March 2021 Page | 4 | Our Aspiration South Derbyshire District Council understands the need for urgency in tackling climate change. On 27 June 2019 the Council declared a Climate Emergency. This committed to: • Strive to make South Derbyshire District Council carbon neutral by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before the Government target…

… and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5°C.” In response, the IPPC published a Special Report. In May 2019 the UK Government declared an environment and climate emergency. The government also altered the Climate Change Act 2008 to amend the statutory target to reduce UK greenhouse gas emissions from 80% to net-zero by 2050. South Derbyshire District Council…

… declared a Climate Emergency in June 2019 in support of these aims. The 2015 Paris Agreement developed the concept of ‘carbon budgets’ for all countries. In September 2019 this data was published as carbon budgets for all council administrative areas across the UK. This data has highlighted the urgency for action. The data for the area of South Derbyshire states: “If CO2 emissions remain…