Including 21 closely related terms such as reduce, reduce, and emissions reduction.
… CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY 2021-2026 2 CONTENTS GLOSSARY Foreword Page 3 1. Introduction Pages 4-9 1.1 Background Page 4 1.2 The Purpose of the Climate Change Strategy Page 5 1.3 Policy Context Page 6 1.4 Ashfield District Council’s Emissions Page 6 1.5 Ashfield District Council’s Carbon Footprint Page 7 1.5.1 Area Wide (District) Emissions Page 8 1.6 Roadmap for reducing Carbon…
… in the area, which can be achieved through: ▪ Establishing and understanding current emissions (carbon baseline) ▪ Setting carbon reduction targets ▪ Setting out key actions to reduce carbon emissions (Carbon Management Plan) ▪ Gathering and maintaining high quality emissions data and monitoring improvements over time ▪ Supporting decarbonisation of the District The Strategy will be reviewed…
… corresponding targets, aligned to available funding. 1.4 ASHFIELD DISTRICT COUNCIL’S EMISSIONS ▪ Scope 1 - Direct emissions from ADC controlled or owned sources ▪ Scope 2 - Indirect emissions from the generation of purchased energy used by ADC ▪ Scope 3 - Indirect emissions associated with the value chain of the Council, both upstream into the Council and downstream out of the Council…
… below 2ºC. ADC has already made significant steps in reducing carbon emissions through multiple different projects, including installing solar PV on many council owned buildings, operating smarter workingpractices in council offices, launching a Climate Change Officer Working Group to collaboratively drive reductions in carbon emissions, and assessing the impact on sustainability…
… become even more extreme and frequent. If CO2 emissions continue at their current rate, we can expect to reach 1.5ºC at some point between 2030 and 2050. To prevent this, we must cut CO2emissions drastically by 2030 and reach net zero emissions by 2050. The Climate Change Act was passed in 2008 and set out a legally binding emissions reduction targetof reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80…