Including 10 closely related terms such as reduce, reduce, and carbon emissions.
… covers actions where the Council can use its influence to reduce carbon emissions across Torbay. However, a more detailed Carbon Neutral Torbay Action Plan will be developed in 2022 by the Torbay Climate Partnership covering how partners (including the Council), businesses and communities will take action and collectively play their part in tackling the climate emergency locally…
… a carbon neutral Council by 2030 and we will establish a robust carbon baseline to measure progress against. We will also set some interim targets once the baseline is established. To become a carbon neutral Council by 2030 we will need to rapidly, over the next 8 years, reduce carbon emissions by as much as we possibly can. By 2030 we will need to offset any remaining emissions through credible local…
… making and procurement. We are therefore responsible for just over 1% of Torbay’s total carbon emissions. Whilst primarily focussing on the Council’s operations and services, this Carbon Neutral Council Action Plan also includes actions to be carried out by the TDA and SWISCo and where the Council can use its influence to help reduce carbon emissions across the wider Torbay. These influencing actions…
… will be covered later in this action plan. SWISCo and the TDA are also developing their own plans to reduce environmental impacts and reduce carbon emissions across their own operations. Back to top Highlights This action plan is the first of its kind for us. However, work to reduce our impact on the environment and to reduce carbon emissions have been ongoing…
… fuel efficient and less polluting Embedded carbon neutral considerations in all major decision-making reports and service planning processes Developed a Carbon Neutral Impact Assessment Tool to help staff consider reducing carbon emissions and wider negative environmental impacts in all major decision-making reports Integrated climate change considerations into the new Social Value Policy…