Including 8 closely related terms such as carbon emissions, emissions, and emission.
… the deliberation phase and was prioritised low overall, with over two-thirds of the assembly - 35 of 50 members - ranking the tax on retrofitting as their 15th or 16th priority out of 16, and only five members ranking it in their top 10 priorities (more details can be found in the technical report). Furthermore, the perceived impact of such a tax on reducing the city’s carbon emissions was perceived…
… the assumptions, ideas and conditions that the assembly felt should be considered alongside each one (see figure 1.3). Members also gave each recommendation a score to represent the level of impact they thought each would have towards reducing the city’s emissions, with 5 being the most impactful and 1 the least. The average impact score is shown for each recommendation and reflects what assembly…
… that the cost of decarbonising the UK are estimated to be less than has been spent in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and comparable with UK military spending. To them, this transformed their view of fighting climate change from impossible to possible. “The cost of reducing our emissions was a lot less than I expected, to actually be comparable to the spend on the military and COVID actually shows…
… green jobs and skills. They often noted that domestic transport was the highest emission in Glasgow’s economy according to a slide in the first presentation. They wanted to know what steps the council was taking to address this and stressed the importance of taking action on this alongside the themes discussed in the assembly. Members also gave personal examples of the perceived expense…
… and inaccessibility of the city’s public transport system. “Transport was the biggest single emission. Has Glasgow got a plan and targets and solutions that they are going to implement? Things like electric and hydrogen buses will help” Assembly member, North West Glasgow, session two Another view was that if commuting was too difficult using the city’s public transport system, workers would move to other…