Including 17 closely related terms such as emissions reduction, reduction, and carbon emissions.
… significant benefits, the progress of individual projects has been mixed, with many needing to scale up in order to reduce the council’s carbon emissions by 2030. Table 1 below shows progress against key decarbonisation projects. Table 1: Table showing progress of key projects affecting direct emissions Action area What needs to happen by 2030 Progress needed by 2025/6 Progress to March 2024…
… indirect carbon emissions2 and to respond to current and future climate risks such as extreme weather resulting from increasing global average temperatures. The Council’s 2030 net-zero target remains on track, achieving a carbon emissions reduction of 38% in 2023/24 compared to the interim target of a 40-69% reduction by 2025/6. 1 Greener futures climate change delivery plan 2021 to 2025…
… Streetlighting was responsible for 16% of the Councils direct carbon emissions in 2023/24. Table 2: Progress and next steps of Streetlighting Progress in 2023/24: Replacing around 89,000 bulbs, the streetlighting LED replacement programme is essentially complete and uses 100% renewable electricity. Project Progress in 2021/22 Progress in 2022/23 Progress in 2023/24 Total so…
… and renewables Council owned and operated buildings made up 70% of the Council’s direct carbon emissions in 2023/24. Around half of these emissions are from gas consumption and another half is from electricity use. Table 3:Progress and next steps of estate retrofit 14 Project Progress in 2021/22 Progress in 2022/23 Progress in 2023/24 Total so far Ambition by 2025/26…
…-zero estate by 2030 without significant carbon offsetting. To compensate for the challenges to delivering large ground-mounted solar arrays, a re-focus on delivering rooftop solar projects at scale is needed. 18 3.3 Fleet and Active Travel Council-owned fleet makes up 12% of direct carbon emissions. Table 4:Progress and next steps of fleet decarbonisation Project Progress…