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West Suffolk Council

… of the Environment and Climate Change Action Plan, the council’s performance and Annual Environmental Statement. 2. Progress against actions 2.1 The agreed action plan is structured under the following themes:  Communities and Communication. The Committee on Climate Change reports that, to achieve carbon neutrality, 62 percent of emissions reductions will come from behaviour change. Technological…

…. The ongoing shift towards renewable electricity further enhances its environmental benefits, making it a more sustainable choice in the long term. 2.3 In addition, Suffolk County Council has successfully completed the conversion of the final 500 or so West Suffolk Council (WSC) owned streetlights to light-emitting diode (LED) technology. The resulting emissions savings from this conversion have…

… not yet been incorporated into the current emissions savings metrics. This significant achievement marks the completion of a comprehensive streetlight upgrade initiative for West Suffolk Council that began last year and was extended to the conversion of parish and town council owned lights through the Decarbonisation Initiatives Fund. Suffolk County Council (SCC) has also been converting its…

… streetlights. By March 2025, the aim is that all council-owned streetlights in West Suffolk will be LED. 2.4 The draft 2024-2025 Action Plan is included as Appendix A. In considering the current plan and current challenges there are a number of specific opportunities the ESRG want to highlight, and these have been included in the draft plan. 2.5 Carbon emissions show a slight increase…

… time  Energy delivered to drivers powered 421,490 miles  136 trees and 600 whips planted during 2023-2024. 2.6 The Carbon Budget agreed at Cabinet in 2020 is included in the Environment Statement. The net zero plan which formed part of the 2020 report illustrates potential routes to net zero by 2030. This is broken down into potential workstreams, such as reducing emissions from…