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North Somerset Council

… can influence or ask for help and support locally Areas we can influence through policy activity Areas we can influence through our contracts or through funding/support Areas we directly control North Somerset Council’s matrix of influence North Somerset Council only has direct control over a small proportion of the total carbon emissions of the area. Analysis is ongoing…

… will also seek to understand how our work will reduce differently scoped emissions in North Somerset. These include scope one: all direct emissions from activities within our area, scope two: all indirect emissions from energy production/ use in our area, and scope three: all other indirect emissions from activities within our area, occurring from sources we do not own or control. Stakeholders…

… • The Climate Emergency Action Plan is aligned to the seven key principles of this strategy, with multiple actions for each principle all aligned to our level of influence and the scope each action will have on emissions (scope one, two or three). • For each action we ask: what will success look like? These success measures form the basis of the Climate Emergency Data Dashboard. The Data Dashboard…

… • Plant x trees by 2025 • Reduce amenity grass by x% by 2025 Storage Also included in the Data Dashboard is an overview of North Somerset’s carbon emissions, both by tonnage and per capita. As we progress against our Action Plan we will measure the progress towards our aim of becoming a carbon neutral council and a carbon neutral area by 2030. - 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0 - 500.0 1,000.0 1,500.0…

… 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 k tC o 2 p e r c a p it a k tC o 2 Carbon emissions in North Somerset ktCo2 per capita ktCo2 1 oC Damaging climate impacts are already being felt today at 1o of warming 1.5 oC Keeping below 1.5o would help to protect ecosystems limiting impacts on vulnerable groups 2 oC Below 2 o will limit the most damaging effects…