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West Suffolk Council

… of carbon reduction and carbon- offsetting activities and breakdown their agreed emissions target into yearly cycles with planned quantified activities to achieve the target. Further information as to the targets that would be set are included in Appendix 2. The carbon budget would form part of the Council’s environmental reporting procedures that are already in place. Monitoring would be carried…

…. The Framework commits the Council to use its various roles to protect and enhance the local and global environment, with a particular focus on reducing carbon emissions. Impact of COVID-19 It is important to note that the Taskforce was set up with work well underway before the COVID-19 outbreak and clearly the pandemic has had a profound effect on people’s lives, businesses and council activity…

… with the reductions in atmospheric carbon from any carbon off-setting activities, to keep within a certain temperature threshold. One of the reasons this is preferred over other carbon reduction strategies is that all ambitions outlined are associated with a numerical value, such as an annual emissions maximum/target. This allows an organisation to set a baseline, identify the required contribution…

… mailto:rachel.hood@westsuffolk.gov.uk mailto:jill.korwin@westsuffolk.gov.uk CAB/WS/20/045 Recommendation: It is recommended that the Cabinet should: 1. commit to the Council working towards achieving net zero greenhouse gas (carbon) emissions by 2030 as set out in section 4 of Report No: CAB/WS/045; 2. approve the high-level road map to achieve net zero, as set out…

… that, combined with the disease risks which are a by- product of these impacts, could be life threatening. West Suffolk already has a strong culture of action on Climate Change and lowering Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Since 2004/05, the Council has produced an Environmental Statement. The draft statement for 2019/20, which will be available in September 2020, indicates that the Council has seen…