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… of the carbon reduction programme. It explores the roles of specialist officers, specialist support units, Council Services, the governance role of corporate working groups and how they report on progress. It starts by asking who develops and drives projects – should it be driven from the top down, bottom up or a mixture of both? Commitment to reducing carbon emissions needs to come from across…

… or adapt (called adaptation) (b) Cutting carbon emissions to try to reduce our contribution to the problem in the first place (called carbon reduction or management or mitigation). Carbon Dioxide (CO2) A naturally occurring gas and one of the most abundant greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is also a by-product of industrial processes, burning fossil fuels and land use changes…

… or organisation in a given time frame. Usually a carbon footprint is calculated for the time period of a year. Carbon Management Plan A carbon management plan brings together in one place everything you are doing to measure and reduce your carbon emissions. It details your objectives and targets, the emissions baseline, progress against targets, the outcome of completed carbon reduction targets…

…) Act of 2009, as a public body, Falkirk Council is required to demonstrate that carbon reduction is built into all of its operations and that it is contributing to the national carbon reduction target of 42% by 2020. Scotland has also committed to generate 100% of its electricity consumption by 2020. As of 2016/17, the Council will have a statutory duty to report publicly on progress towards…

… reflects the relatively small number of significant carbon reduction projects identified and approved to date. Figure 7: Projected CO2 Associated Costs - Business as Usual Compared with Implementation of CMP Projects The gap between these two scenarios illustrates that over the next five years, projects contained in the CMP should deliver financial savings in the region of £2m…