Including 21 closely related terms such as reduce, reduce, and reduce emissions.
… selected the Carbon Trust to measure our carbon footprint and provide a carbon reduction plan showing a pathway to make our estate carbon neutral by 2030. Their plan highlighted our direct emissions were mainly from fuel consumption in council owned vehicles, and gas and electricity consumed in council operated buildings. It indicated that we should reduce emissions from vehicles and electrify where…
… and Biodiversity Emergency a cross-party councillor working group was established to identify priorities for action. We sought expert advice to determine how to make unprecedented reductions to our own carbon emissions, and to learn about the actions we must take to cut harmful emissions and stem then reverse the decline in biodiversity across the Borough. To help us we sought the views of residents…
… to limit warming to 1.5°C. National Context In the UK the Climate Change Act 2008 set a target to reduce its carbon emissions by 80% by 2050. The UK Committee on Climate Change provides the fve yearly carbon budgets which aim to reduce carbon emissions by 3% year on year. It describes how carbon is emitted in the UK from vehicles run on fossil fuels including petrol and diesel, from buildings…
… heated by gas, oil or coal and from power stations burning gas or oil to create electricity. It guides the Government on the measures needed to reduce carbon emissions including the move from producing electricity from fossil fuels to low carbon methods, changing transport from fossil fuels to low carbon and reducing carbon from homes, farming and industry. In 2019 the Act was amended to respond…
… as substantially reducing carbon emissions this Council must also adapt to climate change. The Climate Change Act 2008 requires a Climate Change Risk Assessment every fve years, and this sets out the risks and opportunities arising from climate change in the UK. The 2018 National Infrastructure Assessment sets out a pathway for the UK’s infrastructure for the next 30 years. It recognises the challenges…