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East Staffordshire Borough Council

… for all sectors at a local authority level. The purpose of these estimates is to assist those using local emissions accounting as a tool in developing emissions reduction strategies. It should be noted that circumstances vary enormously between authorities, and local authorities have relatively little influence over some types of emissions, and for these reasons these statistics should…

… 2011 provided for changes in the provision of energy efficiency measures to homes and businesses through the Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation (ECO). Whilst the Green Deal has been relatively unsuccessful, ECO funding is being used to assist energy efficiency and reduce fuel poverty. ECO is a government energy efficiency scheme to help reduce carbon emissions and tackle fuel poverty…

… for that support. There may also be the need to provide financial incentives to achieve reduced carbon emissions which would create a significant financial pressure for the Council. It is therefore important to lobby central government for financial assistance for climate change. 6.5.4. To determine a reasonable target to be used for a climate declaration, the current carbon baseline has been used…

… related emissions. It is anticipated that this will have a significant impact on the carbon emissions related to transport in the Borough. Page 13 of 16  East Staffordshire has a high proportion of industrial processes in comparison to our neighbours, one of which is JCB which have also identified a target date of 2040. We will work with these businesses to encourage carbon reduction…

…. To achieve net carbon zero emissions we will need to reduce energy usage; generate renewable local power and/or offset by increasing carbon removal. To achieve this target an action plan has been prepared with clear and tangible measures that the Council will implement to reduce Carbon emissions which is detailed in Appendix 2. The action plan will be flexible to enable new measures to be added…