Including 20 closely related terms such as reduce, reduce, and emissions reduction.
… and cease the purchase and/or lease of any vehicle that is not low carbon; • Pledge to work towards making Basingstoke & Deane net zero carbon by 2030, ahead of the current 2050 target, ensuring that reducing carbon emissions is embedded in all relevant Council decision making; • Develop carbon reduction pathways, climate compliant strategies and plans, working with the county council…
… strategy will avoid unintentional trade-offs or consequences of policies in one area being detrimental in the other (for example, historic policies that encouraged the take up of diesel vehicles to reduce carbon emissions which have increased air pollution). Although the main focus of the strategy is tackling climate change, it sets out an approach to tackle these issues, as well as providing…
… to the council; • Develop an action plan and milestones to achieve emissions reductions within the council’s control as well as how to work with other institutions, including the government, to achieve reductions in emissions outside of the council’s direct control, covering both greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. Alongside these aims within the declaration, the council is also committed…
… of emissions are the priority in delivering against this strategy. However, it is acknowledged that offsetting of emissions could play an important role in meeting targets where all efforts have first been made to reduce emissions. Use of natural and local offsets that bring additional co-benefits will be preferred, where robust arrangements are in place. • Collaboration and other organisations…
… an average annual emissions reduction of 13.1% (as calculated by the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research). Page 10 Action by all: Tackling the Climate Emergency, and making Basingstoke and Deane the borough we all want it to be, will require everyone to play their part, from residents and households, to community groups and small businesses…