Including 16 closely related terms such as emission reductions, emission reductions, and reduction.
… a legal duty to do so by 2050 at the latest. The Council unanimously declared a Climate Emergency in July 2019. Addressing the Council’s own carbon emissions is critical to safeguarding the environment, and ensuring Harlow is a town fit for the future. Since 2011, the Council has set out five-yearly carbon reduction targets and made significant progress in reducing emissions. This report…
… 1 Next Steps to Net Zero Carbon Reduction Plan April 2021 – March 2026 2 FOREWORD Over the past ten years, Harlow Council has worked to reduce the carbon emissions from its own operations, achieving a cumulative 39% reduction on 2014/15 baseline emissions during the previous Carbon Management Plan…
… identifies what carbon emission reductions the Council will achieve over the 2021-26 period, and begins the critically important work required to prepare to meet Net Zero. It sets out the commitment to achieve Net Zero by 2040. To deliver this, the Council will take the following steps: - Fitting no fossil fuelled boilers into operational buildings after 2025/26 - Buying no new carbon emitting…
… to take Harlow to zero emissions, but it is not yet clear which of these will work best, and indeed a combination may be required. Harlow Council will closely monitor the emerging technologies that will facilitate our path to Net Zero, so that we are ready to take full advantage of them when it is appropriate for us to do so. Government initiatives related to carbon reduction are currently…
… with relevant support and guidance on carbon reduction. A team of Officers within the Council were involved in the Programme which created the Council’s first Carbon Management Plan in 2011 and resulted in a number of actions being implemented across a spectrum of Council activities and set a target of reducing operational carbon emissions by 25% by 2015/16. By 2014/15 this target had already been…