Including 21 closely related terms such as gas emissions, reduction, and carbon emissions.
…. This will be revised and updated each year in order to capture achievements, opportunities, technological developments and additional challenges. Sefton Council Action Plan Carbon Reduction We will work towards becoming net carbon zero by 2030 We will take local action by · Maintaining (and refining) the carbon baseline for Council emissions. This will have a high impact and will be implemented…
…. We will define our emissions according to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. This will include the most direct emissions Scope 1 and Scope 2, with some additional emissions captured within Scope 3, namely business travel and commuting. Sefton’s Carbon Baseline / Footprint Here is a summary of the Council’s carbon footprint in CO2. The total emissions from the scope we have defined is 10,017 Tonnes…
… and to learn from one global crisis in response to another. Global carbon emissions have fallen in all countries and will help us to meet the global Paris accord target to limit warming. This demonstrates a valuable lesson, that there is no quick fix and reduction in carbon emissions has to be sustained and long term to have a significant impact. We can also learn valuable lessons on a Sefton basis · COVID…
…, but in reality, is causing problems for communities now. In order to meet the net zero carbon target, we will develop detailed a carbon reduction trajectory for the period 2020 – 2030, during phase 1. We will also explore options to introduce Carbon budgeting alongside corporate financial models. We have defined our organisation as, all our depots, leisure centers, libraries, fleet vehicles and office spaces…
…. (CO2e means carbon dioxide equivalent and is a measure that takes into account the emission of other greenhouse gases associated with the activity undertaken). CO2e allows other greenhouse gas emissions to be expressed in terms of CO2 based on their relative global warming potential (GWP). This means that this measure will be slightly higher than CO2, because it captures additional emissions causing…