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Ribble Valley Borough Council

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… Council’s Carbon Footprint - emissions from our own operations 10 Figure 7: One Carbon World – sources of CO2e by emission activity 10 Figure 8: One Carbon World – sources of CO2e by emission energy and fuel use 11 Figure 9: One Carbon World – sources of CO2e by indirect emissions (scope 3) 11 RIBBLE VALLEY IN CONTEXT 12 Transport 12 Figure 10: Transport hierarchy 12 Figure 11: Car Ownership…

… 2008 which made the 80% CO2 emissions reduction target by 2050 legally binding. The government has a commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by the United Kingdom by 50% on 1990 levels by 2025 and by 100% on 1990 levels by 2050. In May 2019, Parliament declared a 'climate change emergency', however this does not legally compel the government to act. In December 2020, Boris Johnson…

… emergency'. In December 2020, Boris Johnson declared that the UK will set a target of 6 68% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2030 and include this target in its commitments in the Paris agreement - the UK has signed and ratified the United Nations Paris Agreement that commits signatories to reduce carbon emissions sufficiently to limit global temperature increases…

… become more acute and prevalent. The elderly and children would also be more vulnerable to extreme heat. Ecosystems will be affected. Mountain glaciers will retreat, forest cover decline and desert conditions become more extreme. National Context Successive governments have continued to implement the UK Climate Change Act 2008 which made the 80% CO2 emissions reduction target by 2050 legally…

… and as an organisation to reduce its carbon emissions, and to act as an exemplar of best practice locally for businesses, and the wider community. It must not only reduce carbon emissions within the Borough, but also ensure that by acting strategically the adverse impacts of climate change are planned for and circumvented wherever possible. Planned investment now will make cost savings in the future. Some…

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