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West Devon Borough Council

… and enable a collective approach by galvanizing our residents and to encourage and support flourishing eco businesses, third sector bodies, and community groups. The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) recommends that local authority plans should include a high level of ambition for emissions reduction, in the case of West Devon, we aim to reduce carbon emissions to net-zero by 2050 at the latest…

… and 3 emissions; Scope 1 - Direct emissions Activities owned or controlled by your organisation that release emissions straight into the atmosphere. They are direct emissions. Examples of scope 1 emissions include emissions from combustion in owned or controlled boilers, furnaces, vehicles; emissions from chemical production in owned or controlled process equipment. Scope 2 - Energy indirect…

… environmentally friendly recovery and renewal. Because of this, this Strategy will sit alongside, and be complementary to, the Council’s emerging Recovery and Renewal Plan. The Council has committed to the following aims; 1. That the Council aim to reduce its organisational carbon emissions to net-zero by 2030; 2. That the Council commit to working with partners through the Devon Climate Emergency…

… Response Group to aim to reduce the Borough of West Devon’s carbon emissions to net-zero by 2050 at the latest; 3. That the Council aim for a 10% Biodiversity Net Gain in the habitat value of its green and wooded public open space by 2025; Forward by Cllr Neil Jory, Leader of West Devon Borough Council Page 2 of 29 "It is important for us to stay focused and break this down…

… in responding to Climate Change in our administrative area arising from connectivity and transportation and the carbon impacts associated with it. As a snapshot of total Greenhouse Gas Emissions for West Devon by sector, Exeter University was commissioned to undertake a study of all Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Devon as part of the Devon Carbon Plan process1. , Within that study, the data is displayed…