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… Halton Borough Council Climate Change Action Plan 2022 - 2027 1 Contents Page A Greener Future for Halton Page 2 Halton’s Commitment to Carbon Reduction Page 4 Halton’s Priorities and Themes Page 6 Measuring the Council’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Page 7 Impacts of Climate Change Page 8 What We’ve Done to Date Page 9 Future Key…
… and the world and the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to limit global warming in line with limits recommended by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Halton’s Climate Change Emergency Declaration focuses initially on the Council’s activities but our ambition is to reduce carbon emissions to net zero by 2040. This plan sets out a series of actions across key themes to allow us to work…
… mitigation/adaptation/sequestration strategies locally to inform borough-wide actions. 7 Measuring the Council’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Definition - In terms of measuring carbon reductions there are 3 scope emmisions as defined by the most widely used international accounting tool, the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol. Scope 1 covers emissions from sources that an organisation owns or controls…
… address the fuel poverty agenda and the work contained within the Affordable Warmth Plan. Most of the actions of the Plan focus on mitigation and sequestration. The broader strategy that the Council is seeking to develop will be a focus on green growth and adaptation. 4 Halton’s Commitment to Carbon Reduction The Council has been working to reduce its emissions since 2006/07. Since that time…
…, overall emissions have reduced from 26338 tonnes of CO2 to 9770 tonnes. In October 2019, the Council strengthened its commitment to carbon reduction by declaring a climate change emergency. https://councillors.halton.gov.uk/documents/s59116/Climate%20Change.pdf In making these commitments, the Council has recognised the impacts that climate change is having on communities across the UK…