Including 21 closely related terms such as scopes, gas emissions, and carbon emissions.
… the need to act fast now to reduce our net emissions as quickly as possible, and as deeply as possible, on our journey to net zero emissions. As such, and as introduced in the second edition of this Environment Plan (June 2021 edition), the Council has already brought forward by 10 years, from 2050 to 2040, its own net zero carbon emissions target date, and has set the following interim targets…
… significantly, if not completely. Scope 3 are considered to be indirect emissions that an organisation cannot directly control and therefore the ability to reduce emissions to net-zero is far more challenging. These scopes, and their relevant associated activities, are defined in the GHG Protocol Corporate Standard as follows: Scope Definition / Activity 1 (Direct) Emissions from sources…
… and conserving natural capital such as wildlife, plants, air, water and soils. (Source: Cambridgeshire County Council Climate Change and Environment Strategy, 2022) What is mitigation? Mitigation of carbon emissions addresses the causes of climate change. It describes those actions which reduce, prevent or capture greenhouse gas emissions. Alongside the views of our communities, the current…
… that the sooner mitigation of carbon emissions occurs, the greater the overall reduction of carbon emissions generated by 2040. For example, if you reduce 20 tonnes of CO2 in 2022, this produces a cumulative impact of 400 tonnes reduction by 2040. ‘Net Zero Carbon’ means, first, the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to the lowest possible level. Then, for any remaining emissions, offsetting them…
… of a primary fuel source prior to its point of combustion. Table: GHG Emission scopes and associated emission releasing activities (BEIS,2020) In order to produce our organisational carbon footprint it is essential to accurately establish the scope of the operations on which our organisation will report. This process is known as defining the ‘organisational boundary’. The organisational boundary…