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Argyll and Bute Council

… towards climate change. In order to achieve maximum impact from our Decarbonisation Plan it is first essential to understand our Carbon Footprint. This will allow resources and activities to be targeted towards the most beneficial actions that will reduce emissions. Actions of the Climate Change Board have already set a positive downwards trend of emissions but an accelerated and targeted…

… of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report Climate Change 2021 – The Physical Science Basis’ Argyll and Bute Council has delivered a 27% reduction in carbon emissions over the past five years – with emissions dropping for three years in a row during the lifetime of this Council. However, we recognise more needs to be done to achieve our intended goals of becoming the UK’s first net zero…

… into a regular reporting and scrutiny of Climate Change Actions via our Policy and Resources Committee. This plan will evolve in future years and the Action Plan is a live document that will be updated and reported to Committee regularly. However this plan aims to provide focus for the Council to respond to diverse challenges and to address activities required to urgently reduce carbon emissions…

… Climate Change Board has been in existence since 2017 and coordinates activities of the Council and key partners that have reduced CO2 equivalent output by over 4,000 tonnes per annum in the past 4 years alone. Now in 2021, we are only 9 years away from the interim target set by Scottish Government via the Climate Change (Emissions Reductions Target) (Scotland) Bill to reduce greenhouse…

… of our staff and customers Use the new branding (top left of page) to underpin messages of our Decarbonisation Plan. Over 1MW of installed Solar Photovoltaic Panel capacity has already been installed on Council Buildings LED Streetlights installed across Argyll and Bute have reduced carbon emissions by more than 1,100 tonnes of carbon dioxide every year There are approximately…