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Nottingham City Council

… a real difference to people’s homes, businesses, transport and to the way the Council operates. We’ve met our 2020 energy strategy emissions target early of reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 26% from 2005 levels. The most recent figures from 2017 show a reduction of 41% for the city and 49% per person. We believe the approach we are taking will bring multiple benefits…

… towards achieving carbon neutrality in 2028. At the end of each financial year, the review of the action plan will inform an understanding of the anticipated carbon saved. The related year’s carbon emissions will not be published by BEIS until two years later due to the data lag (e.g. short term actions in 2020/21 will not be in the released reported emissions until 2022). When the reports…

… environmental challenges, but improves quality of life and builds a new form of clean growth for our economy through a green industrial revolution. The science is clear; we need to act urgently to reduce our carbon emissions to limit global temperature rise to below 1.5oC, and so prevent devastating impacts around the world and closer to home. It also shows we need to prepare for a changing…

… above pre-industrial times would be an unacceptable risk. There is though in truth, no safe level of global warming, and we have already seen a rise of 1oC, with each decade adding more than 0.2oC to that figure at the moment. This tells us that global action is needed sooner and efforts must be made to go faster and further in reducing emissions to keep us safe. There is an increasing…

… of Nottingham’s success in reducing harmful emissions and enhancing the city’s resilience. Nottingham has already reduced official citywide CO2 emissions by 41% (49% reduction in per person emissions) from 2005. This considerable reduction was achieved through actions across industrial/commercial, transport and domestic sectors. The city is also on track to meet the target of generating 20…