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Torfaen County Borough Council

… of the coronavirus pandemic has already seen many of us travelling less miles, decreasing our use of vehicles that contribute towards carbon emissions and walking and cycling more. The way some of us work has also changed with more services moving on-line and homeworking increasing. Many of us have been shopping locally and thinking about where the goods and services that we rely on in our day to day…

… Agreement - signed by 195 national governments including the UK government. This sets the context for tackling the causes and consequences of climate change and the long-term goal of decarbonisation of the global economy. To deliver on this target, Welsh Government has introduced the Environment Act (Wales) 2016 which sets a long-term target of reducing emissions by at least 80% by 2050 as well…

…-change-95-emissions-reduction-target https://gov.wales/sites/default/files/publications/2019-06/low-carbon-delivery-plan_1.pdf https://gov.wales/sites/default/files/publications/2019-06/low-carbon-delivery-plan_1.pdf 2 of 21 urgency and purpose by declaring a climate emergency and demonstrating accountability to the next generation. Responding…

… to understand where the Council’s carbon dioxide emissions come from so that we can better plan how to reduce them. The baseline was calculated using Welsh Government’s public sector net zero carbon reporting methodology. The Figure 2 below gives an overview of our emissions in 2019-20. Figure 2: Summary of Torfaen Council’s emissions during 2019/20 Carbon emissions associated with the goods…

… and services purchased by the Council are by far the largest part of the carbon footprint. These emissions are classified as indirect emissions and include all upstream emissions from the extraction, production and transportation of goods and services used in the reporting year 6. However, this part of the calculation is only an indicative estimate based on industry average emissions per £ spend…