Including 18 closely related terms such as scope emissions, gas emissions, and direct emissions.
… Council Climate Action Plan 2024-2027 Emissions Data One of the ways that organisations’ greenhouse gas emissions are measured and assessed is through three scopes. The scopes are from the Greenhouse Gas Protocol1, which is a greenhouse gas accounting standard. Scope 1 emissions are those emissions that the council makes directly. Scope 1 examples: • Building onsite energy use (e.g. space…
… direct control. In addition, Scope 3 reporting is relatively new, and methodologies are still emerging to allow for robust measurement. 9 | Dudley Council Climate Action Plan 2024-2027 1 https://ghgprotocol.org/ 2 Emissions are all other indirect emissions other than electricity. Emissions Data The Council generated 13,209.85 tonnes of carbon from our buildings and activities…
… in the baseline year from April 2022 to March 2023. Scope Emissions Type Emissions (tCO2e) Percentage of Total Emissions Scope 1 Heating 4,081.53 30.9% Authority’s Fleet 2,561.00 19.4% Scope 2 Electricity 6,016.90 45.5% Transmission and Distribution Losses 550.41 4.2% Total Emissions 13,209.85 100% 10 | Dudley Council Climate Action Plan 2024-2027 Electricity 45.5% T & D Losses 4.2% Heating…
… Dudley Council Climate Action Plan Phase One 2024-2027 Foreword by Cllr Dr Clinton 4 Introduction 5 Policy Background 6 Sustainable Development Goals 6 Co-benefits 7 Emissions Data 9 Council actions towards net zero by 2030 11 Offsetting 13 Enabling Climate Action 13…
… to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change. Climate Change Act 2008 (2050 Target Amendment Order) 2019 The Act establishes a legally binding target to reduce the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions by 100% by 2050 compared with 1990 levels. In 2015, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by all UN members, including the UK, to mobilise efforts to end all forms…