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Surrey County Council

… significant benefits, the progress of individual projects has been mixed, with many needing to scale up in order to reduce the council’s carbon emissions by 2030. Table 1 below shows progress against key decarbonisation projects. Table 1: Table showing progress of key projects affecting direct emissions Action area What needs to happen by 2030 Progress needed by 2025/6 Progress to March 2024…

… indirect carbon emissions2 and to respond to current and future climate risks such as extreme weather resulting from increasing global average temperatures. The Council’s 2030 net-zero target remains on track, achieving a carbon emissions reduction of 38% in 2023/24 compared to the interim target of a 40-69% reduction by 2025/6. 1 Greener futures climate change delivery plan 2021 to 2025…

… Low carbon vehicles Although not subject to the 2030 net-zero target5, actions are also being taken to reduce the Council’s indirect emissions and embed the Enabling a Greener Future objective into all service areas. The table below shows progress of some of the key projects. Table 2: Progress of key projects affecting indirect emissions Action area What needs to happen by 2030 Progress…

… Asset Strategy and Climate Resilience Strategy. (4) Offsetting, staff behaviour and indirect emissions: To ensure that the Council reduces its emissions as far as possible before considering carbon offsetting, action to date has focused primarily on the reduction of direct emissions; however, it is important to start considering the offsetting that will be required, and to continue other…

… in the Council’s carbon emissions each year since 2019/20. The shaded area between 9 Greener futures climate change delivery plan 2021 to 2025 - Surrey County Council 0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000 16000 18000 20000 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 C ar bo n Em is si on s (to nn es ) Financial Year Total Emissions (tCO2e) Figure 3: Graph showing SCC's…