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Malvern Hills District Council

… zero position reached – where emissions produced are balanced out by carbon capture or offsetting – by 2050. However, it warned the bulk of the work to reduce emissions must be carried out during the next decade. In February 2019, the Worcestershire Energy Strategy was published by Worcestershire Local Enterprise Partnership. The strategy includes targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions…

… Panel was asked to carry out the research to produce a carbon reduction plan in response to this, including recommendations for appropriate carbon emission reduction targets. This report is the result of that research. It takes into account planned national action, existing local plans, evidence from other councils and consultation with our partners and residents. It sets out an ambitious…

… half of the UK’s energy needs. Coal fired power stations are set to be phased out by 2025. In July 2019 the committee published its latest update report, which acknowledged the progress the Government has made so far and stated there was cause for optimism the UK could become carbon neutral by 2050. However, it warned most of the country’s carbon emission reductions over the last five years…

… in carbon emissions across the district between 2005 and 2017, which is the last year for which figures are available for. The district generates 381,000 tonnes of co2 every year, amounting to 4.9 tonnes per person. To achieve our vision we will need to remove or offset at least 128,000 tonnes of co2 by 2030 through schemes to reduce emissions and capture carbon. The table to the right shows…

… made against the action plan, with monitoring and oversight by the Environment Policy Development Panel. Our measures of success will be: • Reduction to zero of the council’s own greenhouse gas emissions • Reduction as far as possible towards net zero of district-wide greenhouse gas emissions (under scope of influence of local authorities) • Growth in size of the low carbon economy…