Including 21 closely related terms such as carbon emissions, emissions action, and direct emissions.
…; and ● Staff travel including staff using their personal cars to carry out council business (grey fleet), rail travel, air travel, taxis and travel by car club. Figure 1: MCC Direct Carbon Emissions by Activity 2018/19 (N.B. Between 2009/10 and 2019/20 traffic signalling fell within our direct emissions. In 2018/19 traffic signalling accounted for 1…
…% of our total direct emissions. Traffic signalling across Greater Manchester is managed by Transport for Greater Manchester and included in their emissions accounting. As such Manchester City Council will no longer include traffic signalling on our direct emissions from 2020 onwards.) 3.2. What reductions have we already achieved? Since 2009/10 we have achieved a 48.1% (34,657 tonnes CO2…
… has been informed by the SCATTER project (Setting City and Area Targets and Trajectories for Emissions Reductions) which is a model that helps cities set zero carbon targets from our buildings, energy and transport which are consistent with delivering the Paris Agreement. The specific commitments we are making as a Council are: ● Deliver at least a 50% reduction in carbon emissions from…
… to zero carbon (draft analysis) Nb: This chart is a draft and will be updated following the publication of the final Manchester Climate Change Framework 2020-25 and the Council’s 2019/20 annual emissions data. Appendix 1 details the actions that we will undertake to reduce our direct emissions, however, a summary of the actions that will deliver the required 50% reduction in tonnes CO2 can…
… be found below: Table 2: Direct Emissions Actions and Associated Carbon Savings (estimate of 15-16,000 tCO2 required) Direct Emissions Action 2020-25 Annual Carbon Saving (tonnes CO2) Completion of Phase 1 Buildings Carbon Reduction Programme 1,400 Completion of Phase 1 (a) Buildings Carbon Reduction Programme - ERDF Supported 400 Phase 2 of Carbon Reduction Programme 3,000…