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Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council

…          Supporting Documents A1 Blaenau Gwent Carbon Footprint 2018/19 Breakdown by Scope A2 Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council Carbon Footprint 2018/19 tonnes CO2e/year Scope 1 (Direct Emissions) 5,159 Heating 4,143 Diesel and Petrol 1,016 Scope 2 (Electricity Indirect Emissions) 2,891 Scope 3 (Other Indirect Emissions) 64,043 Categories 1 and 2 -purchased…

… for the Welsh public sector to be carbon neutral by 2030, and this plan sets out how we intend to deliver on this ambition over the next ten years. The plan will also help to ensure that decarbonisation is built into our long- term plans to improve well-being in Blaenau Gwent. What does carbon neutrality mean? Carbon neutrality means reducing net emissions by at least 95%, there may…

… Panel on Climate Change states that meeting climate change goals will require ‘rapid and far-reaching transitions … (that) are unprecedented in terms of scale, but not necessarily in terms of speed, and imply deep emissions reductions in all sectors’. All countries are legally required to submit national action plans explaining how they will achieve their Nationally Defined Contribution…

… (NDC). These emissions reductions contributions are set by the countries themselves, who report on their progress every five years. Currently the reductions pledged are well below the total required to achieve the 2oc target, the hope is that countries will set increasingly ambitious targets as time goes on. The Environment (Wales) Act 2016 set a target for Wales of 80% reduction…

… projects to address common sources of carbon emissions and will be developing a plan for decarbonisation of Blaenau Gwent as a whole, through the Blaenau Gwent Public Services Board. This collaborative approach is informed by the principles of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015. 3. Data Driven The basis of our plan is a comprehensive assessment of the carbon impact…