Including 15 closely related terms such as harmful emissions, carbon emissions, and reduce emissions.
… and Biodiversity Emergency a cross-party councillor working group was established to identify priorities for action. We sought expert advice to determine how to make unprecedented reductions to our own carbon emissions, and to learn about the actions we must take to cut harmful emissions and stem then reverse the decline in biodiversity across the Borough. To help us we sought the views of residents…
… Theme 7 - Making Our Estate Carbon Neutral Our aim for our estate: We will reduce emissions from our estate to as close to carbon neutral as possible by 2030 Maidstone Borough Council owns and leases buildings and land and runs a feet of vehicles to carry out its functions. We have already taken some measures to reduce carbon emissions including • Generating renewable energy using solar…
… selected the Carbon Trust to measure our carbon footprint and provide a carbon reduction plan showing a pathway to make our estate carbon neutral by 2030. Their plan highlighted our direct emissions were mainly from fuel consumption in council owned vehicles, and gas and electricity consumed in council operated buildings. It indicated that we should reduce emissions from vehicles and electrify where…
… was established to identify priorities for action. We sought expert advice to determine how to make unprecedented reductions to our own carbon emissions, and to learn about the actions we must take to cut harmful emissions and stem then reverse the decline in biodiversity across the help us we sought the views of residents, businesses and land-managers on how they, and the Council, Borough.To We used…
… recommendations. This was followed with the cross-party declaration of a Biodiversity and Climate Emergency in April 2019 and an aim of making the Borough carbon neutral by 2030. Latterly, national and international policy caught up with our local aspirations when in June 2019, the UK Government enshrined in law a reduction in the UK’s net emissions of greenhouse gases of 100% by 2050. Further, in May…