Including 11 closely related terms such as gas emissions, carbon emissions, and reduce emissions.
… the direct control of the Council), and accept that scope three may take longer to be carbon neutral as the solutions to moving away from gas heating are not yet available and that the Council cannot direct the actions of the users. It is recommended that this definition be adopted but that action to reduce emissions from scope three continue to be aggressively pursued and achieved in line…
… by people and organisations not yet engaged with this challenge. 3 The Challenge for the Council 3.1 The Council has agreed that it ‘Join other councils at all levels of Local Government in declaring a climate emergency that requires urgent planning and action’. It commits to work towards reducing carbon emissions across the full range of council activities to net zero by the end of budget year 2029…
… resulting from Council activity. 5.2 It is vital in drawing up a strategy and action plan to deliver it that we ensure that actions are evidence based. It will be important that we collect all of the evidence we need in the first instance. This requires an approach that is sequential: Obtain a clear baseline of the Council’s greenhouse gas emissions and carbon footprint from its service activity…
… of the MTFS. 5.6 The Strategy and Action Plan will be refined and more fully developed following the training and development for staff and Members together with the completed footprint analysis – this is almost complete but there are some areas where information is still to be finalised and analysed. 6 The Council’s Carbon Footprint APSE Report. Executive Summary The 2019 baseline carbon emissions…
… will financially benefit the Council by £788.5k annually by 2030. It is estimated that there will be 21,919 tCO2e from hard to reduce sources from Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions that will be unavoidable by 2030 that will need to be offset. Chart 1. Chart showing projection of carbon emissions of the Councils Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions However, it should be noted that this does not account for all emissions…