Including 12 closely related terms such as carbon emissions, emissions targets, and emissions target.
… the baseline and future emissions targets. 17. Where possible emissions will be reported on a quarterly basis over the course of each financial year (April – March). A commentary to explain the data and provide an indication of progress on specific project elements will also be provided. 18. Where emissions data is not available on this frequency, then data will be reported annually…
… ............................................................................................................ 4 Principles for action ............................................................................................................................ 4 Methodology ....................................................................................................................................... 6 Our carbon emissions…
… ........................................................................................................................................ 21 3 of 22 This document was classified as: OFFICIAL A CARBON NEUTRAL DARLINGTON BOROUGH COUNCIL CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY Introduction 1. The 2018 report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concluded that without substantial efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions over the next decade we are likely to face severe…
… on habitats from rising temperature and weather events and from invasive species. Today, we are already seeing some of these changes. 3. This strategy focuses on our plans to both mitigate and adapt to climate change. 4. In July 2019, Members acknowledged the threat of climate change and passed a motion committing the Council to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050. As part of this commitment…
… we have developed this strategy to set out the baseline of our own carbon emissions and identify the key actions and intervention measures required to meet this commitment. We also set out what measures we will take to deal with unavoidable impacts of climate change. 5. The strategy is based on previous work to reduce our emissions. A carbon management plan was produced in 2010, which…