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Westminster City Council

… requires a reduction rate of more than 82,000 tonnes of CO 2 e every year up to 2040. Business as usual emission reductions account for changes implemented by the government, such as increasing energy supplied from renewable sources, and no specific local action. It offers us a 29% reduction by 2040. High ambition emission reductions will require us to ambitiously reduce emissions from…

… of climate change and promote behaviour that reduces emissions and delivers local sustainability benefits such as local shopping. Produce a series of ‘how to’ guides for community development towards net zero such as access to funding, resources, opportunities and support networks. Empower resident and community groups to craft their own proposals for reducing carbon emissions in their local…

… to limit global warming to a maximum of 1.5 degrees to avoid the most catastrophic impacts of climate change. To achieve this, global emissions must reach net zero by 2050. Westminster City Council declared a climate emergency in September 2019 and committed to achieving net zero carbon emission from council operations by 2030 and across the city by 2040. The ambitious level of change required…

… that is prepared for extreme weather. Net zero carbon emissions from council sources by 2030 Net zero carbon emissions city-wide by 2040 4 5 EMISSION SOURCES Across the city, we produced 2.2 million tonnes of CO 2 e in 2017, the highest level of emissions per local authority in London. Most of these were from buildings, with around 71% from offices, shops, restaurants and public…

…: a greener, cleaner and healthier Westminster where everyone can thrive and is more resilient to the impacts of climate change. To achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2040, the modelling proposed an ambitious programme of actions though which we can achieve an 84% reduction in emissions across Westminster, with the remaining emissions (16%) to be offset through other activities. This recommendation…