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… this urgently. For the City as a whole the total Carbon Emissions Footprint for the City boundary (BEIS 2019 data) is: 1,626,059 tonnes CO2e per annum The Council has some major infrastructure projects underway that impact on the city footprint and we estimate that these could remove around 22% of Cardiff’s baseline emissions by 2030. However, our analysis shows that we still have a long way to go. We…

… are the options Council Emissions Scope 1&2: Impact of agreed projects Scope 3 Emissions: Procurement Scope 3 Emissions:The Impact of Staff Communte City Emissions: The council’s direct impact Future energy scenarios Further Medium Long-Term commitments needed to deliver the city wide target Collaboration and Engagement Engagement and Behaviour Change Development of a Cardiff Engagement &…

… Introduction to The Strategy One Planet Cardiff strategy sets out the scale of the challenge and the actions that we as a Council and the city more generally need to take to embed and accelerate carbon reduction and reach a Carbon Neutral position. We set out the position in terms of current levels of carbon emissions for the council and city and planned action to reduce emissions as well…

… is causing global warming and climate change as the gases absorb radiation. Understanding Carbon ‘Welsh Government Carbon Reporting looks at Emissions in 3 categories or “Scopes’ Scope 1- Direct Emissions are those that occur at source, for example by heating buildings or from the exhaust pipes of vehicles. Scope 2 - Indirect Emissions are mainly from from electricity used in our activities…

… emissions, including procurement activities, staff commuting and carbon sequestering opportunities. The City Between 2005 and 2018 Cardiff saw significant de- creases in CO2 emissions. 46% decrease in per capita emissions and 39% decrease in absolute emissions* (an average 3% per year reduction in total emissions) Industry and commerce have shown the greatest decreases in Cardiff, however…