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London Borough of Harrow

… Data 3.16 The internationally adopted Greenhouse Gas Protocol provides a high level framework of three ‘scopes’ for categorising the sources of an area’s GHG emissions: Scope 1: direct emissions produced by sources in the area (eg road transport and gas heating); Scope 2: indirect emissions from the generation of purchased energy used in the area (ie electricity); Scope 3…

…: indirect emissions, not included in Scope 2, that are generated outside the area but as a result of activity taking place within the area (eg embedded carbon emissions in goods and services consumed and international transport. These are also commonly referred to as consumption emissions). The Borough’s Scope 1 and Scope 2 Emissions 3.17 The following charts illustrate the borough’s…

… of planning permission and when payment of the contribution is due but are expected to grow as more developments are commenced / completed and thereby trigger contractual payments, to include at least an additional £90,000 during 20/21. 4.14 The Fund must be spent by the local authority on carbon emission reduction initiatives in the Borough. To facilitate delivery of some initial projects in 20…

… Agreement, finding that globally actions to limit global greenhouse gas emissions to meet the 1.5°C target were not happening fast enough and that ‘rapid and far-reaching’ transitions were required across land use, energy use, industry, buildings and cities. The IPCC report warned that failure to act could result in ‘tipping points’ being reached in our planet’s natural systems. These were likely…

… for skilled, meaningful work that directly benefits local communities and contributes to low carbon outcomes. Carbon Neutrality, Sequestration and Offsetting 3.13 Achieving carbon neutrality for an organisation or geographic area, refers to reducing the carbon emissions associated with the human activity taking place there (principally those arising from the burning of fossil fuels…