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South Hams District Council

… Footprint, the other being The South Hams Climate Change and Biodiversity Action. The operational emissions are broken down into Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions; Scope 1 - Direct emissions Activities owned or controlled by your organisation that release emissions straight into the atmosphere. They are direct emissions. Examples of scope 1 emissions include emissions from combustion in owned…

… significant levels of out- commuting to work and below national average employment levels. This raises a significant challenge in responding to Climate Change in our administrative area, connectivity and transportation is a leading contributor to carbon emissions. As a snapshot of total Greenhouse Gas Emissions for South Hams by sector, Exeter University was commissioned to undertake a study of all…

…. As part of the monitoring of the Joint Local Plan, the Council produces an annual monitoring report (AMR) to review the effectiveness of our planning policies. Whilst this is heavily directed towards housing and employment figures, the Plymouth and South West Joint Local Plan sets a policy objective to half the 2005 carbon emissions levels by 2034 (this is the life of the development plan…

…). The Council reports carbon emissions levels for South Hams obtained from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (this does not include other Greenhouse gases other than Carbon Dioxide); new data was published in June 2020 to contain 2018 estimates, graph 1 below illustrates this data and the trajectory of CO2 emissions since 2004. Whilst the data does not include other greenhouse…

…% Solid Waste Disposal, 12% Wastewater Treatment and discharge, 1% Industrial Processes and Product Use (IPPU), 5% Agriculture, Forestry, and Land Use (AFOLU), 19% South Hams's Greenhouse Gas Emissions (t CO2e) https://devoncc.sharepoint.com/:x:/s/PublicDocs/Environment/Ea5ikvSgI0xLmsZf-g4qR2gB_Cugs-H4K2fqy7-ODP6CfA?rtime=ZUGc7haV2Eg Page 4 of 31 (Graph 1: sector…