Including 9 closely related terms such as associated emissions, emissions reduction, and emission reduction.
… and sustainability measures into our operations as well as empowering our communities to take their own action to make change. It illustrates the initial steps we will take to reduce the environmental impacts and associated emissions from our own operations, and how we will transform the way we protect our community and infrastructure from the impacts of Climate Change. Furthermore, it demonstrates our…
… commitment as a ‘major player’ for mitigating national carbon emissions by supporting the Scottish Government in meeting its ambitious climate change targets. I am confident that these commitments will allow us to continue to make progress on tackling climate change locally, while also supporting national and global efforts. I look forward to joining forces with our communities to see it progress…
…) Act 2009, which details these targets, is regarded as one of the most ambitious Climate Change legislation in the world. The Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 places duties on all public bodies to contribute to emission reduction targets deliver programmes to increase resilience against Climate Change, and to act in a ‘Sustainable’ way. Under the act, the Council is identified as a ‘Major…
…, the Council launched a new overarching Climate Change Strategy, as a Route Map to reaching our national climate change targets. This project was commissioned in response to the Climate Emergency, announced by Scotland’s First Minister in 2019, followed by the ‘Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2019’, detailing new emission reduction targets for Scotland nationally: • 56…
… The scope of this Climate Change Action Plan covers mitigation, Adaptation and sustainability actions (as defined by the Climate Change (Scot- land) Act 2009), addressing both: • The Council’s ‘internal’ impacts and performance - emissions and Adaptation risks associated with the delivery of Council services, and the achievement of the emissions reduction target set out in the Council’s…