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Gosport Borough Council

… will need to adapt and be resilient. However, the impacts can be lessened by a collective effort to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. There are opportunities for reducing emissions in Gosport but this will require a collective effort by everyone and be delivered by working in partnership and engaging with the community. The Council has committed to doing what it can to reduce its own…

… of the total greenhouse gas emissions in Gosport8. However, the Council has full control over these emissions and a responsibility to lead by example by reducing these accordingly with a longer-term aspiration. To reach this aspiration, the Council will aim to reduce measured emissions by at least 10% each year on average from a 2019/20 financial year baseline. While emissions reductions…

… in the action plan. Reducing emissions Carbon budget for Gosport The Tyndall Centre has calculated that for Gosport to contribute its fair share to the goal of limiting global warming to 2°C with a chance of staying below 1.5°C, Gosport’s CO2 emissions12 between 2020 and 2100 must be no greater than 1.5 MtCO2. This 80-year carbon budget represents just over seven times the emissions generated…

… and nitrous oxide. Gross greenhouse gas emissions The total emissions due to the activities of an organisation or within a geographical area. Lifecycle emissions The total emissions generated by a product, including its manufacture, transport and disposal as well as emissions from its use. Net greenhouse gas emissions The gross emissions of an organisation or geographical area, minus any…

… emissions that it offsets. Net-zero This is shorthand for net greenhouse gas emissions being zero. Offsetting Activities that do not directly reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, but either prevent emissions or degradation of carbon sinks elsewhere, or increase absorption of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. Absorption of greenhouse gases can be achieved directly, for example by planting…