Including 14 closely related terms such as gas emissions, carbon emissions, and direct emissions.
…) • Nitrous Oxide (N2O) ...measured together as one unit, and called CO2e Method of measuring carbon emissions – • Per kg – kgCO2e • Per tonne – tCO2e ‘Releasing greenhouse gases’ or ‘greenhouse gas emissions’ are usually called ‘carbon emissions’, and by using terminology such as ‘carbon reduction’ what is meant is the reduction in the levels of all greenhouse gases, and not only…
…, but this data gives us a base to measure progress. Since 2020/21 was an unusual working year because of the circumstances created by the Covid-19 pandemic, we have chosen 2019/20 as our baseline year and we will compare progress against that year’s data. Data on carbon emissions is collected to measure activities in 3 areas, or ‘scopes’: Scope 1 – Direct Emissions e.g. producing electricity…
… being sent for safe burning, hence the emissions figure for ‘waste’ in 2020/21 was down to zero. The carbon emissions from waste sent for recycling or burning is accounted for under the figures for ‘fleet’. We will always seek opportunities to go beyond the target of net zero carbon, and therefore the following projects have been planned so as to maintain our target and also to promote…
… is net zero carbon and why is it important? 6 5. Responding to the Effects of Climate Change 8 6. This Plan 9 • Partners 9 • How will we measure success? 10 • Measuring our carbon emissions 11 • Planning to achieve net zero carbon 13 • Finance 14 • Timetable 14 7. Buildings and Energy 15 8. Mobility and Transport 20 9. Waste 24 10…
… Council declared a climate emergency, and vowed to take definitive steps to reduce carbon emissions and to work towards a carbon-free future. We now believe that we also need to give equal weight to the nature emergency since both co- exist in parallel. Changes to temperature and rainfall as a result of climate change can lead to loss of habitat for nature and wildlife, and the loss…