Including 4 closely related terms such as use energy, efficiency, and use energy.
… year, some of the lowest in the region. However, this will need to reduce to near zero by 2050, if not sooner. Therefore, we all need to think about how we travel, use energy, and water, and how we create waste and what we eat to achieve a carbon-neutral future. The benefits of our actions will be great. We can stimulate Dorset’s local economy through growth in green jobs and buying local…
… burn- ing, investing in cheap efficiency measures, and adding renewable energy generation. Importantly, if Dorset continues to follow the UK's projected path, our emissions will have to follow the green trajectory in / 21 Figure 21 CARBON BUDGETS PATHWAYS & TRAJECTORIES Climate Change Act and remaining within its per-capita budget for a 1.5°C temperature rise suggests…
… THE ECOLOGICAL EMERGENCY 13 NATURAL ASSETS 49 ACTION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE 16 TRANSPORT 53 CARBON EMISSIONS & ACHIEIVNG NET ZERO 18 MAKING IT HAPPEN 57 CARBON BUDGETS: PATHWAYS & TRAJECTORIES 21 YOUR IDEAS 61 AREAS FOR ACTION 23 NEXT STEPS 65 RENEWABLE ENERGY 25 REFERENCES 67 FOREWORD Back in May 2019, one of the first actions of the newly formed Dorset Council…
… in the region of £1.8m in Low Carbon Dorset Grants and secured around £10.5m from the Transforming Cities fund to create new active travel walking and cycling routes over the next 3 years. As well as securing a certified ‘green’ renewable energy tariff for electrici- ty supply from September 2020. As I’ve stated before, while other councils around the country may have chosen to set deadlines…
… radiation). Resilience The ability of a system and its component parts to an- ticipate, absorb, accommodate, or recover from the effects of a hazardous event in a timely and efficient manner - through ensuring the preservation, restora- tion, or improvement of its essential basic structures and functions. Carbon sequestration A natural or artificial process by which carbon dioxide…