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London Borough of Harrow

… of NHS treatment and free up funding to be spent on additional low carbon measures including home energy efficiency measures and local renewable generation, in turn positively impacting issues such as fuel poverty. Similarly, reducing waste and growing a local green economy in repair and re-use of goods would result in more wealth being retained in the borough and create new local opportunities…

… organised around seven key thematic areas. Taken together these aim to provide a holistic approach that seeks to address the major causes of CO2 emissions whilst also taking action to move towards a more sustainable borough and improve wellbeing and equality outcomes: Clean Energy Used Efficiently This theme covers actions to begin transitioning to 100% low carbon and renewable energy…

… Plan, all major residential developments (i.e. 10 or more dwellings) are expected to achieve net zero carbon development. As a minimum there needs to be at least a 35% reduction in CO2 emissions (relative to the Building Regulations) achieved through on-site measures as part of the actual development (for example, energy efficient lights, triple glazing, low carbon heating systems, solar PV…

… Agreement, finding that globally actions to limit global greenhouse gas emissions to meet the 1.5°C target were not happening fast enough and that ‘rapid and far-reaching’ transitions were required across land use, energy use, industry, buildings and cities. The IPCC report warned that failure to act could result in ‘tipping points’ being reached in our planet’s natural systems. These were likely…

… Data 3.16 The internationally adopted Greenhouse Gas Protocol provides a high level framework of three ‘scopes’ for categorising the sources of an area’s GHG emissions: Scope 1: direct emissions produced by sources in the area (eg road transport and gas heating); Scope 2: indirect emissions from the generation of purchased energy used in the area (ie electricity); Scope 3…