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… need to be taken swiftly and decisively, across many stakeholder groups and institutions in the city. Introduction Energy use, populations, and economies are concentrated in cities, meaning the opportunities for climate action often accumulate in cities too. Alongside with this concentration, local city stakeholders need reliable place-relevant evidence before they can decide which…
… of the thousands of low-carbon options they should focus on. A lack of information and transparent, robust data limits the extent to which cities can generate a case for action spanning economic, social, political and environmental bounds. This summary report sets out the longer term trends in energy use and carbon1 emissions for different sectors in Edinburgh. It evaluates a long list of the measures…
… that homes, businesses, communities and individuals could take to reduce carbon emissions. Ranging from changing light bulbs to upgrading factories, our analysis assesses both the economic and the climate case for interventions separately, and for wider programmes of implementation across the city. Individually, many of these actions have only a small impact on energy use and carbon emissions…
… reductions in energy use, bills, and emissions. The collective, systemic effect of action at city-scale could also lead to significant benefits more broadly in Edinburgh as will be shown. 1 This report uses CO2e as a measure of emissions combining a suite of 6 Kyoto Greenhouse Gases Edinburgh emits. Where the terms ‘carbon’, ‘carbon emissions…
… and data to understand the economics of climate action in Edinburgh2. The analysis proceeds in three steps: First, data is collected to understand the landscape of energy use and emissions in Edinburgh, both in recent years and into the future. This involves understanding trends in both population and the economy in Edinburgh, as well as the state of current building stock and transport…