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London Borough of Harrow

… 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…

…) and then taking actions to balance out the remaining carbon emissions that are attributable to the organisation or area. This balancing exercise is achieved by (i) absorbing, or sequestering, CO2 from the atmosphere and / or (ii) investing in initiatives which result in an equivalent reduction of carbon emissions elsewhere (typically this takes the form of funding additional renewable energy generation…

… 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…

… Emissions (TCO2e) Source: SCATTER Emissions Tool (https://scattercities.com) Total Scope 2 Emissions 204,555 equipment and adopting better energy usage habits; secondly, by switching to renewable energy suppliers that invest in new renewable generation capacity nationally; and thirdly by meeting more of our electricity demand locally from renewable sources such as solar. 3.21…

… 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…