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Forest of Dean District Council

…, covering a range of topics such as how people travel, heat and use energy in their homes, what they eat and buy, energy generations and carbon storage. Recommendations included investing in public transport and active travel infrastructure, supporting the switch to electric vehicles, investment and support for retrofit, measures to encourage a circular economy and less meat consumption…

….  Working with partners, develop and start implementing a plan for decarbonising the Council’s leisure centres, whilst also continuing to transition electricity and heat supplies to renewable energy generation in the Council’s other buildings.  Reduce unnecessary staff business travel and decarbonise journeys that cannot be eliminated.  Divest the Council’s investments and pensions from fossil…

… fuels and other polluting industries. District-wide emissions  Prioritise actions that will help reduce emissions from road transport in the district.  Establish a positive planning policy framework for maximising the use of renewables within new developments, and opportunities for the deployment of larger scale renewable energy generation.  Explore and identify ways that the Council…

… retrofit – used in reference to the modification of existing buildings to improve energy efficiency or decrease energy demand, for example via measures that improve the thermal performance of the building’s fabric such as insulation and triple glazing. It can also often include the installation of renewable energy generation systems. Carbon neutral – where net greenhouse gas emissions (measured…

… and employment in businesses servicing new green industries such as whole-house retrofit of energy efficiency and demand reduction measures to minimise householder energy costs, renewable energy generation, new agricultural systems that emphasise local supply chains, active travel and electric vehicle infrastructure, and all the associated economic benefits / cost savings that would come…