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Waverley Borough Council

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… .................................................................................. 16 Planning Policy....................................................................................................... 16 4 Executive Summary This document is the third strategy document since 2010 aimed at carbon management, energy efficiency and sustainability. It needs to be seen in the context of the council’s declaration of a climate emergency on Wednesday 18th…

… to meet their own needs. Waverley’s Carbon Management Plan 2011-2015 targeted a reduction in CO2 emissions of 25% by 2015. This was superseded in 2015 by the Energy Efficient Plan 2015-2020 which targeted a 3% reduction in emissions year on year. A number of projects including the installation of energy efficient boilers, solar panels on the Burys, LED lighting in our office and in our…

… a political and organisational commitment to embed carbon reduction into all we do, consider energy efficiency at the start of projects, identify opportunities and plan ahead and implement robust data collection. 5 Introduction The UK Climate Change Act 2008 sets a statutory target to reduce UK greenhouse gas emissions by 80% from 1990 figures by 2050. The Intergovernmental…

… to address these issues together with an action plan, specifying year on year milestones and metrics to show progress towards achieving the goal of carbon neutrality by 2030 noting any additional costs that might be involved. The adoption of the Carbon Management Plan in 2010 and the Energy Efficiency Plan in 2015 took the council through a carbon reduction journey. Since 2008 we 10…