Including the closely related terms land use, and agricultural land.
… from agriculture and peatlands. Compared with much of the UK, we have a lot of agricultural land in East Cambridgeshire and a relatively low population. Therefore, when all those emissions from agricultural activities are shared between each person who lives in East Cambridgeshire, it means each person has the equivalent of a very high CO2 emission. • But it is not just Land Use (i.e. our…
… protection As one of the fastest growing counties within the UK, Cambridgeshire experiences increased demand for things like housing, food, water resources and efficient public transport, all of which compete for land use and put pressure on our natural environment. Some land use changes bring negative effects to our environment, for example, damage to landscape from minerals extraction…
… largest sources of emissions therefore came from land use, land use change & forestry (LULUCF) (29%). Most of the emissions from LULUCF come from agriculture and peatlands. While the national data is uncertain, our generally poor condition peat means Cambridgeshire could be contributing up to 26% of peatland emissions nationally. Our emissions in Cambridgeshire are considerably higher than…
…, domestic homes, transport, agriculture, waste and land use. However, there is no simple 100% accurate way of calculating a carbon footprint, as it relies on a number of assumptions. The Government Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) annually publishes detailed local authority level CO2 emissions data. Unfortunately, this does not provide data on the other recognised…
… significant changes to the way it calculates emissions, especially in relation to land use and industry and commercial. As such, the following information is not comparable to the graphs used in the previous 2020 and 2021 East Cambridgeshire Environment Plan, because BEIS has ‘backdated’ its calculations to 2005. Figure: East Cambridgeshire’s CO2 emissions by end-user sector, 2005 – 2019 (BEIS…