Including the closely related term land use.
…, although rail represents a very small portion of the total. Electricity used for transport, is not yet represented in the BEIS dataset. Land use acted as a net carbon sink of 4.3 ktCO2 or 1.5% of borough emissions. This amount of carbon dioxide was removed from the atmosphere by green spaces, trees and plants for example, as such this figure reduces the overall borough emissions to 296.7kt…
…://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-local-authority-and-regional-carbon-dioxide-emissions-national-statistics-2005-to-2018 9 Table 1. Eastbourne Borough emissions data table (2017) Sector source ktCO2 Transport Non- domestic Domestic Total Total Adjusted (ktCO2) Transport (all fuels) 79.5 - - 79.5 -4.34 Land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF…
… 100 120 140 Fig. 1 Eastbourne Baseline Emissions 2017 Transport (all fuels) Agriculture (all fuels) Other fuels Electricity Gas Land use 10 2.5 Eastbourne Borough Emission Trends In order to place these figures into context it is helpful to consider past trends. On average, as shown in Figure 2 and in the emissions profile in Figure 3, emissions have fallen by around 38…
… by sector 2005 to 2018 Transport (all fuels) Agriculture (all fuels) Other fuels Electricity Gas Land use % Change 13% decrease 8% decrease 35% decrease 62% decrease 21% decrease 52% increase Table 2 above shows that the largest emissions change has occurred due to decarbonisation of the electricity grid at a national level. Gas and other fuel use has also…
… decreased, likely due to the move away from solid and oil based heating in older properties and businesses and the increasing efficiency of gas boilers. Although only representing a small percentage of the overall borough emissions land use sequestration has increased demonstrating that although we are largely urban the borough has potentially improved the ability of our land to capture carbon…