Including the closely related term land management.
… transport Other transport Waste and agriculture Land use -4% 3 Negative numbers show where carbon is absorbed from the atmosphere. Percentage changes do not add up to exactly 100% due to rounding. Greener Futures Climate Change Delivery Plan (2021-2025) | 6 1% EMISSIONS FROM ALL SURREY LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN 2019/2020vi 51% Electricity 12% 36% Heating 45,056 tCO2e Transport…
… needs to happen Local Authority action to 2025 Land owners and managers (including Local Authorities) Sequester carbon through improved land management and land use change25 6 Consider local environment, biodiversity and carbon sequestration in all decisions about landscapes. Bring unmanaged woodland into a maintained woodland managed for timber, planting trees and hedgerows…
…. Create new woodland, and invest in carbon hungry landscapes such as heath and wetlands. Connect people to green spaces in a sustainable way for their health, wellbeing and creativity. (67) Develop a Land Management Framework to ensure that multifunctional benefits are considered including carbon, biodiversity and flood protection. (68) Embed natural capital and land use opportunities…
… designed to sequester carbon emissions into all appropriate infrastructure and development schemes, countryside estate management plans and land management policies. (69) Work with partners and academics to lobby Government to publish carbon sequestration metrics and guidance for land use change. (70) Bring 3,330 ha of woodland back into management, including investigating markets for timber…
… that reaching a reduction in carbon emissions of 36% is necessary but likely to be impossible unless fundamental changes in national policy and funding levels occur. 6.6 REDUCED BY 2025 19% MILLION TONNES 5.3 MILLION TONNES Greener Futures Climate Change Delivery Plan (2021-2025) | 8 Greener Futures Climate Change Delivery Plan (2021-2025) | 9 Agriculture and land use Waste…