Including 9 closely related terms such as carbon economy, low carbon economy, and carbon.
… zero emissions and transitioning to a low carbon economy represents the greatest challenge of our times. This reflects the complexity and breadth of activity needed to tackle carbon emissions and as such, while this report lays out the City of Edinburgh Council’s approach and key actions that will be taken forward, it does not and cannot have all the answers today. As such the Council…
… required to deliver a net zero organisation, would also have wider city benefits for green supply chains, green jobs and a green recovery. Achieving net zero emissions and transitioning to a low carbon economy is a journey and as such the approach laid out in this report will be periodically reviewed and refined to reflect the organisation’s deepening knowledge and learning from the phased…
…. 1.2 Note the final draft with supporting implementation and investment plan will be published alongside the City Net Zero Strategy in October. 1.3 Agree the proposed Council carbon budget and that this be used to monitor future progress. 1.4 Note that city approaches to offsetting will be consulted upon as part of the 2030 Net Zero Strategy consultation. 1.5 Note that the Council’s…
… Emissions Reduction Plan (CERP) will be periodically reviewed and refined as more clarity is obtained from our operational projects and in terms of the grid decarbonisation trend and future low- carbon HGV technologies. 4.2 The CERP has been developed to cover the next nine years up to 2030. It focusses on the Council’s key corporate emissions sources (energy in buildings, waste, fleet…
… draft which will be published alongside the City Net Zero Strategy in October will include more detail on estimated costs for near-term actions and how these would be met, and a proposed approach to longer-term investment. 4.4 The CERP introduces carbon budgets for the Council to measure progress. These correspond to the total emissions that can be emitted in a three-year period…