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Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council

… by 2040. A further commitment was made to work with partner agencies across the Liverpool City Region to reduce carbon emissions across the borough. 1.2 In making these commitments, the Council recognised that the impacts of climate change are now being seen across the world and there was no doubt that urgent action was needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and limit global warming…

… to the Council’s estate and services and the requirement to approve an Action Plan by the end of 2020 that specifically focuses on reducing carbon emissions to net zero by 2040. The second area relates to the actions that Knowsley can take to reduce carbon emissions in the wider community and includes working at a Liverpool City Region level. Background ... 2.1 In 2010 the Council enrolled…

… and business case approval to support the Council to reduce carbon emissions as far as possible by 2040 and then use offsetting to achieve the net zero target. 3.5 The Action Plan outlines a number of actions under the following themes: (1) Green spaces for carbon offsetting and climate resilience; (2) Reducing carbon emissions from street lighting; (3) Reducing carbon emissions from fleet…

… vehicles, maintenance plant and equipment; (4) Reducing carbon emissions from energy and water use in Council buildings; (5) Reducing carbon emissions from waste from Council services; (6) Reducing carbon emissions from staff travel on council business (7) Sustainable energy generation; (8) Reducing carbon emissions through council commissioning and procurement; (9) Reducing carbon…

… borough, building on existing programmes to reduce emissions further. Again, the Scrutiny Committee will have oversight of this work and have agreed a series of eight key themes to set a framework against which actions can be developed: (1) Protecting and enhancing Knowsley’s green spaces; (2) Reducing carbon emissions from transport in Knowsley; (3) Reducing carbon emissions from new…