Including the closely related terms low carbon, carbon, and low carbon.
… and providing practical support and encouragement for our staff, members, partners and the public to take informed actions to address the climate and ecological challenges. A Socially Just Transition Ensuring a just transition to a sustainable and equitable low carbon future for all, particularly to ensure the vulnerable in our communities are supported and protected during this period…
… to a low carbon society. A full Equalities Impact Assessment will accompany the development of the renewed borough-wide 2030 Climate Strategy. Council Priorities 4.16 Improving the Environment and Addressing Climate Change is a key priority of the Council’s proposed new Borough Plan for the period 2020-2030, which was approved for public consultation by Cabinet in February 2020. A co…
… loss resulting in severely depleted resources for humankind. The Benefits of a Low Carbon Transition 3.12 The situation is serious and there is an urgent imperative to act in order to help mitigate worsening social, environmental and economic outcomes of climate change. However, it is increasingly clear that doing so also offers the opportunity for radical and positive change across…
… of NHS treatment and free up funding to be spent on additional low carbon measures including home energy efficiency measures and local renewable generation, in turn positively impacting issues such as fuel poverty. Similarly, reducing waste and growing a local green economy in repair and re-use of goods would result in more wealth being retained in the borough and create new local opportunities…
… for skilled, meaningful work that directly benefits local communities and contributes to low carbon outcomes. Carbon Neutrality, Sequestration and Offsetting 3.13 Achieving carbon neutrality for an organisation or geographic area, refers to reducing the carbon emissions associated with the human activity taking place there (principally those arising from the burning of fossil fuels…