Including 9 closely related terms such as low carbon, carbon, and carbon emissions.
… requires no carbon to be emitted at all. Net Zero refers to balancing the amount of emitted greenhouse gases with the equivalent emissions that are either offset or sequestered through rewilding and tree planting or carbon capture and storage. The Council will have a greater focus on reducing carbon emissions as much as possible and only using offsetting and sequestering techniques for those hard…
… (if required) Linked strategy Progress Reduce the Council’s emissions from buildings and operations 1. Delivering the Climate Change Strategy and training staff to ‘think green’ Deliver Carbon Literacy to staff to increase awareness of climate change/emergency. Staff will become certificated and create 2 pledges to reduce carbon emissions in the workplace 25% of staff trained by end…
… Carbon Budget”, local authorities are directly responsible for between 2- 5% of a local area’s emissions but influence over 33% of a local area’s emissions and have many levers that can be used to deliver and influence wider local action to reduce emissions and prepare local areas for a changing climate. Therefore, Spelthorne Borough Council has an important role in reducing the emissions…
…-events/ interesting/2022/2022_03_july_heatwave.pdf 4 - https://www.open.edu/openlearn/nature-environment/environmental-studies/sea-level-rise-london-uk 5 - https://wrse.uk.engagementhq.com/our-regional-plan 6 - https://www.theccc.org.uk/publication/local-authorities-and-the-sixth-carbon-budget/ 1 2 3 4 5 6 SPELTHORNE CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY @spelthornebc @spelthorneboroughcouncil…
… buildings owned by Spelthorne but leased to others Reduce Scope 3 emissions 2026 Assets/ CCT Public Sector Low Carbon Skills Fund 11. Although Spelthorne does not own any council housing, the Council will work with Knowle Green Estate and suppliers to promote retrofit, insulation, energy efficiency and adaptation measures Work with Knowle Green Estates and social housing providers…