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Portsmouth City Council

… needs to demonstrate fairness in addressing health inequalities relating to travel, since lower income households are often exposed to greater transport-related emissions. Mitigation Adaptation Reduce carbon emissions through: } Enabling walking and cycling (active transport) infrastructure. } Enabling shared transport modes (eg car clubs, bike and scooter hire). } Enabling affordable…

…, and services. Portsmouth City Council Climate Change Strategy 3.2.2 Homes, buildings and other infrastructure In line with the City Vision, Portsmouth residents want good quality homes. Efforts to support the transition to a low carbon future and be “future-fit” for changing climates needs to be enhanced for both existing homes, buildings, and other infrastructure but also in new development…

… is the least preferrable and an offsetting strategy will be developed prior to implementation. 1. Avoid activities 2. Minimise or reduce emissions with efficiencies 3. Replace or substitute high energy or fossil fuels with low carbon energy 4. Compensate with offsets Figure 6 Carbon mitigation hierarchy Portsmouth City Council Climate Change Strategy O ur approach 27 4.1.5 Previous…

… initiatives Portsmouth City Council has already been actively undertaking initiatives that reduce carbon emissions associated with our activities and in our city. COUNCIL Decarbonisation of our travel and transport } Own and lease 16 electric or hybrid vehicles (with nine more on order). } Installation of seven electric vehicle (EV) charging points at our facilities. } Provision of staff…

… Training Hub. CITY Decarbonisation through waste and consumption reduction } Introduction of a city-wide food waste and used battery collection service. } Food waste is recycled through anaerobic digestion. } Diesel-powered waste collection fleet switched to HVO biofuel, reducing carbon emissions by 90%, harmful particulate matter by 85%, and nitrogen oxides by 30% (another harmful GHG…