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Wealden District Council

… Strategy (see following section) in defining key policies with primary focus upon introduction of low and zero emission vehicles, with the aim that ‘at least 50%, and as many as 70%, of new car sales and up to 40% new van sales being ultra low emission by 2030. By 2050 we want almost every car and van to be zero emission.’ In supporting these longer-term ambitions, the strategy outlines…

… (electricity) • Reducing demand for fuel in buildings and transport (e.g. insulating existing buildings and reducing the number of journeys travelled) • Switching from fossil fuel heating to electric forms such as heat pumps • Switching to zero emission vehicles • Emission offsetting investments such as solar Photovoltaic (PV) farms or sequestration through planting new woodland Wealden…

… of the listed intervention measures are summarised in Figure 5. Figure 5: Wealden District Council annual Scope 1 and 2 ‘Future Trend’ emissions (2018-2050) The Council’s own emissions will, like the District emissions, be increasingly dependent on grid decarbonisation. Many of the same reduction measures are applied but most notably the switch to zero emission vehicles has less of an impact given…

… utility infrastructure, improve security of supply, and mitigate against price fluctuations. A transformation in the transport sector must take place, reducing vehicle use / mileage through behavioural change and modal shift will be necessary along with the replacement of all existing petrol and diesel engine vehicles with low and zero emission vehicles. Private road vehicles…

… will continue to be a dominant energy user in the District and although outside of the sphere of direct influence from the Council a focus on increasing the switch to zero emission vehicles will be key. The Council can both set an example and reduce its own emissions by switching all its vehicles to electric models when replaced and install electric vehicle charging points on its own estate…