…. Introduction 1.1 Folkestone and Hythe District Council has committed to reducing its own carbon footprint to a net zero target by 2030. 1.2 The Council also will take the opportunity to be an influencer of change within the district and plans to support local communities, organisations and businesses in the implementation of measures designed to reduce the CO2e footprint to net zero by 2030…
… Action Plan has been produced to reduce the Council’s own operating carbon footprint to net zero by 2030 with costs measures and actions, energy saving and carbon reduction outcomes based on currently available data and assessments. It takes as its baseline a study by Laser outlined later in this document that uses data from 2018/19 as an initial starting point. Achievements so far…
… councils in 2019 and a budget has been set aside for initiatives which will help the council hit its operational net-zero carbon emissions by 2030. From 24th July 2019 the Council resolved: That Full council: 1. Recognises that we are in a climate emergency, and that the issue be referred to Overview and Scrutiny Committee…
… leadership and adopts the matters raised in 1 – as above. UN Environment Programme What do ‘Carbon Neutral’ and ‘Net Zero’ mean? ‘Carbon neutral’ or ‘net zero’ typically mean the same thing: some carbon or greenhouse gas emissions remain but are then ‘netted off’ or off-set through carbon dioxide removal. Such removal may occur due…
… to Negative Emissions Technologies (NETs) such as biomass energy with carbon capture and storage, or, natural sequestration via means such as afforestation. The UK’s Net Zero target includes all GHGs (not just those from within the energy system). Eliminating carbon emissions can be achieved through the use of renewable energy that does not produce any carbon emissions and making changes…