… and 3 emissions within scope of our net-zero target ........................6 4. Our approach .....................................................................................................................7 4.1. Guiding principles .......................................................................................................7 4.2. Decarbonisation approach…
… ..................................................................................................................... 36 1. Introduction Oxfordshire County Council has committed to reaching net-zero carbon emissions in our estate and operations by 2030 and to embed climate considerations into all our decision making. In 2020, we published our Climate Action Framework, setting out how we are going to reduce our emissions, transform into a climate active organisation and play our…
… part in Oxfordshire’s transition to net-zero. Since then, addressing the climate and ecological emergency has become the Council’s number one priority. The Climate Action Framework is complemented by the Climate and Natural Environment Policy Statement which was approved by Cabinet in November 2022 and re-affirmed our commitment to the shared environmental principles of the Oxford-Cambridge…
… Arc. The Carbon Management Plan 2022-30 sets out the approach to reducing the emissions from our buildings, highway assets (streetlighting, traffic signals and signage), fleet and staff business travel in their own vehicles. These are the emissions that we committed to reduce to net-zero be the end of this decade. The Plan is part of a wider Climate Action Programme that also includes our…
… actions to embed climate and ecological considerations into the organisational DNA and importantly to enable Oxfordshire’s transition to net-zero across transport and connectivity, buildings, schools, energy systems, waste and consumption, and the natural environment. 1.1. Putting our own house in order While our corporate emissions represent only 0.28% of Oxfordshire’s total1, we…