…. Purpose 1.1 This report provides an annual review of progress on the delivery of the Derbyshire County Council Climate Change Strategy: Achieving Net Zero (2021-2025) (the “Climate Change Strategy”), and seeks the Committee’s support to note the progress being made against: • Each target and action within the Climate Change Strategy. • Derbyshire County Council’s (the “Council's”) net zero…
… target of 2032, or sooner, and the County’s net zero target of 2050, and the challenges being faced to reduce emissions from corporate property, streetlighting, core fleet and grey fleet. 2. Information and Analysis Background 2.1 As set out in the Corporate Environment Policy and the Climate Change Strategy, the Council has established a net zero target for its estate…
… and operations of 2032, or sooner. The Council also recognises the important role it plays in reducing the County’s emissions to net zero by 2050, in line with the UK Government’s national commitment. 2 CONTROLLED 2.2 To structure and guide the delivery of projects and initiatives to help enable these targets to be achieved, the Climate Change Strategy was developed in early 2021…
… and approved by Cabinet on 14 October 2021 (Minute No. 166/21 refers). This report provides an annual review of progress made during 2024 against delivery of the Climate Change Strategy and the Council’s net zero targets. Progress against Net Zero Targets – Council Emissions 2.3 Council emissions are recorded and reported as tonnes of carbon dioxide and equivalent greenhouse gases (CO2e…
…). The Council’s net zero target includes four sources of emissions: • Corporate property (gas, electricity, oil and propane use) – excluding schools • Streetlighting (electricity use) • Core fleet (mileage) • Grey fleet (mileage) 2.4 Carbon emissions from the Council estate and operations (the above four sources combined) have fallen by 7% between 2022-23 and 2023-24, from 12,624 tonnes…