… and declared both a climate and environmental emergency. That taskforce made recommendations to Cabinet and an action plan was agreed. The council committed to achieving Net Zero in respect of its own operations by 2030. The action plan was then reviewed annually and reported to Cabinet in July. 1.2 In June 2023, the Leader of the Council announced a new working group to review the existing action…
… time Energy delivered to drivers powered 421,490 miles 136 trees and 600 whips planted during 2023-2024. 2.6 The Carbon Budget agreed at Cabinet in 2020 is included in the Environment Statement. The net zero plan which formed part of the 2020 report illustrates potential routes to net zero by 2030. This is broken down into potential workstreams, such as reducing emissions from…
… at 4,979tCO2e against the target budgets to be achieved 2028 of 2,484tCO2e to maintain trajectory to net zero. The data shows that a key contributor to the increase in emissions is from the council’s leisure operations delivered by Abbeycroft Leisure. There has been a 0.5 percent decrease in emissions from council activity and a 4.6 percent increase in emissions from Abbeycroft Leisure compared to 2022…
… Net Zero Investment Fund as budgets allow. 2.9 It is also worth noting that the council’s waste collection vehicle fleet is projected to increase in the coming year due to new government ‘Simpler Recycling’ requirements. These regulations, aimed at improving waste Cabinet – 23 July 2024 – CAB/WS/24/038 management practices and recycling, have placed an additional operational…
… reduction to meet the trajectory to net zero. Listed below are suggested new actions it is recommended are included in the Action Plan. 3.2 Communities and communications NEW ACTION: Funding monitoring process - Establish a process to collate and monitor internal and external funding that supports climate change or environmental initiatives. NEW ACTION: Green taxi fleet - Review…