… of a representative range of our citizens to establish the facts and make recommendations for our council. Carbon Reduction Targets 5.2 There are a plethora of different timescales for achieving carbon neutrality. The Government has established a statutory target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050 as recommended by the Committee on Climate Change. The West Midlands Combined Authority (of which Cannock…
… Chase Council is a member) decided at its Board meeting on 26 July 2019 to set a West Midlands target of net zero emissions no later than 2041, with interim targets based on a 2018 baseline of 36% reduction by 2022 and 69% by 2027. Many local authorities (including Cannock Chase Council) have set a local target of net zero emissions by 2030 which mirrors the United Nations Panel on Climate…
… Change recommendation. Extinction Rebellion, a climate change pressure group has recommended a net zero target of 2025 which has most recently been adopted by Warwick District Council. 5.3 Cannock Chase Council has adopted a much shorter timescale to achieve carbon neutrality than the statutory target of 2050 and this means that action to achieve this will need to be compressed within a period…
… do we make more energy? How do we transform our energy system to ensure it comes from renewable sources? How do we improve environmental quality on the journey to net zero? Waste – How do we reduce our waste to deliver net zero? Offsetting – How could Oxford offset the emissions it can’t reduce? The issue of biodiversity will be considered within each of these subject areas…