… winters warmer and summers hotter and drier. Sea levels will also continue to rise and threaten many coastal communities across the country. Many industrial and farming processes will also be affected by a continuation of rising temperatures, exacerbating impacts that warming will have on communities across the UK. In 2019, the UK Government set a target of achieving net zero emissions by 2050 and many…
… and sets out a number of strategic actions that SKDC should work towards in order to achieve their carbon reduction target. SKDC declared a climate emergency in September 2019, pledging to reduce the organisation’s carbon footprint by at least 30% by 2030 and endeavouring to become net-zero carbon as soon as viable before 2050. • Achieving the 2030 target will reduce emissions from 7,600 tCO2e in 2018…
… has set a target of reducing its carbon footprint by at least 30% by 2030, as well as endeavouring to become net-zero carbon as soon as viable before 2050. This target covers those emission sources that are under both direct and indirect control of the Council (Table 1). 8 Section 2: Carbon footprint Section 2: Carbon footprint This section provides an inventory of SKDC’s greenhouse gas…