… (Peterborough City Council, 2019a). In doing so the Council joined a global movement which worldwide has seen, to date, 1,863 jurisdictions in 33 countries declare a climate emergency, and within this 400 local authorities in the UK3. In making this declaration the Council committed to a wide range of comprehensive actions, including, in summary: Make the Council's activities and the city's net-zero…
… carbon by 2030 with a baseline, action plan and budget by 31st March 2020. Ensure political and chief officer leadership to embed this priority into work, ensuring all decisions are in line with net-zero carbon by 2030. Set up a Climate Change Partnership group proactively involving young people and convene a citizen's assembly. Review 2020/21 budget proposals and ascertain environmental…
… Council-CMAP-2021 Call on the UK Government to provide the powers, resources and help with funding to make this possible and ask local MPs to do likewise. Many of the above actions are directly or indirectly related to reducing our carbon emissions, with the headline being to hit the net zero target by 2030 for the Council’s activities. This document: Sets out what our current carbon…
… an organisation’s control and therefore the organisation can reduce the resultant emissions. Scope 3 emissions amounted to 3,855 tonnes CO2e. Scope 3 are considered to be indirect emissions that an organisation cannot directly control and therefore the ability to reduce emissions to net-zero is more difficult. 4 The main GHGs are: carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons…
…-2021 3 Decarbonisation Projects The commitment to achieve net-zero carbon emissions across both the city of Peterborough and the Council’s operations is a crucial yet momentous task. There is an indefinite list of changes required, many of which are only realistically feasible on a regional or national scale; however there are some practical actions that can be taken at a local level…