…, with the introduction of the Climate Change Act 2008. This includes both carbon and other greenhouse gases. Scottsh The Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2019, which amends the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009, set new targets to reduce Scotland’s emissions: • Net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045 • New interim targets, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions – 56% by 2020, 75…
… a good level of energy efficiency; • Establishing a new net zero carbon standard for new public buildings; • Bringing forward the review of the existing Energy Efficient Standard for Social Housing to conclude in 2023. Transport • Reduce car kilometres by 20% by 2030; • Phase out the need for new petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2030 (bringing this ambition forward from the 2018 plan…
…; Transport 12,510 Waste The Scotch Whisky Association is aiming for the sector to become carbon neutral by 2040 Commitments in the Scotch Whisky industry’s Sustainability Strategy include: • A commitment to reach Net Zero emissions in its own operations by 2040, five years ahead of the Scottish Government’s 2045 Net Zero target and 10 years ahead of the UK Government’s target • By 2025…
… the Council to reduce its own carbon emissions to net zero by 2030. Meeting the target will be challenging and there are a number of external factors that will impact on this, including UK and Scottish government policies and initiatives already referenced. A key factor will be the decarbonisation of the electricity supply grid where energy from fossil fuels is replaced with renewables…
…. The following chart shows the performance of Moray Council in 2018/19 and 2019/20 together with the Business as Usual projection (assuming application of known national initiatives, (primarily decarbonisation of the electricity grid), It also shows a linear projection from 2019 to 2030 highlighting the notional pathway required to meet the net zero target. Figure 4: BAU emissions for Moray Council…