… zero and increasing the Borough’s resilience to climate change Engagement and Partnerships A sustainable environment, adapting and mitigating the impacts of climate change, reaching net zero by 2050. Vision Mission To act now, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from Council operations and be on the journey, working in partnership and engaging the community, for Gosport to reach net…
…-zero by 2050 and be as resilient as possible to climate change. P1: Supported housing and operational buildings P2: Refuse collection P3: Employee travel P4: Procurement Emissions from Council operations A1 Emissions of greenhouse gases1 from Gosport Council operations to reach net-zero by 2050. P5: Domestic emissions P6: Transport emissions P7: Emissions from consumption…
… Gosport wide emissions P8: Resilience to flooding P9: Resilience to heat waves P10: Ecosystems and biodiversity Gosport’s resilience to climate change A2 Borough-wide emissions of greenhouse gases2 to reach net-zero by 2050, and for the Borough to be as resilient as possible to the impacts of climate change. Climate Change Strategy Page 6 of 20 Gosport Borough Council…
… recognises that it has a responsibility both to adapt to climate change and to contribute to the local, national, and global effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions with innovation and technology being key to those efforts. Policy context Central policy drives the ambition, with the Climate Change Act 20085 defining a legally binding target for the UK to reach net-zero emissions by 2050…
…, underpinned by the Government’s Net Zero Strategy, which sets out policies to achieve this target and an interim target of a 78% cut in emissions by 20356. Local authorities will deliver many of these policies and most have committed to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050, or earlier. Hampshire County Council has set a target of reaching net-zero emissions across Hampshire by 2050…