… on the green recovery and create a more sustainable economic model for the future. The Strategic Plan provides oversight and direction for the council and identifies key priority areas that require immediate assistance and action to endorse the journey to a net zero carbon region. The council supports both direct and indirect activities locally through the role they play through the council’s…
… of a regional net zero carbon status, we will seek to achieve this outcome by the year 2025 and, wherever possible embrace opportunities to accelerate our target date”. Dumfries and Galloway council is committed to implementing a 12 point plan, with the aim of achieving a net zero carbon status by 2025. It covers: • creating a new and specific council priority, a review of policy and practice across…
… against carbon removals and/or carbon offsetting with the net result being zero, also called Net zero carbon Further terms are explained in the glossary at the end of this document Baseline emissions for Dumfries and Galloway council and the wider council area The estimated baseline emissions for 2018 for Dumfries and Galloway council area and the council’s own estate are represented below…
… to reduce emissions. The red line shows the business as usual (BAU) assumed emissions if further action is not taken. This analysis shows that it will not be possible to reduce emissions far enough to reach the net zero target by 2025 when considering only emissions and removals within Dumfries and Galloway. The council will need to consider offsetting residual emissions in order to meet…
… a high ambition scenario, where savings are realised at an increased rate compared to national projections in some instances. For example, uptake rates of EV are assumed to be higher than those currently projected nationally, as it is recognised that this is required in order to progress towards net zero. However, Dumfries and Galloway’s rural nature may in fact make achieving EV uptake…