Including the closely related terms transport, and sustainable transport.
…. Sustainable development is a key theme running throughout the Local Development Plan with the mitigation of and adaptation to climate change seen as a core responsibility of the Council with respect to its duties as a planning authority. It incorporates the nature of land use, energy efficiency of buildings and the adoption of renewable/low carbon energy, sustainable transport and identifies criteria…
… by the end of the Plan period. The Council then devised a new Carbon Management Plan with a carbon reduction target of 12% by end 2016/17 using a baseline of 2011/12. The plan sought to reduce carbon emissions from the following sources: • Energy use in buildings • Energy use for street lighting • Fuel use for fleet transport • Business travel miles • Water use in buildings • Municipal waste…
… was written setting a new target of 12% by 2016/17 from a 2011/12 baseline. The revised Plan incorporated emissions from energy use in buildings and street lighting, fleet transport and staff business travel, municipal waste and water use. Furthermore, a ‘carbon group’ was formed made up of Council staff whose work influences emissions from these sources. The group has been retained for the Climate…
… transport difficult. In its ‘Fifth Assessment Report’1, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) states that it is ‘now 95% certain that humans are the main cause of current global warming’. It is extremely likely that this is a result of increased concentrations of greenhouse gases, particularly carbon, in the Earth’s atmosphere. Impacts attributed to climate change caused by increased…
… greenhouse gas emissions include the following: • Increases in the intensity of rainfall and sea level rise potentially resulting in floods. This is particularly relevant to Inverclyde due to its location and topography. Flooding can have severe negative impacts on buildings and infrastructure. • Increases in extreme weather events such as storms and heatwaves could impact on energy, transport, water…