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Glasgow City Council

… travel (walking, wheeling and cycling) and the need to make the city a better place for pedestrians and 14 Climate Plan Climate Plan 15 1.4 Recommendations of the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) 1.4 Recommendations of the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) cyclists whilst de-prioritising the private motor car and improving our current public transport system. A part of the climate…

… emergency working group recommendations, ambitious aspirations were presented in a recommendation for a public transport system with its future as a zero-emission asset, potentially free of charge and under municipal regulation or even ownership. The City Council are mindful that much of this agenda has been significantly disrupted due to the impact of Covid-19. On one hand, the city has…

…, healthy biodiversity and climate resilience in Glasgow by 2030. References figure 1 - Key components of the Plan figure 2 - Glasgow CO2 Emissions (2006 - 2018) figure 3 - Transport sector emissions 2006-2017 figure 4 - Housing sector emissions 2006-2017 figure 5 - Industry and Commerce sector emissions 2006-2017 figure 6 - Multisectoral approach to Climate and Ecological Emergency figure 7…

… by avoiding, reducing and offsetting activities, in that order. Transport emissions are the biggest challenge for the city, as the sector has seen slower reductions than in other sectors such as Domestic and Commercial & Industrial. However, the COVID 19 pandemic may have had an impact on the city’s emissions, particularly in the transport sector. Data published by Google Environmental…

… Insights for 2020 suggests that transportation- based emissions in Glasgow decreased by 39% in 2020. The city will strive to maintain that reduction and further reduce transport sector emissions. The city’s ambition is to reduce emission through direct mitigation, while also adapting to the impacts of climate change and addressing the ecological emergency, all of which will provide carbon…