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Staffordshire Moorlands District Council

… such as the County Council, which has responsibility for our roads, transport and education, to take a lead on the areas that they have responsibility for. Importantly, we also need our businesses, residents, community groups and visitors to play their part. We will do what we can to encourage a joined-up approach to tackling this vitally important issue that affects us all. Please support our plan, we…

… to just 2% of generation. Energy supply emissions are now below those from transport which have not changed very much since 1990. 47 cLIMATE cHANGE – OuR STRATEGY AIMING LOW: THE WAY TO NET ZERO STAFFORdSHIRE MOORLANdS In 2018, Emissions from Staffordshire Moorlands totalled 905 ktCO2e. The majority resulted from buildings (61%), on-road transport (19%) and livestock (22%). Sub Sector…

… On-going This depends upon the introduction of successor schemes Head of Development Services 30 THE WAY TO NET ZERO - OuR PLAN AIMING LOW: THE WAY TO NET ZERO 2 THE WAY WE TRAVEL WHY IS THIS A PRIORITY? Transport is the largest emitting sector of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, producing 27% of the UK’s total emissions in 2019. Of this, the majority (91%) came from road transport…

… vehicles. The biggest contributors to this were cars and taxis, which made up 61% of the emissions from road transport, followed by Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) (18%) and vans (17%). International aviation emissions (which are not counted towards the UK’s total domestic emissions) have more than doubled in the period 1990- 2019 (a 138% increase). Emissions from transport totalled 150 ktCO2e…

… in 2018. On-road transport dominates the emissions in this sector; Department for Transport data indicate that over 4.7 billion vehicle miles were driven across the district’s roads in 2018. The proportion of electric vehicles in the district has grown significantly in recent years, but still constitutes less than 1% of the overall number of registered vehicles. Approximately 79% of people…