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West Berkshire Council

… BY 2030 • Ambitious but realistic targets. • Deliver a range of local energy generation and carbon sequestration projects. • The Council will be a carbon neutral operation by 2030. • Technical and Academic advice to be sought to inform the delivery plan. RESPONSIBLE ECONOMIC GROWTH • Investigate how green incentives for business can be integrated into the Council’s Economic Development Strategy…

… businesses. We will also work closely with landowners and farming/ agricultural communities to explore opportunities for natural sequestration through environmental land management techniques. If we are to meet our target of carbon neutrality by 2030, however, it will be necessary to accelerate our work. As such, we will continue to use available tools e.g. social media platforms and info…

… to be achieved by the whole district: local residents, landowners and business will be encouraged to engage in energy generation or carbon sequestration where reduction is not possible. 4.1.3 The Council will be a carbon neutral operation by 2030. • This will be established using a suitable methodology10. • This does not include all Scope 3 emissions (indirect emissions are excluded…

… but will be closely monitored to ensure we know where to focus our efforts when lobbying the government and influencing behavioural change initiatives). [7] 568 ktonnes compared with 917 ktonnes. West Berkshire’s population is forecast to grow over this period. [8] Is the long-term removal, capture or sequestration of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to slow or reverse atmospheric CO2 pollution…

… driven by this strategy will be to reduce local CO2 emission levels as much as possible. Achieving zero emissions is not a realistic target, so we will also seek to generate clean energy or sequester an equivalent amount of CO2 in order to achieve net zero. Firstly, we need to better understand the district’s and the Council’s emissions. We have started this process as part of the research…