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London Borough of Harrow

… capacity). 3.14 Increased rates of sequestration can be achieved through an overall increase in tree cover and other plant life, and changes in land management and agricultural practice to preserve and enhance both the quantity and health of the earth’s soils, which are themselves a major store of carbon. If undertaken carefully using the correct mix of species, sequestration planting…

… for skilled, meaningful work that directly benefits local communities and contributes to low carbon outcomes. Carbon Neutrality, Sequestration and Offsetting 3.13 Achieving carbon neutrality for an organisation or geographic area, refers to reducing the carbon emissions associated with the human activity taking place there (principally those arising from the burning of fossil fuels…

…) and then taking actions to balance out the remaining carbon emissions that are attributable to the organisation or area. This balancing exercise is achieved by (i) absorbing, or sequestering, CO2 from the atmosphere and / or (ii) investing in initiatives which result in an equivalent reduction of carbon emissions elsewhere (typically this takes the form of funding additional renewable energy generation…

… initiatives also have significant potential to prevent flood risks and enhance biodiversity, helping to restore the damaged and degraded ecosystems upon which we all depend for clean air, water and food. It is important to be clear that there is not enough land in Harrow, by some order of magnitude, to sequester all of the borough’s current carbon emissions. Nevertheless given Harrow’s good overall…

… proportion of open space land, and its extensive network of private gardens, an assessment of sequestration and ecological benefits that can be achieved through well considered planting initiatives is proposed as a key future work stream. 3.15 Carbon neutrality can technically be achieved by an organisation continuing its business as usual but paying to offset its emissions by funding…