Including the closely related term natural sequestration.
… (it should be noted that in general there is more uncertainty around these figures than those for fuels and overall natural sequestration is currently providing a very small contribution to carbon capture in the borough). Regarding transport, despite a decrease of 13% it is evident form the Fig.4 that there has been a substantial increase in the use of diesel cars, this mirrors the national -20…
… in efficiency and may also reflect the increase in LGV last mile deliveries. 200.0 300.0 400.0 500.0 2 0 0 5 2 0 0 6 2 0 0 7 2 0 0 8 2 0 0 9 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 2 0 1 3 2 0 1 4 2 0 1 5 2 0 1 6 2 0 1 7 2 0 1 8 kt C O 2 Fig.2 Eastbourne emissions trend 2005-2017 Unadjusted total Accounting for sequestration 11 Table 2. Percentage change in emissions…
… decreased, likely due to the move away from solid and oil based heating in older properties and businesses and the increasing efficiency of gas boilers. Although only representing a small percentage of the overall borough emissions land use sequestration has increased demonstrating that although we are largely urban the borough has potentially improved the ability of our land to capture carbon…