… actions being undertaken during the five-year period that enhances progress in the themes/programmes of work for this plan. By 2040, Halton Borough Council’s own operations will aim to be: Climate friendly - having transformed the way it delivers services, works with businesses and other partners, uses buildings, land, and energy to decarbonise & encourage sequestration. Climate ready…
… climate friendly will mean Halton achieving its net zero carbon target of 2040, 10 years ahead of the current Government target year of 2050. It will also include sequestration measures that are not aimed at reduction but removal of carbon from the air. Climate ready refers to increasing resilience to the impacts of climate change – being climate ready is also known as climate change adaptation…
… adaptation; and • Actively removing greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere (such as by tree planting or direct capture of flue gases) – carbon sequestration. • Securing local economic benefits and social value from the Council moving to net zero carbon - Green Growth. In terms of the climate emergency, the priority has to be on rapid decarbonisation and sequestration because this is what…
… address the fuel poverty agenda and the work contained within the Affordable Warmth Plan. Most of the actions of the Plan focus on mitigation and sequestration. The broader strategy that the Council is seeking to develop will be a focus on green growth and adaptation. 4 Halton’s Commitment to Carbon Reduction The Council has been working to reduce its emissions since 2006/07. Since that time…
… mitigation/adaptation/sequestration strategies locally to inform borough-wide actions. 7 Measuring the Council’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Definition - In terms of measuring carbon reductions there are 3 scope emmisions as defined by the most widely used international accounting tool, the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol. Scope 1 covers emissions from sources that an organisation owns or controls…