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… of individuals, households, and businesses across the island are unlikely to have the capital required to immediately purchase an electric vehicle, install a home solar panel or heat pump, or to transition their business to net zero. While new technologies will become cheaper over time as they are more widely adopted, there is still likely to be a more gradual transition to low carbon technologies…
… used in the council estate Oil used in the council estate Combined heat and power Onsite solar generation Fleet vehicles Waste collection vehicles Scope 2 Indirect emissions relating to energy use – purchased grid electricity, steam, heating, and cooling For the council this will include: Grid electricity used in the council estate Grid electricity used in street lighting paid…
…), nitrous oxide (N2O), methane (CH4) and ozone (O3). IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Mitigation In climate change terms, mitigation refers to human interventions to reduce emissions. Net zero emissions When anthropogenic CO2e emissions are balanced globally by anthropogenic CO2e removals over a specified period. Also referred to as carbon neutrality. Paris Agreement…
… An international climate agreement to keep global warming to less than 2ºc. Pathways The evolution of natural or human systems to a future state. Renewable energy Energy produced by natural resources, such as wind, solar, or tidal energy. 8 FOREWORD CLLR JONATHAN BACON, CABINET MEMBER FOR ENVIRONMENT, HERITAGE AND WASTE I am very pleased to present the Climate Change…
…. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report, published in August 2021, which followed an earlier special report by the IPCC, stated “It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land. Widespread and rapid changes in the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere and biosphere have occurred.” The report made it clear that global warming directly affects our…