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Dumfries and Galloway Council

… and increased use of public transport and active travel. Council transport planning changes; National funding to support. Douglas Kirkpatrick Capital Investment Strategy and external funding sources Council / property owners / businesses Large scale switching to electric vehicles. Council transport planning changes for charging. Gordon Bryce Capital Investment Strategy and external funding…

… and biomass, and the possible use of hydrogen in future. √ √ √ Changes in the way that we work and travel to reduce travelling and increased use of public transport and active travel. √ √ Large scale switching to electric vehicles. √ √ √ Significant increase in renewable generation. √ √ √ Reducing waste √ √ √ Changes in agricultural methods to reduce the use of nitrogen fertilisers, changes…

… Industrial & commercial 308 Waste 22 Transport - motorway 204 Transport - non motorway 304 Transport - rail 10 Agriculture livestock 1,172 Agriculture other 248 Total emission 2,597 Net Land Use removals - 854 Net Total 1,734 Emissions from electricity use in the industrial & commercial, residential, and council sectors account for 261 kt CO2e of the emissions shown above…

…, taxis and public transport journeys. The council generated 1.3 GWh electricity from solar PV installations1 in 2018 compared to sourcing 31.3 GWh from the electricity grid. 1 Public Sector Climate Change Duties 2019 Summary Report: Dumfries and Galloway Council Agriculture emissions are a very significant proportion of the area-wide emissions, dominated by emissions from cattle. Also key…

… the target. Figure 8 shows the emissions for the council operations, with emissions reductions resulting from significant decarbonisation to 2025. -2,000 -1,000 0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 kt CO2e Residential energy use Commercial and Industrial energy use Dumfries and Galloway Council Waste Transport - motorway Transport…