Including 5 closely related terms such as planting trees, trees, and planting.
… we enjoy and the wildlife we share our community with. We create carbon emissions from almost everything we do. It’s not just how we travel and distances we cover, it’s also our houses and how much energy we generate, use and waste, how much food we consume or throw away, how many trees, bushes, plants and wildflowers we have surrounding us and how we go about doing business with each other…
…- powered journeys • Create a ‘Green Bank’ to help residents and businesses pay for the cost of environmentally positive improvements to homes, offices and equipment • Construct solar farms for the generation of clean energy for our community • Revise our Local Plan to require carbon-neutral construction and environmentally beneficial infrastructure • Plant 250,000 new trees over the next five…
… awareness amongst the public and businesses of the impact of carbon dioxide emissions on the climate and resulting changes in behaviour • Increased tree planting and afforestation rates resulting in increased sequestration of carbon If we project the current rate of carbon dioxide emissions reduction through to 2030 Wokingham Borough’s carbon footprint will be approximately 274.6 ktCO2. However…
… zero carbon, the borough will also need to invest in carbon sequestration projects – such as tree planting and the creation of carbon sinks. Figure 4. Projection of current rate reduction of carbon dioxide emissions to 2030 in Wokingham Borough 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 20 05 20 06 20 07 20 08 20 09 20 10 20 11 20 12 20 13 20 14 20 15 20 16 20 17 20…
… carbon footprint is provided in Appendix 2. Carbon Off-setting/Sequestration To become net zero carbon the borough will need to off-set some of the carbon dioxide that it emits. Off-setting is where carbon is removed from the atmosphere to help negate the emissions that are pumped into the air by human activities. Planting trees (and other foliage) is one of the best ways of doing…