Including the closely related terms trees, and planting.
… is human activity like burning fossil fuels for energy and transport, cutting trees, and cultivating soils and nurturing livestock, alongside our industry, construction, and our homes. Historic emissions have already changed our climate and will continue to do so in decades to come. 4. These activities are undertaken to provide the goods and services we buy or use through their associated…
… loos that can fit a shower or all ability access if needed. Homes are warmed by affordable to run heat pumps, fitted by engineers trained in the Borders and use clean electricity. High carbon fuel systems and fuel poverty are gone. Natural polymers from Border trees insulate our older homes and businesses and provide textiles for clothes and furnishing. Our children walk and cycle…
… to landfill down from 58.4% in 2018. Woodland carbon Penmanshiel Compensatory Replanting Grant Scheme – over 112ha of productive, amenity and native woodland planted delivering multiple benefits including sites on SBC Estate. Native and Riparian Woodland planting is ongoing in the Upper Teviot catchment with 77ha planted so far covering 7 schemes, supported by natural flood management measures…
…, will simply create a capital or revenue burden downstream. The opportunity must be taken to carefully revisit and examine the SBC capital programme to ensure that all projects, wherever possible, are contributing to the net zero agenda. Adaptation and resilience will not happen immediately. For example, while there will be scope to gain carbon sequestration from woodland planting on the SBC estate…
…, or elsewhere in the region, optimum sequestration rates occur around 25-30 years after planting ( i.e. 2050). The longer woodland planting is delayed, the lower the rate of sequestration in 2045. 11 3.0 DEVELOPING OUR CLIMATE CHANGE ROUTE MAP 3.1 Working together Following our CC Route Map will require increased collaboration and support across the Scottish Borders amongst elected…