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… CO2e emissions arising, it is necessary to convert the ‘raw’ data (such as KWh of electricity used) into CO2e emissions. This process is relatively straight forward, using what are known as ‘conversion factors’. The carbon conversion factors used for this Plan are the latest UK Government published carbon conversion factors (BEIS, July 2021). The Council will use the most up to date…
… emissions that occur as a result of the Council’s own operations. We have calculated the carbon footprint of the Council’s own operations in line with the UK Government’s Environmental Reporting Guidelines for Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Reporting10. The first Plan, of June 2020, reported the baseline upon which future years progress will be monitored. That baseline carbon footprint (using data…
… will continue to affect future generations. All Governments (national, regional and local) have a duty to limit the negative impacts of environmental change by cutting carbon emissions, protecting 1 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs https://www.un.org/development/desa/en/news/population/world-population-prospects-2017…
….html https://www.un.org/development/desa/en/news/population/world-population-prospects-2017.html 6 biodiversity and reducing pollution. The necessity of reaching net-zero was enshrined in UK law on 27th June 2019, requiring the UK to bring all greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. More recently, Government has committed to a new interim target of a 78% cut…
… Cambridgeshire’s Carbon Footprint Recent government data sets show the carbon footprint for Cambridgeshire as a region was around 7.3million tonnes CO2e in 2019 (out of 454.8MtCO2e for the UK as a whole). The following diagram splits Cambridgeshire’s emissions down into various main sectors: (Source: Cambridgeshire County Council Climate Change and Environment Strategy, 2022) Cambridgeshire’s…