Including the closely related term government.
… will promote our beautiful environment and rich biodiversity, and North Devon as a beacon for sustainability, community action and green opportunities. • We will work with Central Government and Devon County Council to contribute at a local level in the delivery of national and regional climate change, biodiversity and sustainability programmes. 8 • We will work with our local…
… will require funding. Our response to the challenge While this plan sets out North Devon Council’s road map to carbon neutrality, we recognise that we need to integrate climate change and sustainability into the heart of our governance and processes. In order to achieve this we have implemented the following: Corporate Plan Our Corporate Plan was published in 2019 and has four priorities…
… and recognise and use the links with health enhancement • Encourage and implement energy efficiency and renewable energy initiatives. • Adopt a policy for regulating energy efficiency in private rented properties. • Explore investment opportunities in renewable energy generation and storage from the installation of renewable energy on Council buildings and land. Management and Governance…
… for determining our actions and priorities over the coming years. We will regularly report on the effectiveness of our actions and demonstrate achievements. The Government regularly publishes Local Authority and regional carbon dioxide emissions national statistics8. These provide the most reliable and consistent breakdown of estimates of CO2 emissions across the country using nationally available…
… across industrial, commercial and domestic sources (due in large part to switch from coal in electricity 8 Local Authority carbon dioxide emissions https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-local-authority-and-regional-carbon-dioxide-emissions-national-statistics 10 generation to gas and renewables) however there has been a marginal increase in emissions from…