Including the closely related term government.
… the background of the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) recommendations that Government must take significant action nationally, including: decarbonising electricity, developing hydrogen production, making homes and businesses energy efficient, increasing Electric Vehicle uptake, tree growing, aviation and shipping efficiency/reduction, decarbonising the gas grid, reducing all waste and banning…
… biodegradable waste from landfills. The Government response to this confirmed that it is largely in agreement with the recommendations. Therefore, local authorities should encourage the Government to push ahead with these improvements. 5. There is also a need for development of a new overarching BCP Council Environment Strategy (Recommendation 4). This would take account of climate change…
… involvement in the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy. Emissions in Scopes 1, 2 and 3, are based on the latest emissions data provided by the Government for 2017. This is illustrated at Fig.2. 8. It is proposed that BCP Council continue to participate in beneficial climate- relevant programmes including: Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy to monitor and report…
… of buildings and renewable energy installations a sum of £120k is requested. 11. In addition, the ‘Salix’ fund to loan Council services funds to carry out energy improvements is near-fully spent and a top-up of a further £120k is sought (this is then match-funded by Government). Summary of financial implications 12. Achieving the recommendations contained in the Draft Climate &…
…, business cases will consider further associated risks and benefits. 7 Background papers Published works https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-becomes-first-major-economy-to-pass-net- zero-emissions-law BCP Council Climate and Ecological Emergency: https://democracy.bcpcouncil.gov.uk/mgAi.aspx?ID=1065 Appendix A. Draft Climate and Ecological…