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… Information. 1. 3 Area-wide target As with the Council target, the area-wide target is a 10% reduction year on year until 2025 with year-end 2019 as the start point. A central government-funded tool called SCATTER has been used to estimate the area’s emissions. The latest data available in SCATTER is from 2016 and 2017 and has been used as a proxy for 2019 data as this will not be available until 2021…
…. This is because SCATTER was designed to map pathways to the Government’s target of net zero at 2050. What CDC has done in using SCATTER is select actions that would take us towards our 2025 target. They would also take us close to net zero in 2050. Four of the easiest to visualise actions are given below to provide a sense of scale. · 24% increase in forest cover by 2030. · Tree-planting (individual…
… for a green recovery.” It also responds to national and regional consultations. It is clear that achievement of the council and the area-wide targets will require funding and supporting policies from central Government and CDC will press for these. CDC also works closely with other local authorities, including West Sussex County Council. For example, the county council was the lead authority on the Solar…
… Together solar electric (PV) panel scheme, which CDC supported and promoted. The scheme was organised through a standing group of Sussex officers working on sustainability issues. There is also a West Sussex group of officers working on fuel poverty. This group was instrumental in a successful application to central government for money to improve energy inefficient dwellings in the region…
… of the area-wide target will be challenging (as the SCATTER list of actions emphasises). It will need funding and the right policy framework provided by Government. It will also largely be done by other organisations and individuals, making changes to their buildings, vehicles, ways of working and lifestyles. Therefore, an engagement plan has been drawn up to involve as many in the District as possible…