Search inside documents

Search method
Document type

Search results for "uk government"

Including the closely related terms government, and uk government.

1 result

Test Valley Borough Council

Direct link to action plan (PDF)

… in their Vision for Hampshire 2050. 2 Independent statutory body whose purpose it is to advise the UK Government on emissions targets and progress made in reducing emissions and preparing for climate change. 3 Net Zero: The UK’s contribution to stopping global warming, Committee on Climate Change, May 2019, executive summary. Test Valley Context Test Valley has not been immune to the impacts…

… Council has committed to identifying steps we can take to achieve carbon neutrality as soon as possible, certainly before the Government target of 2050. Although we recognise the challenges of achieving this, we will move forward with application and ambition.  This action plan concentrates on what the council can do to make a difference. However, we cannot face this challenge in isolation…

… emissions and play its part. The scale of the challenge is daunting and one where the Council cannot provide all the solutions. Nor can it, or should it, work in isolation. To really achieve carbon neutrality there needs to be a system change at all levels of government and within all sectors of the community. Close co-operation already exists with Hampshire County Council and this is echoed…

…, the Council’s emissions based on the above approach totalled just under 1,550 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) 4. This is broken down by source as set out below. Source Total tonnes CO2e Fleet fuel use 870 Gas use 251 Electricity use 436 Total 1,557 Total allowing for offsetting electricity back to the grid 1,549 4 CO2e is the measurement advocated for use by the Government to report…

… on greenhouse gas emissions, which looks beyond carbon dioxide, for example covering methane and nitrous oxide. It records the global warming potential of greenhouse gas, expressed in terms of the global warming potential of one unit of carbon dioxide. The Government publishes figures on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions for local authority areas 5. These do not cover all emissions but are readily…

Alpha

This is a new service – your feedback will help us improve it.