Council climate action and emissions summary 2023-24

In the council’s first Climate Action Plan, approved in March 2022, we pledged to support the whole borough to work toward Net Zero by 2038.

Progress towards this can be tracked by using national data for the borough’s “territorial” greenhouse gas emissions. These are emissions which are created inside the borough.

Emissions from transport, domestic and commercial sources are the biggest emitters, and therefore need to be a focus of council efforts across the borough.

All sectors have reduced their carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions during this time - mostly due to national changes in how electricity is produced, with more renewable energy being made but also due to strong efforts across all sectors to be more energy efficient.

The below figures show the amount of carbon dioxide equivalents in kilotonnes for 2022, which is the most recent year which data is available for.

• Transport: 215.5
• Domestic: 202.1
• Commercial: 76.2
• Public Sector: 30.8
• Industry: 17.3
• Waste Management: 8.9
• Land use, land use change and Forestry Net Emissions: 1.6
• Agriculture: 0.9
• Total: 553.3

The council will continue to work with businesses, residents and visitors to help continue this trend and achieve the 12.8% reduction each year to greenhouse gas emissions required for the path to net zero by 2038.
The following information provides a snapshot of some of our work between June 2023 and July 2024.