Monmouthshire
Climate Action Plan

Nationally, the UK has a legally binding target to bring all greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2050. Many local councils have more ambitious targets. There are nearly 400 principal councils across the country: the majority have a net-zero target of 2030. Further information from the Council.

Local net-zero target date

2030

Plan published

October 2019

Plan scope

Plan covers council operations only

Climate emergency declared

May 2019

Working together

We use data on Climate Action Plans fromĀ data.climateemergency.uk

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CO2 emissions

It's hard to visualise CO2 emissions. The data talks about 'tonnes of CO2' - but what does a tonne of gas look like? Well, imagine a typical large hot air balloon (almost 3,000 cubic metres in volume). One tonne of CO2 would fill one of these hot air balloons.

Additional local carbon emissions

Carbon emissions embedded in the imported goods we consume locally are typically not counted. However, these goods are produced and then transported here because of our consumer demands. Imported emissions are so big they should not be hidden*.

* Note: Imported emissions are estimated based on the Total UK Goods & Services Greenhouse Gases imported emissions (Defra UK's Carbon Footprint 2016: 353mt CO2 eq) pro-rated based on Local Authority population size and assumed equal per capita consumption of imported goods and services across all Local Authorities.

CO2 emissions in total

490,850 tonnes

People in the local area

95,164

CO2 per person per year

5.2 tonnes

Additional local carbon emissions

501,559 tonnes

Source: BEIS Local Authority territorial CO2 emissions within the scope of influence of Local Authorities (2020).

Local carbon emissions by sector

In getting to net zero as quickly as possible, we need to look at how we do things differently in every sector.

(000t)

2018
2019
2020

High-impact, low-carbon initiatives

Total published on Carbon Copy across the UK: 1044 See all Initiatives

There are some amazing collaborations between local councils, communities and companies. Some examples in/around Monmouthshire:

Repair Cafe Wales

Supporting communities to run repair cafes to fix household items for free and reduce waste.

Cardiff
  • Carbon emissions
  • Excessive consumption
  • Waste
  • Circular Economy

Black Mountains Land Use Partnership

Improving and managing the upland areas in the Black Mountains.

Monmouthshire
  • Biodiversity loss
  • Flooding & drought
  • Greater fairness
  • Land Use, Food & Agriculture
  • Biodiversity & Nature
  • Circular Economy

Gwent Community Energy

Reducing carbon with Phil Powell from Gwent Energy captured on the Zero Carbon Tour.

Monmouthshire
  • Air pollution
  • Carbon emissions
  • Tech & Innovation
  • Energy
  • Built Environment
  • Transport

Monmouthshire County Council

Reducing carbon with Jane Pratt and Matthew Gatehouse on the Zero Carbon Tour.

Monmouthshire
  • Carbon emissions
  • Waste
  • Circular Economy
  • Biodiversity & Nature

The Green Valleys (Wales) CIC

Inspiring and supporting communities to sustainably generate low-carbon energy.

Monmouthshire
  • Biodiversity loss
  • Carbon emissions
  • Energy
  • Biodiversity & Nature
  • Land Use, Food & Agriculture

Bridges Community Centre

Using our community centre's renewable energy supply for electric vehicle charging points.

Monmouthshire
  • Air pollution
  • Carbon emissions
  • Transport
  • Built Environment
  • Energy

Long Forest

Protecting our hedgerows and making them important again.

Monmouthshire
  • Biodiversity loss
  • Biodiversity & Nature
  • Land Use, Food & Agriculture

Tech Tyfu Vertical Farming

Working with growers in North Wales to develop fresh micro greens sustainably.

Gwynedd
  • Food security & supply
  • Health & wellbeing
  • Land Use, Food & Agriculture