South Lanarkshire
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.

Local net-zero target date

2050

Plan published

March 2017

Plan scope

Plan covers council operations only

Climate emergency declared

Not declared yet

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

1,070,955 tonnes

People in the local area

320,820

CO2 per person per year

3.3 tonnes

Additional local carbon emissions

1,705,096 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 South Lanarkshire:

Zero Waste Store

Reducing waste with Katrina Buckley from Zero Waste Store on the Zero Carbon Tour.

South Lanarkshire
  • Carbon emissions
  • Waste
  • Circular Economy

South Lanarkshire Council

Reducing carbon with John Anderson on the Zero Carbon Tour.

South Lanarkshire
  • Carbon emissions
  • Tech & Innovation
  • Waste
  • Circular Economy
  • Energy

Healthy N Happy

Reducing carbon with Tam Curry and Laura Barnfield from Healthy N Happy on the Zero Carbon Tour.

South Lanarkshire
  • Air pollution
  • Carbon emissions
  • Waste
  • Transport
  • Circular Economy

Grow 73

Reducing carbon with Eugenie Aroutcheff from Grow 73 on the Zero Carbon Tour.

South Lanarkshire
  • Biodiversity loss
  • Carbon emissions
  • Biodiversity & Nature
  • Land Use, Food & Agriculture

Climate Action Strathaven

Reducing carbon with Arthur Potter, Tom Barbour and Sarah Sall on the Zero Carbon Tour.

South Lanarkshire
  • Air pollution
  • Carbon emissions
  • Transport
  • Circular Economy

R:evolve Recycle

Reducing carbon with Chad Morse from R:evolve Recycle captured on the Zero Carbon Tour.

South Lanarkshire
  • Carbon emissions
  • Waste
  • Circular Economy

Clydesdale Food Growing Network

Helping tackle food poverty through community gardening.

South Lanarkshire
  • Biodiversity loss
  • Food security & supply
  • Health & wellbeing
  • Biodiversity & Nature
  • Land Use, Food & Agriculture

Community Woodlands Association

Supporting new and existing community woodlands across Scotland to achieve their aspirations.

Aberdeen City
  • Carbon emissions
  • Greater fairness
  • Health & wellbeing
  • Land Use, Food & Agriculture
  • Biodiversity & Nature
  • Energy