Warrington
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

September 2019

Plan scope

Plan covers council operations only

Climate emergency declared

June 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

859,739 tonnes

People in the local area

209,397

CO2 per person per year

4.1 tonnes

Additional local carbon emissions

1,123,680 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 Warrington:

Warrington Community Municipal Bonds

Using community municipal bonds to fund renewable energy projects.

Warrington
  • Carbon emissions
  • Finance
  • Energy

Cirrus

Reducing carbon with Clare Hayward from Cirrus on the Zero Carbon Tour.

Cheshire East
  • Carbon emissions
  • Tech & Innovation
  • Circular Economy
  • Built Environment

Advanced Bacterial Sciences

Boosting efficiency, remediate pollution and regenerate natural systems using bacterial solutions.

Bolton
  • Biodiversity loss
  • Carbon emissions
  • Waste
  • Biodiversity & Nature
  • Built Environment
  • Land Use, Food & Agriculture

Warrington Solar

Taking a commercial approach to public sector clean energy investment.

East Riding of Yorkshire
  • Biodiversity loss
  • Carbon emissions
  • Energy
  • Biodiversity & Nature
  • Finance

Warrington ReWire

Planning a whole energy system approach to energy system decarbonisation.

Warrington
  • Carbon emissions
  • Energy
  • Finance

Forest School

Bringing the great outdoors right into the heart of the national curriculum for children.

Warrington
  • Biodiversity loss
  • Health & wellbeing
  • Land Use, Food & Agriculture
  • Biodiversity & Nature

GM Business Green Scene

Helping businesspersons (in GM) collaborate with others motivated by the green transition.

Bolton
  • Biodiversity loss
  • Greater fairness
  • Tech & Innovation
  • Energy
  • Built Environment
  • Circular Economy

The Bee Network

Creating a comprehensive, fully joined up city cycling and walking network.

Manchester
  • Air pollution
  • Carbon emissions
  • Health & wellbeing
  • Transport