Warwick
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

January 2020

Plan scope

Plan covers entire local area

Climate emergency declared

July 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

593,188 tonnes

People in the local area

144,909

CO2 per person per year

4.1 tonnes

Additional local carbon emissions

750,049 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 Warwick:

Warwickshire College

Reducing carbon with Simon Philpott from WCG on the Zero Carbon Tour.

Warwick
  • Biodiversity loss
  • Carbon emissions
  • Waste
  • Land Use, Food & Agriculture
  • Biodiversity & Nature

GBSLEP Low Carbon Grants

Supporting innovative projects in the West Midlands to lower carbon emissions.

Birmingham
  • Carbon emissions
  • Energy
  • Built Environment

The Children's Forest

Establishing a new woodland by working with children and young people to inspire and empower.

Warwick
  • Biodiversity loss
  • Carbon emissions
  • Health & wellbeing
  • Biodiversity & Nature
  • Land Use, Food & Agriculture

UKBIC & West Midlands GigaFactory

Enhancing the local battery ecosystem, from research to manufacturing.

Coventry
  • Air pollution
  • Carbon emissions
  • Tech & Innovation
  • Energy
  • Transport

Coventry & Warwickshire Green Business Programme

Supporting SMEs in shifting towards a low carbon economy.

Coventry
  • Carbon emissions
  • Tech & Innovation
  • Waste
  • Energy
  • Finance

Urban-Air Port

Enabling advanced air mobility through innovative infrastructure.

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

Warwickshire Green Shoots

Enabling community groups to deliver their own local solutions to tackle climate change.

North Warwickshire
  • Biodiversity loss
  • Carbon emissions
  • Waste
  • Biodiversity & Nature
  • Built Environment
  • Finance

Myton Hospice EV Charging

Reducing carbon emissions in a local community in Warwick.

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