The Chichester District Council has launched a Let’s Talk Climate Change consultation that is going to inform the new Climate Emergency Action Plan (CEAP). This is to replace the current one that expires in 2025. The new plan is to run from 2025 to 2030.
To get an understanding of how the Chichester District is doing, the Government published Local Authority territorial greenhouse gas emissions estimates 2005-2022 was analysed (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-local-authority-and-regional-greenhouse-gas-emissions-statistics-2005-to-2022).
A target reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 was devised based on the Climate Change Committee’s proposed pathway to net zero by 2050.
The current national policies regarding heating by heat pumps, and electric vehicles, were investigated to see what impact these would have on the Chichester District emissions if they were adopted at the rate these national policies stipulate.
It transpires that the emissions reduction due to adopting the national policies are sufficient for the Chichester District to meet the proposed target by 2030! The CDC CEAP does not have to deliver any emissions reductions!