Glasgow’s climate change partnership was signed this week, committing its members to specific carbon-reduction targets.
The partnership’s founding members have pledged to cut their combined CO2 emissions by more than 32,000t. If successful, the benefit to the environmental will be similar to taking 1,620 cars off city streets.
Members of the city’s community planning partnership are the first to sign up, but it is hoped businesses will also commit to the cause.
Each member organisation has calculated its carbon footprint and set targets for reducing emissions – by around 6,500t a year – over the next five years. Signed-up members include Strathclyde Passenger Transport, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, Strathclyde Police, Strathclyde Fire & Rescue, and Glasgow Housing Association. Increased use of telephone conferencing to cut travel, more use of public transport and car sharing are among the initiatives already being progressed.
Glasgow City Council is also a partnership member, but it is already in the second year of its own carbon-reduction project. It expects to reduce its own emissions by 40,000t over a five-year period.
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