EIR Request - Carbon Offsets

Request 101002503972

I would like to receive the following information:

1. Documents that outline the council's carbon strategy, including any strategy for using carbon offsets to meet carbon targets.

2. Details of all projects that carbon offset payments have been made towards by the council since 2015, including who is running those projects, what is being done with the money in the projects, the value of payments made by the council, and over what period money is to be paid.

3. Details of any offset fund that has been established by the local planning authority to meet carbon targets for building developments. Including: what the offsetting projects in the fund are and who is running them; how you determine offset carbon savings in projects match the carbon emitted in the development; and how it is determined whether offsetting projects are additional to projects that might already exist.

4. A list of the major developments in the area under the council's jurisdiction since 2015 that have involved the purchase of carbon offsets in order to meet the council's climate targets, whether from offset funds or individual offsetting projects. Please include developments still in the planning stages where the purchase is only anticipated.

5. Details of the environmental strategy for the developments covered by part 4, including whether money is being paid to a council offsetting fund or to individual offsetting projects, how much is being paid and how that price has been determined, and what the projects are/who runs them if they are separate to a council offsetting fund.

Response 29-05-2020

1. The council does not presently have a carbon strategy. The council is currently preparing a climate change strategy, with carbon reduction as the primary metric, which will be available once approved by elected members.

2. There have been no projects with carbon offset payments.

3. No offset fund has been established by the council.

4. No major developments have involved the purchase of carbon offsets.

5. There is no council strategy involving offsetting for developments.

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