Greenhouse gas emissions in Sheffield cut by 20% since 2017 - report
Measures like swapping to more energy efficient vehicles and led bulbs in streetlights are said to have helped.
Greenhouse gas emissions in Sheffield have fallen by almost 20 per cent since 2017, according to the second annual climate action report.
Next week at Sheffield City Council’s transport, regeneration and climate policy committee members will hear how much measures taken by the council has helped the city to reduce harmful emissions over the past few years.
Based on a report published on the council’s website, the city has achieved a total 17.2 per cent reduction in emissions between 2017 and 2022. Emissions, in total, reduced by 3.2 per cent in 2022 from 2021.
The document also added that, excluding emissions from council homes, the council itself has reduced emissions by 0.5 per cent during 2023 and has reduced emissions by 20.7 per cent between the 2019 baseline and 2023.
Since the 2019 baseline, the council’s own greenhouse gas emissions have changed as follows:
Non-domestic emissions have decreased by 26.8 per cent
Fleet emissions have decreased by 6.8 per cent
Grey fleet emissions have increased by 7 per cent
Streetlighting and ancillary infrastructure emissions have decreased by 25.8 per cent
The report added that greenhouse gas emissions from Sheffield homes reduced by 14.8 per cent between 2021 and 2022 which is a very high reduction compared with previous years and is third largest of the 11 UK core cities.
More on this will be discussed next Wednesday (February 12) at 2pm at Sheffield Town Hall.