Climate change

Herefordshire Council aims to accelerate a reduction of emissions across the county by aspiring to be carbon neutral by 2030/31.

The pie chart shows a breakdown of emissions in the county. The council has direct control over just 1% of the emissions. Although we can influence some of the other 99%, everyone in Herefordshire needs to work together to tackle the climate emergency.

Our main sources of emissions are:

(Data from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. It does not include land use, land use change and forestry.)

We have been working with a range of stakeholders to develop a more detailed breakdown of the key areas that we will need to address to get the county to net zero by 2030:

• Energy
• Transport
• Food
• Housing and buildings
• Land use and farming
• Waste

Find out more on our Zero Carbon and Nature Rich website.