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Barking and Dagenham have declared a climate emergency and are committed to achieving net zero as a council by 2030 and as a borough by 2050. To help achieve this they commissioned a research piece to understand the carbon footprint of the borough, this found that:
- Buildings contributed 38 per cent of emissions – which has led to the setting of high efficiency standards for new builds and the securing of funding to drive retrofit.
- Industrial and commercial contributed 34 per cent of emissions – which has led to further engagement with business to decarbonise.
- Transport contributed 27 per cent of emissions – which has led to the plan to only use electrical vehicles by 2030, more Electric Vehicles (EV) charging points and working with Transport for London (TFL) to improve public transport and infrastructure.
- Waste and Recycling contributed 0.6 per cent of emissions – which has led to the further tackling of low rates of recycling.
- The Council itself is only responsible for 1 per cent of emissions.
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