Carbon Neutral by 2050 - Find a freedom of information request

Request

1. Has your council passed a motion mandating the council area to go net-zero carbon by a given target date?

a. If so, what is the target date?

b. If so, has your council produced an action plan of how to get the area to net zero carbon by the target date? i.

Please provide a link to the plan if it is publicly available.

Decision

1. Lincolnshire County Council passed a motion at a full Council meeting in May 2019 to commit to becoming carbon neutral by 2050

(a.) or sooner if practicable.

b. We have a carbon management plan that we are working to (which is the 3rd iteration of the plan) having already reduced LCCs carbon footprint by 40% since 2008.

i. We are currently developing a Green Masterplan which will be available to the public once completed.

Reference number
FOI1235
Date request received
11 February 2020
Date of decision
27 February 2020