There is “no room for complacency” against the threat posed by the climate emergency.
Glasgow’s CO2 emissions dropped by more than 13% in 2020, new data has revealed – but the figures come with “strong caveats” as covid lockdowns changed daily life.
It shows that Glasgow’s CO2 emissions in 2020 totalled 2,118 kilo-tonnes of carbon dioxide . In the same year gas emissions fell by 6% and electricity emissions dropped by 18% from 2019. The council, which has exceeded its target to achieve a 30% reduction in carbon emissions by 2020, from a baseline year of 2006, hopes to retain as much of the 13.3% drop in emissions from 2019 as it can.
“We are making progress towards Glasgow’s ambition to be a net zero carbon city by the end of this decade, but we know we need to do more.” Reduction in gas emissions could indicate policies to retrofit Glasgow’s housing stock and expand district heating networks are seeing success, the council believes.
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