The Gelderland Climate Plan carries a large housing task, of which retrofitting some 500,000 existing homes forms a core component.
Gelderland Climate Plan: roughly 500,000 existing homes to be made sustainable Read More »
About 20% of the landfill capacity in use in the Netherlands lies in Gelderland. Four landfills remain active, while nearly 800 former landfills still emit greenhouse gases.
Gelderland: roughly 20% of the landfill capacity in use in the Netherlands Read More »
The production of building materials in Gelderland accounts for around 0.3 Mton CO₂-eq. These emissions arise during manufacturing and are energy-related.
Building materials industry in Gelderland: roughly 0.3 Mton CO₂-eq emissions Read More »
Recyclable waste such as metals, plastic and glass makes up roughly 37% of global municipal solid waste, and recovering it replaces landfilling.
Recycling in Gelderland: recyclable waste is roughly 37% of global municipal waste Read More »
For the agriculture and land use sector, the Gelderland Climate Plan sets a reduction ambition of 1.9 Mton in 2030.
Gelderland Climate Plan: 1.9 Mton CO₂-eq reduction ambition for agriculture in 2030 Read More »
This insight gives the non-energy emissions share for mobility and transport, mainly nitrogen.
Mobility and transport: 1% non-energy emissions, mainly nitrogen Read More »
To curb emissions from road traffic, the speed limit on Dutch motorways has been lowered nationally from 130 to 100 km/h.
The Netherlands: motorway speed limit lowered from 130 to 100 km/h Read More »
Turning biodegradable waste into a usable soil improver carries the largest single reduction potential in the sector analysis: 1.2 Mton CO₂-eq in 2030.
Composting in Gelderland: 1.2 Mton CO₂-eq reduction potential in 2030 Read More »
Temperate forest restoration covers the protection and regeneration of forest on degraded land. In Gelderland it carries a sequestration potential of 0.013 to 0.027 Mton CO₂-eq in 2030.
The Gelderland Climate Plan puts the reduction potential of the built environment at 1.8 to 3.0 Mton CO₂-eq towards 2030, while assigning that same sector no sequestration potential at all (zero).
