Here at BuilderScrap we understand the importance of lowering our carbon emissions, hence our recent collaboration with Salford University to measure carbon reductions for our users.
This week I came across an article on the COP15 website which announced that several countries have already met their carbon reduction targets set out by the Kyoto agreement.

Britain, France, Germany, Greece and Sweden can all claim the title of climate’s heroes. The five countries have already met their targets for reducing emissions below the levels required to be met by 2012 under the Kyoto Protocol. Notably these countries have met their targets through reduced domestic emissions and have not needed to buy offsets abroad. This is according to a new report by the European Environment Agency (EEA).

Looking at the EU as a whole, the Kyoto targets are well on track to be met by 2012 – although some countries will need to supplement their domestic reductions with offsets to get there. Only Austria is in real danger of missing out on its obligations.

“It is encouraging that Europe’s climate-changing emissions are expected to continue decreasing, outperforming the objectives set by the Kyoto Protocol. Such an accomplishment should encourage all countries to agree on much larger reductions of global emissions, sealing a global deal in Copenhagen this December,” Jacqueline McGlade (photo above), EEA Executive Director, comments in a press release.

The Kyoto Protocol, established in 1997, commits a number of industrialized nations to bring down their emissions from a 1990 baseline. The 15 European countries that were EU members in 1997 jointly committed to an eight percent reduction. According to the new EEA report, they will exceed this target and may even reach a 13 percent reduction.

Interesting stuff.  We believe that, with the right support, BuilderScrap can help contributing to the country’s total carbon emissions reductions.