Our Progress

2023-2024 represents the fourth year of implementing the eight-year citywide action plan to deliver the shared ambition to make Nottingham the first UK city to be carbon neutral by 2028. 

In 2022, Nottingham produced 1.122 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2), which is a decrease of 4.4% from from 2021. Emissions are therefore once again on a downward trajectory, but are still higher than they were before the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, after which the lifting of restrictions saw a 5.9% increase in carbon emissions.

Since 2005, emissions from Nottingham city as a whole have reduced by 46.6%, but more action is required before the carbon neutral by 2028 target can be met.  

Some key achievements

• 30% of Nottingham City Council's vehicle fleet has been converted to ultra low emission vehicles (ULEV).
  
  
• 45,000 new trees have been planted in the city.
  
  
• 15 buildings at Nottingham Trent University installing solar panels, 8 using biomass (for heating), and 8 are connected to the city’s low carbon District Heating Network. 
  
• Nottingham City Council has undertaken significant work to ensure their emissions continue to decrease. Between 2021 and 2022 the City Council saw a 21% decrease in emissions.  
  
  
• Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust opened a new cycling facility at the City Hospital with space for 120 bikes, which is anticipated to reduce staff travel emissions by over 50 tCO2/year when compared to commuting via car.
  
  
• Since the launch of the Green Rewards App in October 2021, Nottingham city users have logged individual sustainability actions that have resulted in 261,697 Kg CO2e emissions being avoided.