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Net Zero Carbon Development Plan Document - Regulation 19

Representation ID: 72170

Received: 08/05/2022

Respondent: BLAST (Bringing Leamington Allotment Societies Together)

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Representation Summary:

8.1 The offsetting of vegetation planting is not viable if the vegetation does not survive. Profit based organisations fail to maintain and support vegetation as it is cheaper to re-plant, as is the protocol for the massiveily high carbon / high cost HS2 project. Measures to invalidate the offsetting if it does not survive the climate changes happening now and over the next 3 decades are needed. Droughts, fierce storm damage and flooding are caused by the high carbon infrastructure / built environment in the first place.
8.6 Re-wilding is the most efficient carbon reduction system and climate change reducer.

Full text:

8.1 The offsetting of vegetation planting is not viable if the vegetation does not survive. It is the nature of profit based organisations to fail to maintain and support vegetation as it is cheaper to re-plant, as is the protocol for the massiveily high carbon / high cost HS2 project. There need to be measures to invalidate the offsetting if it does not survive the climate changes happening now and over the next 3 decades. Droughts, additionally fierce storm damage and flooding are caused by the high carbon infrastructure / built environment in the first place.
8.6 There is an opportunity to introduce re-wilding as the most efficient carbon reduction system and climate change reducer.