Carbon Reduction and Monitoring Plan

Changing Coasts East Riding (CCER) is a £15m project, running to the end of March 2027, which seeks to trial and understand best practice for coastal transition in areas that cannot sustainably be defended from coastal erosion in the East Riding of Yorkshire. CCER is part of the Coastal Transition Accelerator Programme (CTAP), funded by Defra, and managed by the Environment Agency (EA), as part of the wider Flood and Coastal Innovation Programme (FCIP). It is expected that all activities undertaken through the CCER project will result in some level of carbon emissions, contributing to global climate change and sea level rise, and leading to increased rates of coastal erosion. CCER aims to incorporate carbon into its decision-making processes and procedures, directly influencing the activity of the project. It is hoped that this will provide evidence that coastal transition can be delivered in a way which minimises greenhouse gas emissions and maximises opportunities for carbon offsetting and sequestration, while remaining cost effective and repeatable as a new 'business as usual'. The development and delivery of a Carbon Reduction and Monitoring Plan for CCER will inform the project's approach and activities, enabling it to deliver the Council's objectives and ambitions as described above. The monitoring of carbon emissions linked to different coastal transition interventions will also create learning for the future, both within the East Riding and elsewhere.