Schools carbon footprinting

Our latest report examines the carbon footprint of England 23,000 schools, which emit 9.4 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions every year.

We want government to work with schools to halve this figure by 2020, working towards an 80% reduction by 2050.
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