Guernsey's States will soon set out its action plan on
climate change and all of us involved in the Guernsey Green Finance
initiative are looking forward to the publication of an ambitious
but credible target for carbon neutrality for Guernsey.
Such a target is likely to be received by some local skepticism
and even a degree of cynicism but, in a week that saw Guernsey
Electricity switching to importation of 100% renewable electricity,
I think its possible to be a bit louder and prouder of our
island's green credentials. It sounds all a bit old hat
now, but we can be justifiably proud that we met our Kyoto targets
and were one of the handful of jurisdictions globally that
incorporated them into domestic law. Our 2018 per capita
carbon dioxide emissions at 5.7 tonnes per capita, were on a par
with the UK, better than the majority of the European Union member
states and far superior to some key finance centre competitors.
