Climate Change <from Ambition to Action>

Richard DaviesChris Allen

QUESTIONS?• What’s good? (Best Practice)

• Who can help us? (Provider

Landscape)

• What can we deliver? (Plan)

• What else do we need?

(leadership, £, regulation, knowledge?)

Session 1 Climate Change,

Peak Oil & Energy Security

<without hot air>Richard Davies

Director

Good Morning

Threat?

The energy

tri-lemma1. Affordability

2. Reliability

3. Low Carbon

Professor David MacKay

Chief Scientific Advisor

of the Department of

Energy & Climate

Change (DECC)

‘The best scientific projections indicate

that we have very little time left -

indeed, less than one hundred months - in

which to alter our behaviour drastically.

Although I wish it were otherwise, I fear we have reached the point when if we do too little, too late to tackle this problem,

the consequences could be

catastrophic.’

Jeroen van der Veer, CEO Shell

28th January 2008

"Regardless

of which route we

choose, the world's

current predicament

limits our maneuvering

room. We are

experiencing a

step-change in the growth

rate of energy demand

due to population growth

and economic

development, and Shell

estimates that after

2015 supplies of

easy-to-access oil

and gas will no

longer keep

up with

demand."

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What does this mean for AnyPlace in 2020?Meeting carbon budgets in 2020 will require a reduction in average

per person emissions from the current level of 9 tCO2 to 6 tCO2.

In a County where carbon budgets are achieved, the typical person will:

• Meet more of their energy needs from low-carbon power.

• Live in well-insulated homes with new efficient boilers and advanced

heating controls.

• Purchase energy-efficient appliances and use these on low-carbon cycles

(e.g. low temperature washing and dishwashing).

• Work in energy-efficient offices with power and heating from low carbon

sources.

• Drive more carbon-efficient cars, including hybrids, electric cars or plug-in

hybrids with charging infrastructure at home, at work and in public places.

• Drive in an eco-friendly manner (e.g. not carrying excess weight in the car)

and within the existing speed limit.

• Plan journeys better and use public transport more.

Together these changes would be sufficient to achieve carbon budgets.

They could significantly improve energy security of supply and air quality,

and therefore maintain or improve quality of life.

‘We have a vision of a different Britain. It is a vision of a Britain in which our cars run on electricity; high speed trains whisk us from North to South in less time than it takes to get across greater London; we produce much more but use much less energy to do it; our power suppliers no longer depend to any great extent on imported oil and gas; our homes require less energy, produce far more of their own energy and are heated by gas we produce from our own agricultural and domestic waste. It is a vision of a Britain which leads the world in new green technologies. Secured against interruptions of supply and volatile prices, our industry can plan for growth. Our national security is guaranteed, regardless of decisions by volatile governments elsewhere to close pipelines or restrict supply. It is a decentralised vision rather than one in which all decisions about our energy future are vested in the government. Through it we play our full part in protecting our planet against the effects of man-made climate change.’

Opportunity?

QUESTIONS?• Too much rhetoric & not enough action?

• Are Local Authorities taking climate change seriously?

• Is the lack lustre progress because no-one is ACCOUNTABLE

• How do we create more WILLFUL INDIVIDUALS and LEADERS?

• Do Local Authorities understand what the opportunities are?

Session 2 Low Carbon Communities

<Reducing CO2 emissions. A tour

of National Indicator 186>

Richard Davies

Director

Sub Title

If you don’t know where

you are going you are

almost certain to end

up there

Who’s signed up to NI186?

• Birmingham

• Coventry

• Dudley

• Herefordshire

• Sandwell

• Staffordshire

• Stoke-on-Trent

• Telford & Wrekin

• Warwickshire

• Worcestershire

In the eye of the storm: councils at the

heart of tackling climate change

Climate change mitigation in the local

authority performance framework

James Gorie

DECC – Low carbon economy: local & regional government team

Background to climate Change Indicators

• Need for requirement for local authorities to tackle climate

change recommended by Centre for Sustainable Energy

report in 2005

• Commitment in the 2006 UK Climate Change Programme

for the new local authority performance framework to

include an “appropriate focus” on climate change

• LGA’s Climate Change Commission recommended

stronger requirements for LAs to address climate change in

its 2007 report

• Environmental Audit Committee called for compulsory

climate change targets in report published in 2008

National Indicator 186 – per capita emissions in local authority areas

• Measures all carbon emissions which a local authority and its partners can reasonably influence (does not include emissions from motorways, large industrial installations, etc.)

• Two-thirds of LAAs contain a target against this indicator

• Progress is measured from a 2005 baseline for the period 2005-10 (six calendar years inclusive)

• Emissions data compiled centrally by DECC

Forecasted % reduction in CO2 from 2005 levels by national, national with local influence and purely local measures by 2010 and 2020.

2010 National 7.4%

2010 National with LA influence 4.7%

2010 Local 0.4%

2020 National 10.3%

2020 National with LA influence 12.0%

2020 Local 0.6%

Local authority potential to reduce per capita emissions in their areas

How progress against indicators and targets will be assessed

• Performance against all indicators to be assessed annually by Audit Commission’s Comprehensive Area

Assessment process. Evidence used will include:

- NI performance data (a high level ‘can-opener’).

- local performance management information including self-evaluation

- LAAs, Sustainable Community Strategies and other locally agreed targets

- intelligence acquired throughout the year by CA lead

• Performance of LAA targets to be assessed by

Government offices

What will good performance look like against NI 186 (per capita emissions)?

• Quantitative evidence that emissions are falling in local area is important but qualitative evidence of effective action by local authorities and partners is also key

• Evidence that a credible plan is in place to tackle emissions and that progress is being monitored and achieved

• Evidence of community engagement (working with LSP partners, for example)

• Target set in LAA is challenging and achievable

LA Area CO2 Indicator – what is included?

Industry

Agriculture

Domestic

Business & Public Sector

Transport

IncludedExcluded Motorways

+ end user emissions

Refineries

Power Stations

Gas ProductionSolid Fuel Production

Large Industrial Processes:

Chemical

Cement

Iron and Steel

EU-ETS

Climate Change and the CAA

Andy Walford

Service Head Environment

Audit Commission

Where is climate change important in the

assessment of areas and organisations?

• Climate change is a key factor in CAA because-

– We have to adapt to a changing climate now- some communities are increasing experiencing the consequences or more extreme weather, others will follow e.g. floods, snowfall, etc….

– And this affects both service delivery and wider outcomes

– Mitigating the environmental damage our society causes is of equal importance; e.g. CO2 emissions, waste, consumption of natural resources etc

In conclusion

• Understanding and responding to climate change is a

key part of the CAA

• It’s much more than just “what do the National Indicators

say?”

• We will want to understand outcomes for the area as

well as organisational performance

SESSION 2 QUESTIONS?

• How many Local Authorities & communities have an understanding of the DESTINATION & ROUTE MAP?

• Who should be deciding on what options are most appropriate? Central Govt. / Elected Members / Others……

• Is this much too complex for ‘lay-people’?

Session 3: Fuel Poverty

60 weeks left to eradicate <A tour of National Indicator 187>

Richard Davies

Director

Who’s signed up to NI187?

• Sandwell

• Walsall• Wolverhampton

• Worcestershire

2414118.4%6,650Wolverhampton South West

2312818.5%6,479Staffordshire Moorlands

2212418.5%7,237Stoke-on-Trent South

2111418.6%5,400Birmingham, Yardley

2010418.7%7,245Birmingham, Selly Oak

199118.9%7,736Burton

188818.9%7,862Coventry North East

178418.9%6,840West Bromwich West

168019.0%6,175West Bromwich East

157919.0%7,389North Shropshire

147619.0%6,280Wolverhampton North East

136619.2%6,250Ludlow

126519.2%6,862Walsall North

116419.2%7,316Leominster

105719.3%6,203Stoke-on-Trent North

95219.3%7,358Birmingham, Erdington

84119.5%6,447Walsall South

73619.7%5,957Birmingham, Hodge Hill

63419.7%5,538Wolverhampton South East

53119.8%7,396Birmingham, Perry Barr

42719.9%6,871Stoke-on-Trent Central

32620.0%6,225Warley

2621.4%8,451Birmingham, Ladywood

1222.0%8,559

Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath

Ranking out of West Midlands

constituencies (1 = highest proportion

in fuel poverty)

Ranking out of 529 English

constituencies (1 = highest

proportion in fuel poverty)

Percentage of

households who are

living in fuel poverty

Number of fuel

poor households

Constituency

4628417.2%5,588Aldridge-Brownhills

4528317.2%6,189Tamworth

4427917.3%6,587Birmingham, Edgbaston

4327517.3%6,695Cannock Chase

4227317.3%6,041West Worcestershire

4127117.3%7,447Coventry North West

4026817.4%6,816Wyre Forest

3926217.4%6,236Stafford

3825017.5%5,608Birmingham, Northfield

3723617.7%7,132Shrewsbury and Atcham

3623217.7%6,687Coventry South

3522917.7%6,250Stone

3421517.8%6,878North Warwickshire

3320217.9%6,921Nuneaton

3220017.9%6,313

Halesowen and Rowley Regis

3119817.9%6,179Dudley South

3019717.9%5,605Birmingham, Hall Green

2919617.9%5,953Telford

2818218.0%6,536Newcastle-under-Lyme

2717718.1%6,535The Wrekin

2616518.2%7,294Hereford

2514918.4%6,749Dudley North

Session 3 Questions?

• How can we reduce FUEL POVERTY?

• What is the role of an ambitious Local

Authority?

• Who in the region is accountable for

FUEL POVERTY?

• How could we better spend the

existing resources?

Session 4: Adapt & Prosper

Living in a changing climate<A tour of National Indicator 188>

Richard Davies

Director

Who’s signed up to NI188?

• Solihull

• Walsall• Warwickshire

• Worcestershire

NI 188 = Planning to Adapt to

Climate Change

• To ensure LA preparedness to manage risks to service delivery, the public, local communities, local infrastructure, businesses and the natural environment from a changing climate, and to make the most of new opportunities

• The indicator measures progress on assessing and managing climate risks and opportunities, and incorporating appropriate action into local authority and partners’ strategic planning

Session 4 Questions?

• What sort of interventions can a Local Authority make to reduce CLIMATE CHANGE impacts?

• Is this a KNOWLEDGE & CAPABILITY issue within Local Authorities?

• Do the public understand this issue?

• Should we focus on RESILIENCE to prepare for all of the energy and climate challenges?

Session 5: The Future <Community Leadership?

What do we do on Monday?>

Richard Davies

Director

Join the campaign

A campaign to

reduce carbon

dioxide emissions

by 10% in 2010.

Sheffield City Council South Tyneside Council Taunton Deane Borough Council Saffron Walden Town Council Kirklees Council Kirkburn Parish Council Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council South Tyneside Council Derby City Council Whittington Hospital NHS Trust North Norfolk District Council London Borough of Brent Environment Agency Birmingham Women's NHS Foundation Trust South Essex Partnership Seed Society Little Wenlock CRed Whitby Town Council Swanley Town Council Whitchurch Association NHS Norfolk Milton Keynes Council London Borough of Waltham Forest University College London London Borough of Waltham Forest Bristol City Council London Borough of Sutton Liberal Democrat Group on North Yorkshire County Council NHS Stockport Tameside MBC Manchester City Council City of York Council London Borough of Sutton Exeter City Council Countryside Council for Wales Epsom & Ewell Borough Council NHS North Somerset Department for International Development NHS West Sussex Newcastle City Council Football Foundation Caddington Surgery Sutton Liberal Democrat Group Harrow Agenda 21 Environmental Forum NHS Central Lancashire………

Keep _____________ Warm!

Eradicate ‘Fuel Poverty’ in _____________ by 2015 via an ambitious Partnership Approach

No additional resources required…… Maximise Warmfront, CERT, Community Energy Saving Programme etc.

Low Carbon Community: _________

Launch | _______ Low Carbon Community Network |

VISION: Support, training, connections, inspiration & networking for the ‘bottom up’BRILLIANT organisations & initiatives springing up all over ___________

Microgeneration ___________

Maximise the economic opportunities to _________ of being the MICROGENERATION LOCALITY. Solar thermal, photovoltaics, biomass, heat pumps etc. Manufacturers, installers, retailers, maintenance……

New Development / Growth Point: Zero CO2

Adopt Code for Sustainble Homes ‘Code Level 6’ for all ‘Growth Point’ / new development. This will ‘pre-condition’ _______ developers and builders to be ready for the ‘carbon neutral’ new build & refurbishment revolution.

Low Carbon Travel

All LSP Partners have

‘gold standard’

TRAVEL PLANS

dealing with 1.

Commute 2. Business

Miles & 3. Access to

Services – NIL COST

Big Renewables | AnyPlace?

The UK must deliver 15% of ALL ENERGY from renewables by 2020. This will create up to ½ million new jobs. What, where & how many in AnyPlace?

Biogas | AnyPlace

AnyPlace celebrates

with the UK’s first Biogas Grid. Food &

farm waste creates high

quality methane for

homes & businesses

Green Collar Jobs……

PRESS RELEASE 2017 AnyPlace is the UK’s leading locality for Low Carbon Business start ups. (The UK already has 880,000 people working in the Low Carbon Economy in 2009)

Environmental auditor, recycling artisan, waste management officer, ecologist, solar energy consultant, water quality scientist, energy manager, renewable energy administrator, eco journalist, carbon trading accountant, microgeneration buyer, solar panel installer, wind turbine maintenance engineer, bioethanol production supervisor, hydro technology specialist, environmental manager, micro grid electricity network installer,low energy lighting salesperson, sustainable forest manager, climate change adaptation specialist, green charcoal manufacturer, biofuels researcher, energy farmer, photovoltaic inverter retailer, climate change charity officer, sustainable energy fundraiser, green architect, eco constructor, environmental engineer, rural sustainable development planner, eco product designer, environmental education officer, biodieselproduction manager, bioenergy engineer, sustainable investment adviser, eco-tourism manager, fuel cell technician, climate risk broker, environmental health practitioner, electricbicycle technician, renewable energy legal executive, bioenergy economist, renewable energy resource mapper, biofuels research scientist, ground source cooling technologist, biomass briquette manufacturer…….

The Great _________ Refurb

In February 2009 Ed Milliband announced that by 2050 all British homes will be near carbon zero. Is now the right time for __________ to step forward & seek to be the first place in the UK to deliver this in existing homes?

You Choose!

Celebrate……

“Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men's blood... Make big plans; aim high in hope and work.”Daniel Hudson Burnham 1846-1912

“Search all the parks in all your cities; you'll find no statues of committees.”David Ogilvy 1911-1999

“What we think, or what we

know, or what we believe is, in

the end, of little

consequence. The only

consequence is what we do.”

John Ruskin

"Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance

to draw back. Concerning all acts of initiative (and

creation), there is one elementary truth that ignorance

of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that

the moment one definitely commits oneself, then

Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help

one that would never otherwise have occurred. A

whole stream of events issues from the decision,

raising in one's favour all manner of unforeseen

incidents and meetings and material assistance, which

no man could have dreamed would have come his

way. Whatever you can do, or dream you can do,

begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.

Begin it now." W.H. Murray

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