Tackling Climate Change Together in East Sussex

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Tackling Climate Change Together in East Sussex

• Who we are..
• Anurag Kher, Climate Change Policy Advisor, GOSE
• anurag.kher_at_gose.gsi.gov.uk
• 01483 882253
• Covering NI 186
• David Pryce-Jones, Energy Policy Advisor, GOSE
• david.pryce-jones_at_gose.gsi.gov.uk
• 01483 882448
• Covering NI 188

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Ecological Footprint of the UK Setting in
context.
Is there a direct correlation between economic
activity and resource consumption?
Source WWW-UK (2006), reproduced with permission
of WWF-UK
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National Indicator Set and LAAs and the relevance
to East Sussex

• Two Climate Change related indicators relevant to
  East Sussex
• NI 186 Per Capita Reduction in CO2 emissions
  from LA area (baseline 2005)
• NI 188 Planning to Adapt to Climate Change
  (baseline 2008)

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Why include NI 186?

• Demonstrate that you are showing environmental
  leadership and ambition in promoting behaviour
  change and innovation your areas.
• 2. Climate change mitigation is the only theme
  that the LGA has openly backed for inclusion in
  all LAAs.
• 3. Delivery of emissions savings is also likely
  to have additional social and economic benefits
  (more competitive businesses, lower congestion,
  warmer homes enabling greater independence,
  healthier communities, fuel cost savings, lower
  maintenance costs, etc)
• 4. Potential vote winner DEFRA have now decided
  to resume TV advertising from May, with the
  existing 'footprints' TV ad running throughout
  May and June.  This will be supported by press
  and online ads.  DfT will then pick up the baton
  with their transport CO2 ads in mid-summer, and
  we will return with new DEFRA TV work late summer
  - autumn.
• 5. SEEDAs preference is NI 186 as it more
  closely aligns with the priorities contained
  within the Regional Economic Strategy.

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AEA DATA FOR EAST SUSSEX
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What can East Sussex do to deliver CO2 reductions
in their communities?
Residential Housing 4.8
Local business 2.9
Local Transport 5.1
Run campaigns with EST to householders Partner
projects with EEC suppliers Warm Front Fuel
Poverty Introduce local incentives eg council
tax rebates Planning on new developments
Run campaigns with Carbon Trust to
businesses Work with Business Links, RDAs,
Envirowise, etc Provide support to businesses to
implement measures Planning on new developments
Run local campaigns car sharing, walking,
cycling, bus use. Parking rates on vehicle
CO2 School and work travel plans Improve bus
services Multiple occupancy car lanes Smarter
layouts, traffic light synchronisation Environment
al/ Congestion charging Cycle routes
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Where do we start and what are the key actions?

• Carry out a self assessment on the activities for
  each of the three sectors (Business, Domestic and
  Transport)
• Comparison with AEA data
• What are the key actions we should take?
• What are the barriers to doing this and how
  should we overcome them?
• Who is best placed to lead?

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Where can I get help?

• Beacon Councils
• Woking Borough Council
• Eastleigh Borough Council
• The Energy Measures Report
• www.berr.gov.uk/files/file41260.pdf
• 4million Best Practice Programme
• Salix Funding

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Key messages

• Be ambitious - dont be afraid to be a lone
  leader
• Be brave when setting the target.
• Increasing your activity around CO2 reduction is
  the key

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Quotes..

• To tackle climate change you dont have to reduce
  your quality of life, but you do have to change
  the way you live - Ken Livingstone, Mayor of
  London, 2007
• Each and every one of us can make changes in the
  way we live our lives and become part of the
  solution to climate change - Al Gore, 45th Vice
  President of the United States, 'An Inconvenient
  Truth' 2006
• The difference between animals and humans is that
  animals change themselves for the environment,
  but humans change the environment for themselves
  - Ayn Rand
• We need a new environmental consciousness on a
  global basis. To do this, we need to educate
  people - Mikhail Gorbachev
• It is not the strongest species that survive, nor
  the most intelligent, but the ones who are most
  responsive to change - Charles Darwin
• Modern technologyOwes ecologyan apology- Alan
  M. Eddison
• I see trees of green, red roses too. I see them
  bloom for me and you. And I think to myself what
  a wonderful world. I see skies of blue and clouds
  of white. The bright blessed day, the dark sacred
  night. And I think to myself what a wonderful
  world - What a Wonderful World, Louis Armstrong
  (1901-1970)

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Climate Change Adaptation

• Being prepared to deal with / adapt to the
  inevitable
• Extreme weather, flood, heat stress, water
  shortage, crop and habitat risk
• Sea Level Rise
• (more detail in next talk)
• What Government is doing/ what it will require of
  the public sector through Local Area Agreements

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LAA indicators 188, 189

• 188 Planning to adapt to Climate Change
• Public sector (LAs) and partners to embed
  management of climate change risks across all
  local authority services, plans and estates
• To protect community from direct effects (flood,
  heat, disease)
• Reduce risk to services from extreme weather
  effects
• Climate change to be integrated into everyday
  business and strategic planning building
  resilience and taking adaptive action
• Protect habitats and/ or facilitate adaptation
• 189 Flood Coastal erosion risk management
• Implementation by LAs of longer term flood and
  coastal risk management plans

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What action will the measures require?

• 188 Planning to adapt to Climate Change
• Local authority to become more resilient
• 5 stages- (i) process for assessing risks (ii)
  commitment to identify and manage risks across
  services and estates (iii) priority risks
  identified and incorporated into LA strategy, and
  LSP engaged (iv) comprehensive action plan and
  prioritised action (v) implement action plan,
  assess progress and review
• Good progress would be to move up one step per
  year
• 189 - Flood and Coastal management
• Flood and Coastal Risk management plans agreed
  (shoreline management plans catchment flood
  management plans)
• Action plans agreed and being implemented
• Target by 2010 would be min of 80 of actions
  completed