8. Planning by degrees
“There is a widespread view that a 4ºC
future is incompatible with organised
global community, is like to be beyond
‘adaptation’ and is devastating to the
majority of eco-systems.”
Tyndall.
10. Pareto’s Rule (via Anderson)
The law of the vital few: for many events, roughly 80% of the
effects come from 20% of the causes.
80% of emissions come from 20% of the global population.
Run it three times...
And 50% of global emissions come from 1% of the global
population.
Most of us are in the 1%.
11. Our impact
China 24%
United States 18%
India 6%
Russia 6%
2%
Japan 4%
Germany 3%
Canada 2%
Iran 2%
United Kingdom 2%
South Korea 2%
12. Cities hold the key
“The Top 20 cities in the UK are responsible for
more than 20% of national carbon emissions and
more than 20% of energy consumption, so local
action by cities will be vital if we are to meet the
UK national target of 80% reduction on 1990 levels
by 2050.”
RICS 2012
15. Manchester: A Certain Future
Our stakeholder climate Launched November 2009.
change plan has two key
objectives: Overseen by an independent
Steering Group of volunteers
• 41% carbon reduction by from public, private and third-
2020, relative to 2005 sector.
levels, and;
• Low carbon thinking
embedded in our
operations and lifestyles.
16. Greater Manchester Climate
Change Strategy
Sets out how the shift to a low
carbon economy for GM will
help to establish long-term
sustainable economic growth.
At the same time as
achieving a 48% reduction in
CO2 emissions by 2020, from
1990 levels (40% from 2005).
Approved by AGMA in July
2011.
17. How are we doing?
Year Grand total Reduction Population Per capita
(ktCO2) from 2005 (000s) (t)
2005 3,287 - 447 7.4
2006 3,374 +2.6% 455 7.4
2007 3,243 -1.4% 465 7.0
2008 3,244 -1.3% 473 6.9
2009 2,885 -12.2% 484 6.0
2010 3,038 -7.6% 499 6.1
18. Plans & actions
Action Plans Sector plans
• Both universities • Retrofit Strategy (GM)
• The Co-operative • EcoCities (adaptation strategy,
GM)
• Siemens
• City Council • Green Infrastructure Plan (GM &
Manchester)
• Bruntwood • Energy Plan (GM)
• Housing Associations • GMCCS Implementation Plan
• Environmental Business (GM)
Pledge + 60% in 3 years – over
1,800 businesses. • Low carbon hub/green economy
25. Buildings
NHS Commercial property
• Implementing carbon • Bruntwood has been one of the
management plans and early movers in this area, rolling
coordinating their activities out smart meters and building
through their own MACF NHS energy management systems,
Group. University Hospital as part of its commitment to
South Manchester has been reduce CO2 emissions by 16%
awarded the title Britain’s by 2014 - but much more work
Greenest Hospital for reducing needed!
its carbon emissions by 28%
over 5 years.
26. Buildings
Exemplar buildings Green Deal
• Two iconic buildings – one new • Housing Associations and
build, one retrofit – in the city Councils across GM have
entre will be completed in 2013: developed a Housing Retrofit
the Co-op’s NOMA and the Strategy and agreed the basis
Council’s refurbished Town Hall of a GM Green Deal programme
Extension and Central Library to launch in 2013. Also been
will be beacons for low carbon given a ‘go early’ approval from
buildings. government.
31. Midland Hotel - Engaging staff,
guests and suppliers on
sustainability.
10%+ year on year energy saving
through new equipment.
Green roof full of herbs!
Waste Management is to get to
100% separation.
www.qhotels.co.uk
34. Carbon Co-op have successfully design and installed a
12kw solar panel array for Unicorn Grocery, a wholefood
co-operative in Chorlton, South Manchester.
35. Energy
Solar Photovoltaics Heat networks
• Over 2,000 solar panel • Proposals around Town Hall;
installations have registered for Corridor, and East Manchester.
the Feed-In-Tariff since April
2010. Installed capacity of Energy centres and CHP
5.7MW renewables.
• Low carbon energy centres,
Smart Grids & Meters including the Co-operative
Group’s NOMA development.
• Energy monitors in around 400
households and 100 Energy Plan
businesses, public buildings
and on loan from libraries. • High level plan completed for
Greater Manchester in 2012.
38. 300 charging posts as part
of Greater Manchester’s
Plugged in Places
programme.
39. Transport
Metrolink Cycling
• New lines and stops, and new • Interim cycling strategy has
vehicles brought into service. been put in place and plans in
place through LSTF for city
Green Buses cycle centres, cycle training and
grants for employers and user
• 200 ‘green’ buses (mainly groups.
hybrids) introduced since 2009.
Smart Ticketing
Car journeys
• Integrated smart ticketing will
• Number of car trips into city be introduced over next few
centre has fallen from 37% in years starting with Metrolink
2006 to 28% in 2012.
42. Manchester has more Green
Flag parks than any other
city in the UK, a record that
Red Rose Forest
has been maintained at 42
Green Flags.
43. Green spaces
Research Tree planting
• EcoCities and GRABS projects. • Since 2009, more than 26,600
trees had been planted,
GI policies including 26 new community
orchards and fruit tree groves.
• Incorporated into Council’s
statutory Core Strategy Third Sector
Planning Document.
• Red Rose Forest and
Baseline data Groundwork continue to green
the city, from tree planting
• Detailed baseline of all the through to our first ‘Meanwhile’
city’s G&B has now been food growing projects.
established.
46. Culture shift
Manchester Carbon Literacy Carbon budgets
• A day’s ‘climate change’ • City Council has begun to use
training for all residents and data form energy bills to
employees, a standard has allocate carbon budgets to
been established, 50 pilot departments, embedding this
projects have been undertaken as part of the organisation’s
and MCL publicly launched. business planning process.
Schools ‘Green’ events
• 78 of the city’s 165 schools • The city to establish itself as an
have been actively involved in internationally recognised
the Eco-Schools programme. sustainable destination by 2020.
47. Sustainable Food
Food Futures partnership Forgotten Fields (GM)
• £60k funding to develop • A collection of projects looking
Growing Manchester, a Food at the region's food heritage.
Baseline Study and a food
exemplar project at New GM Land Army
Smithfield Markets.
• An army of volunteers to
• A Low Carbon menu and audit support local organic growers
has been undertaken by and farmers.
Manchester Fayre.
Manchester Veg People (GM)
• Meat Free Mondays and a
further 20% reduction in Meat • A new collective of local organic
and Dairy in Primary Schools. farmers & growers.
52. Headline aims
Save more than 30,000 tonnes Increase knowledge, research
of CO2 emissions from and delivery of renewable
domestic properties by 2015, energy technologies;
creating the capacity to double understanding and planning of
that target for the period 2015 the city’s energy needs and
to 2017. opportunities; and application
of digital technologies for
Collaboration between building energy management.
owners, occupants and energy
services companies to reduce
emissions from community,
public and community buildings
by 5% per year.
53. Headline aims
To continue the improvement of Ensure the city’s green and
sustainable public transport blue infrastructure is providing
services within and to and from optimal benefits to the city in
the city, and to create a terms of quality of life, climate
platform for substantial change adaptation, and wider
increases in journeys on foot, social, economic and
by bike and by electric vehicle environmental benefits.
in the period 2016 to 2020.
To increase the number of
organisations who are actively
engaged in sustainable
consumption and production
activity.
