Richard DaviesDirector

<Low Carbon Renewal: Community & Economy><A shared journey to a low carbon future?>

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Putting the regional house in order?

• National Indicator 186 – emissions of carbon dioxide West Midlands (Total)

• 2005: 37,167kt CO2

• 2006: 37,923kt CO2

Up 2.03%

• Per capita West Midlands:

• 2005: 6.95tCO2/capita

• 2006: 7.07tCO2/capita

Up 1.70%

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Transport

7.02.43.0Worcestershire

5.62.12.1Barking & Dagenham

6.12.62.5Woking

6.92.33.0Middlesbrough

5.82.42.2Dudley

TotalDomesticIndustry & CommerceLocal Authority

Source: DEFRA/AEA Technology. Local & Regional estimates by end user,

summary 2006.

National Indicator 186: Tonnes of carbon dioxide per capita

Fuels used in E generation/Mtoe

0.40.2Net imports

0.60.4Other renewables

0.40.2Hydro

14.020.0Nuclear

27.524.5Gas

0.80.7Oil

31.931.6Coal

20072003Fuel

West Midlands

& Sustainable Energy

LEADERSHIP!

‘If the leader hath no vision the people

will perish’ Proverbs 29:18

This isn’t about ‘climate change’

‘sustainable energy’ or ‘carbon

dioxide’.

It’s about ‘communities’, ‘families’,

‘organisations’ & ‘businesses’.

<It’s the delivery stupid!>

West Midlandspopulation: 5.3 million

CO2 : 50 million tonnes

West Midlandspopulation: 5.3 million

CO2 : 50 million tonnes

Sources: WDM, IEA

Nigeriapopulation: 140 millionCO2 : 52 million tonnes

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."

Strategies?

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Source: AEA

19 Ideas for Dudley Borough: Low Carbon &

Sustainable Energy Community & Economy

Community Owned: Green Energy

Encourage people from all

walks of life in Dudley Borough

to be part of the renewable

revolution and join in the fight

against climate change by

catalysing the ownership of

local renewables development.

AWM are funding this approach

in Shropshire/Herefordshire.

Dudley CP: Sustainable Energy Award

Establish an annual award for

sustainable energy (or climate

change) achievement in

Dudley (or Black Country or

City Region). To raise the

profile of ambitious action and

encourage & engage

businesses, organisations,

individuals & communities.

Transport

Promote sustainable travel & transport throughout the

Borough. Encourage

greener driving, greener vehicles, greener modes of

travel. Need to promote more vigorous uptake of

existing provision?

Citizen Education

Focus on sustainable energy

& climate change education,

learning & knowledge:

Within workplaces

Organisations

DCP Partners

Night School (Carbon College)

‘‘‘‘Education Education Education Education is not the is not the is not the is not the filling of a filling of a filling of a filling of a bucket, but bucket, but bucket, but bucket, but the the the the lighting of lighting of lighting of lighting of a fire.a fire.a fire.a fire.’’’’W. B. YeatsW. B. YeatsW. B. YeatsW. B. Yeats

Community Climate Change Events

Promote sustainable

energy/climate change at

existing events, workplaces,

and within communities:

- Light Fantastic

-Travel Fantastic

- Affordable Warmth Fantastic

Third Sector

Help ‘all’ Third Sector

organisations within the Borough

through a Resource/Carbon

management programme.

Review third sector service

delivery & maximise affordable

warmth, sustainable energy &

climate change opportunities.

Focus on Leadership within

sector.

LSP Partners

LSP Partners to contribute to

National Indicator 186 through a

programme of climate change &

sustainable energy action.

Workplace, travel, staff…..

Corporate Commitment & Pledge

Leadership Group

Task & finish Group

Leadership

Dudley: Place/Agenda Shaper.

Engage ‘leaders’ within Dudley in the climate change/ sustainable energy challenge.

‘If the leader hath no vision the

people will perish’ Proverbs 29:18

Climate Change Leadership

NHS Service Providers

Focus on GP Surgeries,

Dentists & Pharmacists within

Dudley Borough. Ensure all

service providers have

embraced sustainable energy &

promote wider messages to

‘customers’.

1 million people every 36 hours

Small & Medium Enterprises

RE:think Energy – Renewable

Energy ‘honest Jo’ advice &

capital grant – SME wide +

Specific Sector (visitor economy / retail?)

Diversification support into the

low carbon economy.

Maximise uptake of existing

provision (Business Link, Carbon Trust..)

Focus on Community Building

Eradicate the inefficient

community building from Dudley

Borough.

Use Community Buildings to

promote sustainable energy

technologies.

Sustainable Energy Trail around

the Borough.

Case Studies

Further Education & Skills

Establish: Sustainable Energy

/ Climate Change Skills

Theme to Further Education

Carbon College for

Entrepreneurs

Power Academy

Green ‘tinge’ to all courses

Low Carbon Communities: PLACE

Focus on a place based

approach to Low Carbon /

Sustainable Energy /

Affordable Warmth……

All sectors

All funding

All technologies

Affordable Warmth

Eradicate ‘Fuel Poverty’

Maximise share of support e.g. Warmfront, CERT, Community Energy Saving Programme etc

Place Based approach –Affordable Warmth Community

Microgeneration

Focus on small scale renewable technologies

across the Borough. Linking

technologies with communities, or sectors.

Picking a winner: Solar thermal or biomass heating?

Low Carbon Community: INTEREST

Faith based project?

Other networks?

Schools

Employees

LSP Partners

The Great British (Dudley?) Refurb

Last Friday Ed Milliband

announced that by 2050 all

British homes will be near

carbon zero. Is now the right

time for Dudley Borough to

step forward & seek to be the

first locality in the UK to deliver

this in existing homes?

Fair (unfair share?) for Dudley MB

To ensure that Dudley Borough gets its fair (or

unfair share) of National &

Regional programmes & initiatives……

Carbon Trust

Energy Saving Trust etc.

The Carbon Standard etc.

Promote the Carbon Trust’s Carbon Standard

to organisations in Dudley.

Focus on Dudley MB being a leading area for

uptake & engagement…..

Blank:

“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

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