Green with Envy?

Mark PendlingtonChair, Green Economy Pathfinder BoardGroup Director, Anglian Water10 May 2012

The perfect storm?

Increased demand 50% by 2030 (IEA)

Energy

Water Increased demand

30% by 2030

(IFPRI)

FoodIncreased demand

50% by 2030

(FAO)

Climate Change

Our vulnerability

low-lying region high energy use

climate change impacts and uncertainty

30% of land below sea level

demand for water will rise but available water won’t

population to rise - 1m homes to be built in the next 25 years

driest region in the UK lower annual average rainfall than parts of Middle East and Africa

long coastline vulnerable to sea level rises

Leading UK transition

Making the figures add up……

Friends and allies include:

Academia

AcademicsBusiness leaders, strategists, entrepreneurs

Local authorities

• Deliver a ‘routemap’ for transition to a green economy.

• Plan fully integrated with New Anglia LEP strategy.

• Reinforce Norfolk and Suffolk’s USP as the government’s choice for the GEP.

• Deliver substance through ideas and case studies that put low carbon at the heart of business opportunity and success.

• Collaborative working – break down silos and make the most of innovation, ideas and entrepreneurial business.

Our Objectives

• New Anglia established as a green economy capital – working with other LEPs.

• Routemap adopted as template for sustainable growth, boosting the potential of UKplc in global marketplace.

• National and international market access for green economy goods and services.

• Active links across government and business to maximise funding and investment opportunities.

• Public policy influencing strategy for east of England, national and international engagement.

Outcomes to include:

GEP Board membersMark Pendlington Anglian Water Group (Chair)

Andy Wood Chair, New Anglia LEP, CEO Adnams

Charlie Beardall Environment Agency

Simon Bennett Formerly BP

Simon Best Breckland District Council

Iain Dunnett Suffolk Chamber of Commerce

John French University of East Anglia

Emma Hibbert Adnams

Aled Jones Anglia Ruskin University

Jason Martin East Anglia Offshore Wind

Chris Maw Price Waterhouse Coopers

Tom McGarry EDF

Brendon Noble University Campus Suffolk

Richard Powell National Trust & Sustainability East

Lisa Roberts BIS

Steve Sharratt OBE Biogroup & CBI

Chris Starkie Shaping Norfolk’s Future / New Anglia LEP

Chris Tuppen Smart Anglia

Keith Waldron University of East Anglia

David Weir University Campus Suffolk

Growing interest

Green with Envy?

Mark PendlingtonChair, Green Economy Pathfinder BoardGroup Director, Anglian Water10 May 2012