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What Wiltshire Council is doing to tackle Climate
Change

Ariane Crampton, Head of Climate Change 12
November 2009
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Overview

• Why we have a new climate change team
• Carbon emissions for UK and council
• The Councils climate change objectives
  activities
• Climate change projections for the South West
• Questions

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Why we have a new climate change team

• Wiltshire residents want us to act - 79 agree
  that it is important for the Council to take a
  lead on climate change
• Legislation Climate Change Act/ Carbon
  Reduction Commitment
• Policy drivers Government measures the
  performance of councils according to use of
  natural resources and national indicators
  relating to climate change
• Need to reduce fossil fuel use to reduce bills
  and improve fuel security

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UK carbon emissions
UK carbon emissions
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What is being done about it?

• Climate Change Act commits the UK to a 34 cut in
  emissions by 2020 and an 80 cut by 2050
• New global Climate Change deal to be agreed in
  Copenhagen

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More context

• The UKs direct emissions of CO2 are 560m tonnes
  (MtCO2) a year
• 8 are from the public sector
• The move to a low carbon economy presents
  significant challenges but huge opportunities
• Stern Review The overall costs and risks of
  climate change will be equivalent to losing at
  least 5 of global GDP each yearthe estimates of
  damage could rise to 20. The costs of
  actioncan be limited to 1 of global GDP.

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Wiltshire carbon emissions totals (kT)

• Totals
• Total for 2005 3,518
• Total for 2006 3,604
• This is broken down into three areas
• Industry and commercial
• Domestic
• Road Transport
• Defra - Local and Regional CO2 Emissions
  Estimates for 2005-6
• Date of release18/09/2008
• http//www.defra.gov.uk/environment/statistics/
  globatmos/index.htm

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Wiltshire per capita carbon emissions 2006

• By sector
• Industry and commerce 3.2 tonnes
• Domestic emissions 2.7 tonnes
• Road transport 2.1 tonnes
• All sectors
• Wiltshire Average 8.0 tonnes
• UK Average 7.4 tonnes

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What is the Council doing?
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Local Authority Climate Change Activity
LA operational emissions
Area wide emissions
Adaptation to climate change
Buildings ( Schools)
Street lights
Transport
Business Public Sector
Residents
NI 186
NI 188
NI 185
EST
EA LAA
CRC
DECs, EPC
Carbon Trust LACM programme
Carbon Trust Standard (CTS)
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The councils carbon emissions
Emissions for 2008-09 (NI 185) were 60,000 tonnes
CO2. Most of this (50,000 t) came from buildings
and streetlights. Wiltshire schools are
responsible for 47 of emissions from stationery
sources.
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Getting our own house in order

• Working with the Carbon Trust to put together a 5
  year plan to cut our carbon emissions.
• Signing up to 1010
• Currently assessing carbon saving opportunities
  to be prioritised according to payback time, eg
• better insulation, boilers and heating controls
• switching off streetlights where residents want
  this
• combined heat and power plants for leisure
  centres
• looking at opportunities to reduce staff travel
• staff energy efficiency campaign

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Meeting our carbon reduction targets
60
50
40
30
20
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Reducing the countys carbon footprint

• Developing a carbon reduction strategy for
  Wiltshire with support from the Energy Saving
  Trust.
• Working with housing, planning, transport
  planning, economic development, education, youth
  services, libraries, community development
• Currently assessing how we do things and EST will
  make recommendations for improvement by January
• Wiltshire Core Strategy and LDF process key

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Carbon reduction initiatives

• Greener Living Roadshows
• Low carbon retrofit homes demonstration 5 homes
  in Wiltshire
• Warm Front insulation/boiler replacements
• 250,000 bid for a Warm and Well scheme
• Climate Friendly Bradford on Avon Green Streets
  bid 175,000
• Urchfont Climate Friendly Community group
  short-listed for Green Community Heroes Awards
• Transition Community Corsham Green Communities
  programme

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NI188 Adapting to Climate Change

• Aim
• To embed the management of climate risks and
  opportunities across the local authority and
  partner services, plans and estates and to take
  appropriate adaptive actions as required.
• LAA target linked to reward payment

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Latest Climate Change projections (2009)

• Projections are made as part of the UK Climate
  Impacts Programme (UKCIP)
• In future, the South West of England is projected
  to have
• Milder, wetter winters (more floods)
• Hotter, drier summers (more droughts)
• More extreme weather events (eg storms)

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For summer mean temperature, we see significant
increases over the decades to the 2080s(changes
are against a 1961-1990 average)
Increased Tourism Increased Heat
stress Infrastructure risks Risks to
biodiversity Heat related deaths Risk to Food
Security
2020s 1.60C 2050s 2.70C 2080s 3.90C
South-West England central estimate Medium
emissions
But the temperature on the hottest day of the
year could increase by up to 10ºC
Higher than the 2003 heat wave
The change for the 2080s is very unlikely to be
less than 2.1ºC and very unlikely to be more than
6.4ºC (Note the difference between climate at
2000 and that of the last Ice Age was only 6C).
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For rainfall we could see significant summer
decreases(changes are against a 1961-1990
average)
Reduced stream flow and water quality Increased
drought Subsidence Decreased crop
yields Serious water stress
2020s - 8 2050s - 20 2080s - 24
South West England central estimate Medium
emissions
For the 2080s the change is very unlikely to be
lower than -50 and very unlikely to be higher
than 6
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For rainfall we could see significant winter
increases (changes are against a 1961-1990
average)
Increased winter flooding Increased
subsidence Risks to urban drainage Severe
Transport disruption Risks of national
Infrastructure
2020s 7 2050s 17 2080s 23
South West central estimate Medium Emissions
For the 2080s the change is very unlikely to be
lower than 6 and very unlikely to be higher
than 54
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Recent extreme event Heat wave of Summer 2003
35,000 excess deaths EU wide 2,140 excess deaths
in the UK 282 in the South West region Forest
fires and crop damage seriously impacted economy
EU Economic losses gt 7.5bn
England (3-14/8/03) excess mortality All ages
2091, gt75 1781 Emergency hospital admissions
(gt75)1490
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Gloucestershires biggest ever peacetime
emergency Gloucestershire received one and a
half times the average July monthly rainfall in
one day
Tewkesbury 22 July 2007
Mythe Water Treatment Works, Tewkesbury - water
supply for 350,000 people cut off for 17 days
(July 2007)
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Key impacts in the South West region
Tourism Sea level rise will affect location
management of tourism business. Tourism
development will need to be managed to ensure
increased visitor numbers do not negatively
impact on the regions resources Agriculture
move to drought, pest disease resistant
crops Biodiversity The SW Regional Biodiversity
Action Plan and the SW Nature Map have identified
the vulnerable habitats and adaptation
opportunities, and they are embodied in the
emerging Regional Spatial Strategy Business
Utilities Both will be influenced by climate
change, design of utilities must incorporate the
effects of climate-change on supply, demand and
headroom Housing Construction Designed for
warmer, wetter climate increased storminess
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Conclusion

• Climate Change team has wide-ranging role
• Partnership working is key with different
  council departments, businesses and the community
• Wiltshire Council has set ambitious carbon
  reduction targets for itself and in its community
  leadership role
• Environmental groups like Agenda 21 have key role
  to play on both adaptation and carbon reduction

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Any questions?