Sheffield a case study

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Sheffield- a case study
Heather Hunt and Jenny Patient, SCACC
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Sheffields footprint 3 planets
Personal effort can reduce this to 2 planets
Heres where we are now
Huge policy changes needed to get to 1 planet
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Sheffield - geography
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Sheffield history and culture
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History of Employment and Jobs
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Sheffield - Current Economy
Sheffields economy worth 7.9 billion - 10 of
the regional (YH) economy GVA growth over last
10 years of 5.4 pa, mostly in service
economy Decline in manufacturing jobs (but GVA
steady) Unemployment 2.9 (9,750 people Oct
08) Household income city mean of 29,000
Inequalities - Whirlow 49,000, Darnall 19,000
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Sheffield - Employment
Public sector 2 universities, NHS, Local
Authority Manufacturing Outokumpu, Corus,
Sheffield Forgemasters, B.Braun, Cadbury Trebor
Bassett Ronseal Symmetry Medical Aerospace
Advanced Manufacturing Park Financial and
services Retail, Abbey, Nationwide, HSBC, DLA
Piper
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Current Developments
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The City Strategy

• For 2005-10, refreshed in 2007
• Based around 5 main themes strong economy,
  successful neighbourhoods, inclusive, healthy
  communities, great place to grow up and
  environmental excellence
• and 3 principles of prosperity, inclusion and
  sustainability
• 5 Big Ambitions, including Sheffield to be an
  attractive, sustainable, low-carbon city

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Environmental Excellence Strategy

• Main focus on climate change
• Emissions reduction, but also acknowledgement of
  footprint
• CO2 emissions reduction target in LAA NI 186
  10 reduction against 2006 baseline by 2010/11
• Longer term targets 30 emissions reduction by
  2020, 60 by 2050

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Sheffield emissions baseline 4,100,000 tonnes C02
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Economic Masterplan

• Launched Jan 2008
• Tries to address Sheffields prosperity gap
  1.1bn missing GVA
• Sheffield does not yet have the wealth that
  would allow a low growth option to be pursued
• Aims to increase productivity through becoming a
  growth pole commercial and knowledge centre
  more and higher value inward investment

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Economic growth and carbon reduction
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Combined impact of six emissions reduction
scenarios
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The current understanding

• The modelling that has been done to date
  suggests that current ambitions around economic
  growth rely heavily on the increased consumption
  of carbon based products. These are adding to the
  problem rather than helping towards its
  solution.
• However We need to identify how economic growth
  can be promoted without increasing the citys
  carbon emissions.

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Power and Influence map
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Our questions

• What could a Green New Deal look like in
  Sheffield?
• How possible is it to just act locally to bring
  it about?
• What are the models for shifting the
  infra-structure and skills base?
• What are the models for investment to do this?
• Can economic growth be consistent with a local
  green new deal?
• How to act? What are the levers for change?