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Stansted CO2 Emissions Million tonnes of CO2 2006 Outbound flights only 2.53 Apply 1.9 RFI* Surface Access On-site activities Grand Total 4.80 0.12 0.04 4.96 *RFI = Radiative forcing index - Latest IPCC advice on climate change impact of air travel is 1.9 X CO2. This excludes the impact on cirrus cloud formation. Think Global – Act Local SSE Community Conference 2007 Stansted CO2 Emissions Million tonnes of CO2 per annum R1 +R2 Full use R1 Current use 12m 7m 5m Think Global – Act Local SSE Community Conference 2007 Street Lighting Switching off all street lights in Essex all the time would save 19,000 tonnes CO2 p.a. Equates to only 1 day full use of the Stansted runway Think Global – Act Local SSE Community Conference 2007 Alternative Energy Hadyard Hill is the largest wind farm in the UK today and saves 300,000 tonnes CO2 p.a. ...but this equates to only 16 days full use of the Stansted runway Think Global – Act Local SSE Community Conference 2007 Alternative Energy All offshore & onshore wind farms in the UK Save 4.5m tonnes of CO2 p.a. Equates to only 235 days full use of the Stansted runway Think Global – Act Local SSE Community Conference 2007 Low Energy Lighting Full use of the Stansted runway would eliminate the savings from 350 million low energy light bulbs Think Global – Act Local SSE Community Conference 2007 On the Road A year’s driving in a typical family car will produce 3 tonnes of CO2 Full use of the Stansted runway would produce as much CO2 as 2.3 million typical family cars Think Global – Act Local SSE Community Conference 2007 In the Home An average UK family home produces 5 tonnes of CO2 p.a. Full use of the Stansted runway would produce as much CO2 as 1.4 million family homes Think Global – Act Local SSE Community Conference 2007 Recap To offset the CO2 emissions from full use of the Stansted runway we would need to ... Think Global – Act Local SSE Community Conference 2007 Recap Either: ... build 23 new wind farms each as big as Hadyard Hill – the UK’s largest covering 12 square kms Think Global – Act Local SSE Community Conference 2007 Recap or: ... replace 350 million conventional light bulbs with low energy bulbs Think Global – Act Local SSE Community Conference 2007 Recap or: ... take 2.3 million cars off the road Think Global – Act Local SSE Community Conference 2007 Recap or: ... close down 1.4 million homes (more than all the homes in Essex, Hertfordshire and Suffolk) Think Global – Act Local SSE Community Conference 2007 But that’s not enough ... • We need to dramatically reduce our CO2 emissions • UK target is 60% reduction by 2050 • Needs to be achieved globally to stabilise atmospheric CO2 levels Think Global – Act Local SSE Community Conference 2007 Remember! • All these comparisons are simply for full use of the Stansted runway • For a second runway the numbers would be far more worrying Think Global – Act Local SSE Community Conference 2007 Conclusion • Climate change is now inevitable • The best we can do is to prevent catastrophic climate change • Everyone must play a part • Aviation/BAA cannot be exempt Think Global – Act Local SSE Community Conference 2007