Transcript Jonathon Porritt presentation

Skills & Competitiveness Board
West of England Partnership
Jonathon Porritt | 15 November 2010
Forum For The Future
• We are THE sustainable development charity
• Our vision is of business and communities thriving in a future that’s
environmentally viable
• Our mission is to find practical ways private and public
organisations can deliver a sustainable future working with over 180
different partners from national, regional and local government,
higher education, and business
• Green Futures magazine
We believe…..
• A sustainable future can be achieved
• It’s the only way business and communities will prosper
• We need bold action now to make it happen
IPCC Consensus
Staying below
2°C
means stabilising
at 450ppm CO2e
which means
60%
cut
UK
80%
cut
byin2050
Embodied in UK’s Climate Change Act
Making the Connections
Global
systems
Unitary
Authorities
District
Councils
Each one
of us
International
diplomacy
Local
communities
National
policy
Regional
drivers
A Greenish Rogues’ Gallery
Climate Policy in the UK
• ROCs and FiTs
• CRC/”Floor price for carbon”
• Renewable Heat Incentive (£860m)
• Anaerobic Digestion/Energy from Waste
• Green Investment Bank(£1bn)
• Smart Grid/Smart Meters
• Green Deal (‘Pay As You Save’ – from 2012)
• New Emissions Standards on Power Plants
• Nuclear go-ahead (but no public subsidy!)
Austerity for Real!
• DCLG
• Administration budget cut by 33%
• 74% cut in capital investment
• Local Authorities: 7.5% cut per annum
• Housing
• Already at an 80-year low
• Affordable housing budget cut by 60%
• New Homes Bonus (c.£250 million pa)
• Department for Education
• 60% reduction in capital budgets
• Sustainable Schools Initiative axed
• BSF
• c £1500 per m²; now back down to c.£1000 per m²
White Paper on Local Growth
• Shifting power to local communities and
businesses
• Increasing confidence to invest
• Local Enterprise Partnerships (24 in first
round)
• Regional Growth Fund: £1.4bn over 3
years
“ National presumption in favour of sustainable
development”
Global Market – LCEGS Sector
BERR: Low Carbon and Environmental Goods and Services: an industry analysis 2009
Global move to green economy
Global
USA
China
Germany
= Green economy $3,086B in 2007/8
= $100B of $800B stimulus package
= McKinsey: China a ‘green’ economy by 2030
($400 billion over 10 years)
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Clean-tech predicted to outgrow automotive
by 2020
BERR: “Low Carbon and Environmental Goods and Services: an industry analysis” 2009
McKinsey: —"China's green revolution: Prioritizing technologies to achieve energy and environmental sustainability“2009
UNEP — “Silver Lining to Climate Change - Green Jobs“ 2008
The UK race has started too
Thames
Gateway
Newcastle
Wales
Glasgow
Economic Development Investment Plan
focused on environmental research &
innovation + Institute for Sustainability
Pushing green New Deal for NE. New and
renewable energy industry. 3:1 leverage of
RDA funding.
Strategy: “Capturing the Potential – A green Jobs
Strategy for Wales”. Steering regeneration
budget to green skills & Innovation.
‘Sustainable Glasgow’ consortium, led by the
University of Strathclyde, supported by
Scottish Govt. Aiming at most sustainable city.
Milton Keynes (1)
Strategy defined in the “Low Carbon Living Plan”
Member of Joined-Cities Plan (ETI) - £11M initiative on EV
Millbrook Vehicle Testing Ground – to test EV’s
Secured one of 1st three Plugged-in Places awards
(NB.Bristol has application in alongside Swindon/Cardiff for M4 corridor)
MK Wind Farm fully operation @ Sept. 2010.
(7 turbines, 38GWh/year)
Network Rail National Centre buildings. BREEAM Excellent
Living roofs, rainwater harvesting, natural ventilation, recycling site clearance Construction
started, completion 2012.
Milton Keynes (2)
Phase One CHP (6 MW) plant operational from 2008.
(Natural gas fired - feeding District Heating Network)
Bio-methane anaerobic digester project in progress
(fed by council collected domestic organic waste; output to feed CHP above.)
MKSmart2020: £20M bid to Ofgen LCN fund (past first base)
Partners: MK, e.on Central, Cranfield Uni, OU, Accenture, GE Energy
Central Bus Station PV installation: 165KWp
Milton Keynes (3)
Bio-methane Anaerobic Digester
Combined
Heat & power
Network Rail
National Centre
‘BREEAM Excellent’
Sustainable Glasgow (1)
10 year strategic plan to make Glasgow Europe leader
Launched January 2010
Partnership of 14 (and growing) across public/private sectors
Strategic objectives:
–Make Glasgow a leader in sustainable urban living
–Transform Glasgow’s image on the world stage
Tactical objectives include:
–Deliver jobs; attract new business; create revenue streams;
help develop communities; reduce carbon
Sustainable Glasgow (2)
Projects in progress at start
– New waste treatment systems
– £600 million Southern General Hospital Project
– £300 million New Campus Project
– Clyde Gateway business park
– Cathkin Braes Wind Turbine
– Five District Heating Zones identified
Sustainable Glasgow (3)
London Thames Gateway
LTG Heat Network
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Spine and district hub model – hot water transmission
Initially for Royal Docks area (phase 1)
Starting with excess heat from Barking Power Station
Expanding to dedicated CHP and LC sources
Supplying businesses, major users (Excel), and homes
Funding largely through EU (JESSICA)
London Thames Gateway
Institute for Sustainability
– Ambitious institute public/private/academic
• Private: 12 including Arup, GE, IBM, Veolia, M&S, NPL, Seimans, Qinetiq,
Pilkington
• Public: 8 including Thames Gateway Dev. Corp, SEEDA, EEDA, LDA,
Environment Agency
• Academic: 9 including UCL, Imperial, Kings College London, So’ton
– Dedicated research centre
• Sustainable Industries Park, Dagenham Dock; should open this year
– High Calibre private/academic board members
– Projects starting:
• Supply chain innovation; LC build environment support for SMEs; National Centre
for Measurement of Building Energy, and more
SW – good fundamentals, but not leading
BERR: Low Carbon and Environmental Goods and Services: an industry analysis 2009
881,300
4.7%
6.1%
Annual sector growth in
the UK now
Annual sector growth
in the UK forecast by 2014/15
Strong SW green sector – what would it look like?
Global
reputation
Attracts
employees
Attracts
investment
Attracts
businesses
Strong
supporting
eco-system
How do we do it?
Commit : ambition for SW to be Green jobs/Clean-tech leader
Prioritise: areas where SW has strong comparative advantage
Cross-link: to other strong regional sectors (eg. creative/IT)
Business currently taking the lead…
• Working with Universities to develop high skill courses, and
with FE colleges to identify need for vocational skills.
• Working with UKTI to promote inward investment and
international trade, and on promotion of the sub-region.
• Facilitating a business-led collaboration to install largest
industry-to-industry district heat grid in Europe (which will
form part of wider are waste heat strategy in the sub-region).
• Working to promote key environmental industry clusters
locally – Avonmouth; a new low carbon business cluster in
central Bath; S-Park.
Do we have the matching political ambition
to be the UK’s leading low carbon jobs
economy?
Will our sub-region have the leadership to
put sustainability at the heart of the LEP
agenda?
West of England
“Opportunities to develop a low carbon economy.”
“Supporting key growth sectors – environmental
technologies / marine renewables.”
Are we lacking the vision thing?
Plymouth
“Create an exciting sustainable low carbon economy
driven by wind and wave power.”
“Harness technology and foster innovation to create an
unrivalled low carbon economy that will be the envy of the
world.”
“We want Government agreement for our LEP to take a
national lead on driving a low carbon economy.”
“We want Government support to create national centres
of excellence in climate change, the environment and
sustainable communities.”
Are we lacking the vision thing?
Newcastle
“Our vision is to produce a new generation of products
and services which will address the global challenges of
environmental change.”
“We will pioneer a new model of sustainable urbanism. By
encouraging people and businesses to return to the urban
core, delivering the best in public transport and giving
streets back to people, we will break the link between
economic growth and miles travelled by private car.”
“Our LEP will be responsible for driving forward
development of the low carbon economy.”
Are we lacking the ambition thing?
Flagging ambition in our asks of Government
National centre for wind and wave power – home port for
the Atlantic Array.
Powers to compel connection to, and sell waste heat to,
designated district heating zones.
National Skills Academy for housing retrofit and
microgeneration installation training.
National pilot scheme to use EPCs to incentivise home
retrofits.
Discussion Groups: turning ‘what we
could do’ into action
Group 1 –
How can we brand the West of England as the location
for green businesses? (Marketing & Innovation)
Group 2 –
What are the key green jobs for the West of England;
where are they and how do we grow them?
(Driving up Skills & Tackling Worklessness)
THANK YOU
A South West sustainable economy...
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