Transcript – CRAGs - Transition Falmouth

CO2 Facts
20
9.5
3.2
0.1
UK
USA
China
Ethiopia
20
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
Tonnes CO2
Per Country Per Capita Emissions
UK per person
emissions from
burning fossil fuels
= 9.5 Tonnes or
balloons
What action is the UK taking?
Climate Change Bill/Kyoto – 60%
reduction by 2050
Stern Review
What’s required?
Tyndall Report - 90% reduction by 2050
George Monbiot suggests in his book
‘Heat’ 90% reduction by 2030 necessary
Carbon Rationing
Nationally - public, business and
government
Globally – ‘Contraction and Convergence’
Contraction and Convergence
CRAGs
Carbon Rationing Action Groups
The UK’s first ever large-scale personal
carbon rationing initiative
We are a nationwide network of grass
roots voluntary groups
CO2 Facts
2005 UK Personal Footprint Breakdown
5.2
6
Tonnes CO2
5
4.3
4
3
2
Personal Use
1
0
To Run Country
Personal Carbon Emissions
43% household
energy
57% transport –
mostly car and air
travel.
CRAGs
Set an annual personal emissions target
(average is 4.5t)
– The average UK citizen emits 5.2t CO2 per year
Agree price of excess CO2 (from 0 to 8p/Kg, with
maximum amount agreed)
Calculate our personal annual carbon footprint
– Home energy, plane flights, car miles
Pay up ‘debt’ or receive ‘payout’ at end of year
Reduce next annual target and agree new price
for CO2 excess
CRAGs
What we want to achieve:
Our vision is a world in which CO2 emissions are reducing rapidly and
everyone is taking responsibility for their personal carbon footprint, as
standard.
Our mission is to increase the number of Carbon Rationing Action Groups
and to help take personal carbon rationing beyond academic theory through
practical action.
Our aim is to develop the CRAGs network so that:
– there is a large and growing number of people actively engaged in limiting their
personal carbon emissions and encouraged to share their experiences and
advice with others
– we push carbon rationing up the political agenda by showing, in the most direct
way possible, that there are people ready and willing to adopt it
– we can deliver a body of evidence to decision makers on personal carbon
rationing, gained through our practical experience, that assists in the process of
developing it as a national policy
Cornwall CRAG
Meets every 3 months
Shares climate change news, energy
saving ideas and plans for growing
network
Cornwall CRAG details
Agreement reached on what to count
We use the CRAG conversion calculator for annual carbon footprint
Our agreed CO2 target for the year is 4500 Kg
Our carbon year runs with the calendar year
We don’t have a CO2 excess penalty
Members keep their utility bills, VAT fuel receipts and a note of
flights (and train and bus tickets)
We don’t have a “Carbon accountant“, everyone works out their own
CO2.
www.carbonrationing.org.uk