Transcript Measuring Climate Change in ERDF programmes

How to Measure Climate
Change impacts in ERDF
Operational Programmes
Garry White Department for Communities and Local Government
EC Open Day, 8 October 2008
Structural fund budget breakdowns
Total UK Structural
Funds budget - €9.4 bn
Total English ERDF
Convergence and
Competitiveness
Programmes €3.4 bn
Convergence
• €457.5 mill Cornwall
Competitiveness
• €755.5 mill North West
• €375.7 mill North East
• €583.6 mill Yorkshire &
Humberside
• €110.9 mill East of England
• €268.5 mill East Midlands
• €399.9 mill West Midlands
• € 23.7 mill South East
• €181.9 mill London
• €124.7 mill South West
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2007-13 ERDF programmes
•DCLG Managing Authority for English ERDF programmes
•1 Convergence, 9 Regional Competitiveness programmes
•Day to day programme management by Regional Development
Agencies
•Environment a key horizontal theme throughout all programmes
•SEA for all programmes, including ongoing monitoring
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England statistics on CO2 emissions
England average CO² emissions - 2,600kg per head
Emissions rose 15% between 2000 and 2001
Renewable energy up from 4.2% total national electricity consumption in
2002 to 5.6% in 2003.
East of England aiming for increase to 14% from renewable sources by 2010
DTI - Inefficient used of resources cost UK business in excess of £20bn per
year
30% of energy used in UK every year – around £12bn – is wasted
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Overall climate change objectives for
2007-13 ERDF programmes
•Adopting an overall aim of moving towards a low carbon economy, rather
than emphasising carbon neutrality
•Reducing the carbon footprint of businesses, communities, whilst improving
competitiveness
•Working with communities to support local jobs and business growth in a
manner that generates low carbon outcomes
•Supporting the development of low level approaches to construction and
refurbishment of properties
•Promoting the efficient use of resources and the minimisation of waste
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Specific ERDF activities to help combat
climate change
•Supporting green procurement, eco-effective production processes and
consumer access
•Information initiatives and energy efficiency demonstrator projects linked to
economic development objectives and outcomes
•Limited support for key strategic developments linked to the growth of the
clean technology and renewable energy sectors
•Business space in support of low-carbon focussed enterprises and with an
eco-efficient design in accordance with local plans
•Exemplar projects which make use of wind, solar, biomass, hydroelectric
and geothermic energy solutions.
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Specific ERDF activities to help combat
climate change
•Supporting combined heat and power energy solutions
•Supporting social enterprises particularly those involved in low carbon
activities such as recycling
•Supporting initiatives within communities aimed at encouraging low carbon
forms of economic growth.
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Programme management measures to
combat climate change
•Project selection criteria – need for beneficiaries to demonstrate the
environmental value of activities as well as economic development
•Improve baseline understanding of the environmental sector, its needs and
opportunities, as a priority
•Mainstream process includes an assessment of environmental impacts in
new products and in new products and start-up and expanding businesses
•Emphasise the importance of ICT in reducing the need to travel
•Emphasise benefits of local sourcing, for example, for food and drink
•Thematic Group below PMC to oversee the environmental impact of the
programme and to lead on awareness-raising for wider partnership
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Measuring Climate Change in ERDF
programmes – Indicators (1)
Outputs
•Number of environmental sector businesses supported
•Number of buildings upgraded to minimum BREEAM standard of very good
•Number of businesses assisted to undertake environmental audits
Results
•Number of new businesses created in environmental sectors
•Gross jobs created in environmental sectors
•Increase in sales from new environmental products and services developed
(£m)
•Number of businesses implementing recommendations from environmental
audits
•Number of businesses reducing energy consumption by more than 10%
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Measuring climate change in ERDF
programmes – Indicators (2)
Results (continued)
•Number of businesses reducing waste production
•Number of businesses reducing emissions
•Number of businesses achieving independent environmental accreditation
Impacts
•Net start up businesses created
•Reduction in greenhouse emissions.
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