Transcript Energy - Lancaster Faith and Justice

Our Energy
 Where it comes from
 How it’s changing
 Government policy
 Where does fracking fit?
 Inspiration and challenge - Action
UK Electricity Generation 2015-16
Other
3%
Renewables
24%
Coal
17%
Nuclear
24%
Gas
32%
Electricity Use
Homes
34%
Commercial
33%
Industry
33%
Total Energy
Use
.
Other 16% Coal 16%
Oil 34%
Gas 34%
Government Policy
 Climate Change Act 2008.
 UK Low Carbon Transition Plan 2009
 Green Deal 2013
 Paris UN Climate Agreement 2015
 Fifth Carbon Budget (2028-2032)
 Committee on Climate Change
Government Policy
Current policy in the UK:
is not enough to deliver the
existing carbon budgets that
Parliament has set.
would at best deliver around
half of the emissions reductions
required to 2030, with nothing
to address the other half.
Government Policy
Heating and hot water for UK
buildings make up 40% of our energy
consumption and 20% of our
greenhouse gas emissions. It will be
necessary to largely eliminate these
emissions by around 2050 to meet the
targets in the Climate Change Act and
to maintain the UK contribution to
international action under the Paris
Agreement.
Progress to date has stalled. The
Government needs a credible new
strategy
Government Policy
DECC BEIS 2016
Nick Hurd: “Now looking ahead to our emissions reduction plan”
Other policies
“Ecological Conversion”
“There is an urgent need to
develop policies so that in the
next few years the emission of
carbon dioxide and other
highly polluting gases can be
drastically reduced, e.g.
substituting for fossil fuels
and developing sources of
renewable energy”
Laudato Si’ 26
Fracking
Pros
• Energy security
• Less CO2 than coal
• Most homes heated
by gas
Cons
• Gas sold on world
markets
• Fugitive Emissions –
methane
• Flaring
• Move to a low carbon
economy
• Regulation hasn’t
• Closely monitored,
prevented past disasters
so low risk
• Safe for public health • Hazardous to public
health
Season of Creation
1st September – 4th October
Message for World Day of
Prayer for Creation
“Let us repent of the harm we are doing to our common home”
avoiding the use of plastic
and paper,
reducing water consumption
separating refuse
cooking only what can
reasonably be consumed;
showing care for other living
beings,
using public transport or carsharing,
and cycling
planting trees,
turning off unnecessary
lights,
Switch off appliances;
Do not leave
them
on standby
Or any number of other
practices”
(Laudato Si’, 211)
Actions
 Switch Energy Supplier
 A low carbon lifestyle
 Campaigns
 BrightNow – disinvest
 MP – hold government to account
Actions
We need to develop a Vision and Strategy
for
Low carbon households;
Low carbon parishes;
Low carbon Dioceses;
Low carbon Church.
A vision:
 Every parish celebrates World Day of
Prayer for Creation
A vision:
 Within 1 year, our Dioceses and every
Parish has registered to become a Live
Simply Parish.
 Within 3 years; 75% of parishes have
achieved the Live Simply Award.
 Within 5 years: every Parish has achieved
the Live Simply Award.
A vision:
 That the Catholic Church in England
and Wales becomes the acknowledged
leader and example in advocating
and adopting a much simpler
lifestyle;
 That every Catholic will wake up to
the urgency of climate change;
A vision:
 That every Catholic will adopt a
lifestyle which is carbon neutral;
 That throughout the Catholic
Church, today’s model of production
and consumption and throwaway
culture is rejected completely.
A single question
can keep our eyes
fixed on the goal:
“What kind of world do we want
to leave to those who come after
us, to children who are now
growing up?”
(Laudato Si’, 160)