Carbon Neutral Cornwall Eliot House Hotel, Liskeard 29 February 2020 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Information Classification: PUBLIC Localism workshop Carbon Neutral Cornwall Eliot House Hotel, Liskeard 29 February 2020 Information Classification: PUBLIC Cornwall Council Climate emergency The risks in Cornwall 1. Disadvantaged and
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Eliot House Hotel, Liskeard 29 February 2020
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most likely to be impacted
neutrality by 2030 published July 2019
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We are building on previous work such projects under the Green Cornwall programme:
(geothermal). The Environmental Growth Strategy is driving major investments in innovative flood reduction programmes, biodiversity improvements and business engagement. Local Transport Plan – working to transform and integrate the public transport network and improve rail services as well as promoting active travel, identifying town wide walking and cycling networks.
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Areas we can influence or ask for nationally Areas we can influence locally Areas we can enable through policy Areas we can enable through funding Areas we directly control and guide
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Showcasing sustainable farming practices on our own farms Rationalisation and improvement to our office estate Removing avoidable single use plastic from our estate Reducing our paper consumption Improving Council recycling rates Model for retrofitting homes being tested on 83 of our housing stock Ensuring new builds developed with renewable heating and electricity generation Transitioning up to 60 of the Councils pool cars fleet to ULEV Developing a corporate travel plan to reduce our business and commute travel Renewing our energy contract to a green tariff Increasing our renewable energy created on council estate Using council land and resources to accelerate Forest for Cornwall Pilot bio-methane capture solution
Embedding climate change into
governance and decision making Improving the carbon literacy
helping them to make more sustainable choices
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Responding to the National Infrastructure Strategy New waste legislation New Homes Standard Resources to support mass scale retrofit Bring forward commitment to ban sale of new diesel/petrol vehicles New measures to support modal shift towards public transport and active travel Strategic investment in Cornwall’s energy grid Partnering with West Midlands Combined Authority to pilot energy innovation zones Responding to the new Environment Bill Reform the Common Agriculture Policy or Brexit equivalent to promote low carbon and regenerative agricultural
Lobbying Government Responding to legislative change
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Working with partners to shape sector plans Local Industrial Strategy with a focus on clean growth Mobilising new waste contract Piloting initiatives to develop a circular economy Improving our understanding of the condition of Cornwall’s housing stock Providing critical investment to warm some of our most fuel poor homes Increase bus use through new bus contract and capped fare scheme Increase Cornwall’s EV charge point network Assessing the viability of
deep geo-thermal Partnering with West Midlands Combined Authority to pilot energy innovation zones Develop partnership approach to achieve Forest for Cornwall Develop offsetting scheme
Setting policy to enable more energy efficient homes, promote the use of
Facilitating community engagement, co-design and behaviour change
renewables and manage coastal change and flood areas
Promoting active travel with new trails and trialing new public e-bike scheme
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We are working with and involving experts, key stakeholders and communities through collaborative working. Early priority initiatives include:
As well as engaging through the existing Council’s Resident ePanel.
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We are working with partners to co-design and co-host ‘Team Cornwall’ Community Stakeholder Groups to help facilitate collaborative working, sharing information and best practise as part of a ‘Hive Mind’ The ‘Team Cornwall’ Community Stakeholder Group will bring together keys audiences and influencers and Cornwall Council will be one of the many partners helping to co-host events.
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Local meetings Local meetings
Cornwall Stakeholder Group
Local meetings
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There is lots of information on our website: www.cornwall.gov.uk/climatechange