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SWM Annual Conference 2017

Delivering the West Midlands Combined Authority Sustainability Priorities 28 November 2017 @SWMtweet #suswm2017

Aims

• 1. Demonstrate changes at national and local

impacting on sustainability in our region

• 2. Provide an opportunity for delegates to

feed into the WMCA delivery of the sustainability priorities in the Environment Portfolio

Welcome and introduction

Peter Braithwaite & Tim Haywood SWM

Sustainability West Midlands

Progress towards our 2020 Vision Anna Bright SWM

Regional progress: Business

20,000 40,000 60,000 80,000 100,000 120,000 140,000 160,000 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Target Year

West Midlands GVA £ million

Productivity: 2010: £101,325 M 2015: £119,770 M + 18.2% increase 2.8% better than target by 2015 “The West Midlands is a hub for low-carbon technology, innovation and an international supplier, increasing productivity by 30%.”

Regional progress: Carbon Carbon: 2010: 40,388 Kt 2015: 33,470 Kt

• 17.1% decrease

2.5% better than target by 2015

• 5,000

10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 40,000 45,000 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 SWM 2020 target

West Midlands Emissions (Kt CO2)

“Regional direct carbon emissions reduced by 30% from energy efficiency action and electricity generated from renewable sources ”

Regional progress: Health “The life expectancy gap in 2010 was 7.8 years for men and 6.3 years for women with the aim of a 30% reduction by 2020 due to employment, less pollution & healthier lifestyles”

0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 Female Male Life Expectancy Gap (years) between best and worst areas

Health: WM is unlikely to meet health inequality targets for 2020 without drastic change; 7.4% worse than target by 2015

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SWM progress: Your feedback Benefits of membership

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Our successes this year… Project funders:

• Made a surplus
• Promoted +£500M of accessible funding
• Grown our membership by 35%
• Increased reach of comms by 20%
• Recruited a new Young Director – Matt Beveridge
• Supported our nine networks
• Worked with four inspiring young volunteers

THANK YOU

Keynote address

Baroness Brown of Cambridge Julia King Vice Chair Committee on Climate Change

Independent advice to government on building a low-carbon economy and preparing for climate change

Climate change: whose problem?

Baroness Brown of Cambridge Chair, Adaptation Sub-Committee

Tuesday 28 November 2017

The Climate Change Act 2008

Driving change & the Climate Change Act

14 2050 Emissions Target A goal

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Carbon budgets A pathway

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Requirement that Government brings forward policies to reduce emissions & address climate risks A toolkit

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Committee on Climate Change and Adaptation-Sub Committee to monitor progress and propose change A monitoring framework

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ASC:

• To provide

independent advice on climate risks and

• pportunities
• To report to Parliament
• n progress in

preparing for climate change

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The Committee on Climate Change and Adaptation Sub-Committee

Statutory roles under the 2008 Climate Change Act

CCC:

• To provide

independent advice on the levels of GHG emission reduction targets

• To report to Parliament
• n progress in

meeting emission reduction targets

UK has 5 legislated carbon budgets that are stepping stones to 2050 80% target

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Carbon budgets and the cost-effective path to the 2050 target

Climate Change Risk Assessment – identified six priorities

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FUTURE

Risks to domestic and international food production and trade Flooding and coastal change risks to communities, businesses and infrastructure Risk of shortages in the public water supply, and for agriculture, energy generation and industry Risks to natural capital, including terrestrial, coastal, marine and freshwater ecosystems, soils and biodiversity Risks to health, wellbeing and productivity from high temperatures New and emerging pests and diseases, and invasive non-native species, affecting people, plants and animals

MORE ACTION NEEDED RESEARCH PRIORITY R IS K MAGNITUDE :

HIGH MEDIUM LOW

NOW

2017 Progress report to Parliament: mitigation and adaptation

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Key messages (mitigation): Recent progress mainly in electricity generation

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UK GHG emissions by sector (1990-2016)

50 100 150 200 250 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 MtCO2e Power Industry Transport Buildings Agriculture & LULUCF Waste F-gases

Meeting future targets requires emission reductions across the economy Cities can deliver on decarbonising heat for buildings and on transport

Insufficient action to manage risk:

• Flood risk
• Surface water flood alleviation
• Development and surface water flood risk
• Property-level flood resilience
• Health and wellbeing impacts from overheating
• Digital and ICT infrastructure
• De-prioritisation of climate change in land-use planning

Key messages (adaptation): Climate change risks are increasing

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Communities are becoming increasingly vulnerable to climate change

To reduce emissions from heating the

• ptions are known…

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Reducing CO2 emissions from heating to near zero by 2050 likely to require a mixed solution

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Without knowing the full 2050 solution, there are cost-effective actions to take now

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To 2050…

?

And address risk of overheating…

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2,000 heat-related deaths per year, increasing to over 5,000 by 2050

Efforts to address surface water flooding need to increase

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• Fragmented

responsibility

• No plans for

necessary investment

• New

developments increasing risk

• High quality

SuDS: built and adopted

Global Mean Temperature change 2020s 2050s 2080s 2°C +10% +20% 4°C +10% +20% +50%

Source: UKWIR, 2015

Increase in intense rainfall: < 6 hours duration

Transport: emissions are rising

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20 40 60 80 100 120 140 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 (p) MtCO2

UK domestic transport CO2 emissions (1990-2016)

Reducing supply and demand essential

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Transport: emissions to fall by around 44% between 2016 and 2030 with options developed to allow near- zero emissions by 2050

Emissions intensity (gCO2/km)

R eal world fleet from 2015-2030 Cars: -56%, Vans: -57%, HGVs: -46% Demand 15% increase expected to 2030 Electric vehicles 60% of new cars and vans in 2030 Biofuels 11% road fuel by energy in 2030 Conventional vehicles (gCO2/km)

• Cars: 108
• Vans: 160
• HGV: 627

2030 new vehicle real world emissions Logistics 10% operator efficiency improvement Active/public transport 5% modal shift

Required outcomes

Introduce new emission targets for vehicles post 2020 Update RTFO to meet 2020 RED target Continue financial support and infrastructure strategy

Policies

Demand reduction policies

Where do you want to live? Co-benefits of climate action

Use of local plans and spatial planning

• Green areas reduce urban heat island effect
• Trees provide shading, appropriate planting improves air quality
• Parks enhance well-being and exercise

Building standards

• Energy efficiency to reduce heating costs, low carbon heat networks
• Overheating standards to reduce deaths
• Water efficiency standards to reduce risk of drought
• Sustainable drainage to help manage flooding and support green spaces

Transport infrastructure

• Electric vehicle charging infrastructure also reduces noise and improves air quality
• Low emissions zones improve air quality and encourage electric vehicles
• Excellent public transport reduces car demand and improves well-being
• Walking and cycling strategies reduce car demand and improve health

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In a beautiful, healthy, safe, quiet, walkable city with clean air

Currently there is no statutory duty for local authorities to take action on climate change…

…but many examples where Cities are pushing ahead:

• Core cities
• Can-do Cities
• 100 Resilient Cities
• UK100
• Leeds Climate Commission
• London Environment Strategy

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CCC/ASC Cities Report

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Joint adaptation and mitigation report in 2018:

• buildings
• infrastructure
• business
• urban planning

The outcomes we need for the best chance of maintaining the sustainability and economic viability of our cities in a changing climate

www.theccc.org.uk | @theCCCuk

Thank you!

Q&A

Keynote address

Andy Street West Midlands Mayor

Q&A

Winners of The Energy Capital Innovation Challenge

Refreshments

WMCA Environment Delivery Plan Workshop

Cllr Patrick Harley, Environment Portfolio Lead, WMCA Dr Simon Slater, Associate Director, SWM

WMCA Environment Priorities and Delivery Plan

Over the last 2 years SWM has been acting as the WMCA ‘Sustainability Delivery Partner’ Leadership Support

• Mayoral Hustings on Sustainability, Energy, Natural

Environment

• Appointment of WMCA Portfolio holder, local authority

Chief Executive, and Director to support Sustainability / Environment agenda

• Use of SWM Board as independent advisor

Strategy Support

• Strategic Economic Plan – integrated regional

sustainability objectives and indicators

• Evidence – Science and Innovation Audit
• Benchmarking of WMCA strategies and activity with
• ther combined authorities to identify good practice –

with a score of 52% we are 2nd in the league table

• Sept 8 2017 WMCA Board and Mayor agreement on

WMCA Environment Priorities and Draft Delivery Plan

WMCA Environment Draft Delivery Plan

• Environment Programme Delivery Board
• Annual sustainability monitoring & national

benchmarking – including health, climate resilience etc

• Carbon emissions
• Air quality
• Natural environment
• Brownfield land
• Green business support
• Green building support
• Energy
• Commercial waste

WMCA Environment Draft Delivery Plan

• Plan includes actions where WMCA can add value –

internal operations, external good practice coordination, business cases for further action

• Aim is within 1-2 years move from 2nd to 1st place in

combined authority sustainability performance

• WMCA Environment Programme Delivery Board to be

chaired by the Portfolio holder, meet quarterly and monitor and help progress – first meeting January 2018 to approve plan

WMCA Environment Priorities and Delivery Plan

Thank you Your previous input has helped to shape the policy areas for the WMCA to tackle Today is a chance to think about the type of priority actions over the next 2 years within the delivery plan

WMCA Environment Portfolio Holder

Cllr Patrick Harley, Leader of Dudley Council and Environment Portfolio Lead, WMCA

WMCA Environment Portfolio Table Discussions

Topic Lead by 1 Natural capital & natural environment Georgia Stokes, The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham & the Black Country 2 Air quality & electrification of transport Keith Budden, Cenex 3 Business support Anna Bright, SWM 4 Commercial waste Ana-Maria Cortes, EBRI 5 Resilience & natural environment Paul Fisher, University of Birmingham 6 Built environment Rosemary Coyne, SHAP 7 Energy Matthew Rhodes, Energy Capital 8 Low carbon business innovation Pam Waddell, Birmingham Science City 9 Health Duncan Vernon, TfWM 10 WMCA internal sustainability Angela Williams, WMCA

WMCA Environment Portfolio Table Discussion Questions:

• 1. What one priority should the WMCA focus on in

year one (high priority activities, low cost, easy wins, simple to implement)?

• 2. What should we focus on in year two (building on

year one activity, projects that may be funded and resourced, transformational, innovative)?

Discussion

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