Carbon Literacy for Communities www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
Questions or Thoughts from Day One www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
Aims of today During the day we will: • Understand the anthropogenic sources of GHGs and how our everyday lives relate to them • Explore Low Carbon Behaviours and the challenges/ opportunities to adoption in your community • Explore behaviour change models and think about how these might translate into practical projects. • Complete evidence forms for Carbon Literacy Project www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
Climate Change – Whose Fault is It? www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
What are THEY doing about it? www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
Timeline Katowice – ‘Paris Rulebook’ to be agreed 2018 2017 Bonn/Fiji 2015 COP21 / The Paris Agreement IPCC 5 th Report 2014 2011 Durban 2009 Copenhagen Kyoto Protocol 1997 Rio Earth Summit / UNFCCC 1992 established IPCC established 1988 World Climate Conferenc e 1979 www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
Breaking News: Glasgow to host COP26 in 2020 www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
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Aim of Paris Agreement • To keep average global temperature rise well below 2 ° c, and to pursue efforts to limit temperature increase to 1.5 ° c • To increase ability to adapt to climate change impacts and foster climate resilience and low emissions development • To ensure financial flows reflect development towards lower emissions and climate resilience www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
Intended Nationally Determined Contributions INDCs • Each country (or party) submits their planned emissions reductions – a ‘Pledge’ • INDCs are to be submitted every 5 years and each must be more ambitious than the last • Parties are encouraged to reach peak emissions asap climateactiontracker.org www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
UK and Scottish Legislation UK Climate Change Act (2008) Target: Greenhouse gas emissions will be 80% lower in 2050 than 1990 levels Climate Change (Scotland) Act (2009) Target: Greenhouse gas emissions will be 80% lower in 2050 than 1990 levels Interim target: Greenhouse gas emissions will be 42% lower in 2020 than 1990 levels – Target reached www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
1990 www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
2019 www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
2045 Carbon Capture Peatland Forests Food www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
Progress in Scotland – Main sources of emissions 1990-2017 www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
Who else? Shenzen – initiative to increase EV uptake in city, adding 35,000 new EVs in 2 years, including taxis and buses Barcelona – Munich – aims to be 1 st city over 1 interconnected ICT system helps million people on planners minimise 100% renewable resource use electricity www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
Fossil Fuel Divestment One Planet – several universities in Prosperity – Scotland; pension’s supporting funds, etc. ‘ It makes no businesses to go sense to invest in fossil ‘beyond regulation’ fuels that undermine our future ’ 2050 Young Leaders Development Programme – professional development for young professionals, developing actions in their communities/workplaces www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
Greenhouse Gases www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
John Tyndall (1820 - 1893) • Researched how much heat various gasses in our atmosphere could absorb in 1859. • He noted that water vapour was by far the most powerful absorber of radiant heat. Other gasses were seen as having a much smaller effect. www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
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Pub Quiz 1. How many of last 13 years have been warmest on record? 2. What percentage of climate scientists agree that warming is due to human activity? 3. What is biggest victim of climate change? 4. How many people rely on ocean floor as source of protein? 5. How much has sea level risen by? www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
CO 2 e Source: www.pctech.ise.polyu.edu.hk www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
Greenhouse Gases activity www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
Greenhouse Gas Global Warming Source Potential (GWP) Over 100 year time period Combustion of fossil fuels, deforestation Carbon dioxide (CO2) 1 Combustion of fossil fuels, ruminant animals, Methane (CH4) 28 landfill Nitrous oxide (N2O) 265 Combustion of fossil fuels, agriculture, biomass burning, sewage Manufacture, leakage and disposal of Hydroflurocarbons (HFCs) 560-11,700 refrigerant and air-con equipment Perflurocarbons (PFCs) 6,500-23,500 Manufacture of refrigerant equipment and production of aluminium Electrical substations, magnesium smelters Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) 23,500 and some consumer goods www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
Atmospheric Lifetimes Greenhouse Gas Atmospheric lifetime 30 – 95 years Carbon Dioxide Methane 12 years Nitrous Oxide 114 years Water Vapour 9 days www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
Scotland’s Emissions - 2017 Greenhouse Gas MTonnes CO 2 e Carbon Dioxide 29.6 Methane 6.4 Nitrous Oxide 3.2 Fluorinated gases 1.3 www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
Tea and coffee break www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
What’s It Got to Do With Me? www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
What Can I Do? http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0053/00532096.pdf www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
Activity – How long is a piece of string? www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
What Can I Do? www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
Do it less Emissions = X Factor Activity www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
Do it differently = Emissions X Activity Factor www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
Activity – Cards against carbon www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
Do it less - Travel Fewer journeys or shorter journeys shops • Car share • Teleconferencing • Flexible working weekends holidays • ‘Staycations’ home • Eliminate unnecessary journeys • Change where you school work live, work, play www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
Do It Differently - Travel Active travel 0 Average motorbike 0.186 Eco - Average hybrid car 0.185 Driving Average petrol car 0.291 Domestic flight 0.255 www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
Do It Less - Energy Energy Efficiency • Insulation • Heating controls (18 – 21 ° C) and timers • Shorter showers • Turn appliances off when not in use • Don’t overfill the kettle • Energy monitoring www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
Do It Differently – Energy (heating fuel) Carbon Intensity of Heating Fuel kgCO 2 e per kWh Biomass = 0.01563 Air Source Heat Pump (COP 2.5) = 0.170 Natural Gas= 0.18385 Heating oil (kerosene) = 0.24675 Electricity= 0.2556 Coal (domestic) = 0.34473 www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
Do It Differently – Electricity • Home Renewables - Solar Photovoltaics can produce significant amounts of home energy (especially if you use it right). This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
Do It Differently – What the energy does • More efficient appliances - These give you the same amount of the service they provide suing less energy, e.g. LED bulbs, and more efficient appliances such as boilers, fridges and washing machines. • Look out for the energy efficiency of appliances This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
Do It Less - Food Reduce food waste Plan your Understand Store food Portion Use up meals dates correctly control leftovers www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
Do It Differently – Food Where's the Carbon in Food? Lower Higher 100% Carbon Carbon 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Disposal Storage and cooking Packaging, transport and retail Processing Agriculture www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
Do It Less – Our Stuff Buy less stuff/throw away less stuff! • Do you need it? • Can you repair or refurbish things you already have? • When you buy, buy to last. www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
Do It Differently – Our Stuff Alternatives to owning: Get stuff differently Borrowing, loaning or buying services Made from Refurbished or Quality recycled remanufactured second-hand materials products goods Retail and Use Raw materials Manufacturing Disposal Transport Repair/ maintenance Donate for and lending Reuse Donate for refurbishment Recycle Throw away differently www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
TITLE (Arial 24pt Bold) Low Carbon Behaviours The charity for Scotland’s environment www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org
Scottish Government Behaviours Framework • What SG will do to support move to low carbon living • Key behaviours seeking to influence • Individuals account for 70% of Scotland’s consumption emissions. • Four key themes • Ten key behaviours www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
Your Carbon Footprint 10.1 tCO 2 e that you can Home Energy influence = over ¾ of 1.75 Scotland consumption 3.15 Transport emissions 1.8 Food Consumption 3.4 * Other *Other share of public services www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
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