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 vulnerable most likely to be impacted 2. Vulnerable coastline 3. Seasonal changes will impact food chains The Motion: January 2019 1. Declare a ‘climate emergency’ 2. Lobby for resources and powers 3. Prepare an Action Plan towards carbon neutrality by 2030 published July 2019

Information Classification: PUBLIC Cornwall’s carbon footprint

Information Classification: PUBLIC Cornwall’s greenhouse gas emissions

Information Classification: PUBLIC Do nothing v aiming for 2030 / 2050

Information Classification: PUBLIC Building on what has already been achieved We are building on previous work such projects under the Green Cornwall programme: • Retrofitting houses • Installing electric vehicle infrastructure • Promoting community projects • Developing potential new forms of power (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.

Information Classification: PUBLIC Cornwall Council’s role in the system Areas we directly control and guide Areas we can enable through funding Areas we can enable through policy Areas we can influence locally Areas we can influence or ask for nationally

Information Classification: PUBLIC Striving towards Carbon Neutral Cornwall

Information Classification: PUBLIC Our Action Plan – three emerging programmes • Council’s Operational Programme: Councils’ control • Cornwall Facilitation Programme: Council as enabler or partner • Cornwall Regional and National Programme: Working across border and with Government

Information Classification: PUBLIC Update on Cabinet’s early priorities Whole House Retrofit Climate Change Delivery Plan Document (DPD) Forest For Cornwall

Information Classification: PUBLIC Decision making

Information Classification: PUBLIC Moving to a Carbon Neutral Council Embedding climate Rationalisation and improvement Showcasing sustainable farming change into to our office estate practices on our own farms our own governance and decision Removing avoidable single Reducing our Improving Council use plastic from our estate paper consumption recycling rates making Model for retrofitting homes being Ensuring new builds developed with tested on 83 of our housing stock renewable heating and electricity generation Transitioning up to 60 of the Developing a corporate travel plan to Councils pool cars fleet to ULEV reduce our business and commute travel Improving the Renewing our energy contract Increasing our renewable energy carbon literacy to a green tariff created on council estate of staff and helping them to make more Using council land and resources to Pilot bio-methane capture solution sustainable accelerate Forest for Cornwall on six farms as proof of concept choices

Information Classification: PUBLIC Lobbying for a Carbon Neutral Cornwall Responding to the National Infrastructure Strategy Lobbying Government New waste legislation New Homes Standard Resources to support mass scale retrofit Bring forward commitment to ban New measures to support modal shift sale of new diesel/petrol vehicles towards public transport and active travel Strategic investment in Partnering with West Midlands Combined Cornwall’s energy grid Authority to pilot energy innovation zones Responding to legislative Reform the Common Agriculture Policy or change Responding to the new Brexit equivalent to promote low carbon and Environment Bill regenerative agricultural

Information Classification: PUBLIC Moving to a Carbon Neutral Cornwall Setting policy to enable more energy efficient Local Industrial Strategy with Working with partners homes, promote the use of a focus on clean growth to shape sector plans renewables and manage coastal Piloting initiatives to Mobilising new waste change and contract develop a circular economy flood areas Improving our understanding of the Providing critical investment to warm condition of Cornwall’s housing stock some of our most fuel poor homes Promoting active travel Increase Cornwall’s Increase bus use through with new trails and trialing EV charge point new bus contract and new public e-bike scheme network capped fare scheme Assessing the viability of Partnering with West Midlands Facilitating offshore wind & investing in Combined Authority to pilot community deep geo-thermal energy innovation zones engagement, co-design and Develop partnership Develop offsetting behaviour approach to achieve Forest scheme change for Cornwall

Information Classification: PUBLIC Involving stakeholders Working collaboratively We are working with and involving experts, key stakeholders and communities through collaborative working. Early priority initiatives include: • Sector Specialists Panel • Localism Climate Change Cluster Workshops • Community Stakeholder Group • Youth Panel As well as engaging through the existing Council’s Resident ePanel.

Information Classification: PUBLIC Team Cornwall Plc 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.

Information Classification: PUBLIC Team Cornwall ‘Hive Mind’ Local meetings Cornwall Stakeholder Group Local meetings Cornwall Stakeholder Group Local meetings

Information Classification: PUBLIC Thank you / Meur ras There is lots of information on our website: www.cornwall.gov.uk/climatechange