Cllr Steve Leggett Cabinet Member for Green City & Environment - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Cllr Steve Leggett Cabinet Member for Green City & Environment

Portfolio Green City • Green City Charter, Climate Change & Carbon Reduction, Air Quality & Sustainability • Parks, Green Infrastructure & Biodiversity • Flood Risk & Coastal Erosion • Fuel Poverty, Citizen Energy & Energy Strategy • Fleet, EV, Infrastructure & Street Lighting • Cemeteries, Crematorium & Registration Services • Communities and Social Cohesion

Air Quality and Health • 40K deaths/year attributed to NOx & PM (29K) • Southampton: 110 deaths/year due to PM • Costs to services, business, society and NHS £30bn per year • Evidence growing for impact on health including increased risk of lung disease, heart disease, cancer, diabetes, neurological disorders. • Most vulnerable in society most impacted by poor air quality • World Health Organisation guideline value for annual NO 2 of 40µg/m 3 • Road transport is recognized as the most significant contributor in UK cities.

Causes of pollution in Southampton

Clean Air Strategy (CAS) 2016 - 2025 Southampton City Council • Air monitoring network established with an air alert service • 2015 SCC listed as having poor air pollution, CAS implemented in 2016 • Buses: Clean Bus Technology Fund – £2.7M to convert to Euro 6 • Taxis: Conversion to LEV incentive scheme • Cycling: 2012-2017 £5M invested with a +32% in rides • Model Shift: My Journey Program • Events - Love To Ride, bike doctor, school workshops, cycle week etc. • EV Strategy – Charge points, discounts for parking/tolls • Working With Partners – Port, rail, ferry, haulage companies. We have attracted £15M of investment since 2016 Air Pollution will have reduced by 24% in some parts of the city by 2020

Top Items Identified by the Consultation Number of Respondents 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0

Must keep focused on delivering compliance! Government Local Residents Environmental Neighbouring Groups LA’s Local Businesses Politicians inc. Port

SCC assessed that a charging zone was not needed to achieve EU legal limits. Proposal to UK Government to achieve compliance was package of non- charging measures. Private travel Buses   £2.7M being invested in cycle Introduction of city Traffic Regulation infrastructure Condition   Financial support for MyJourney £2.7M invested in low emission retrofit Programme technology Taxis Road Freight   Licensing condition to require Euro 6 Subsidy for use of Distribution Centre   Extended taxi incentive scheme Free Delivery Service Planning for local  Try before you buy scheme business   Dedicated rapid chargers HGV accreditation scheme to promote best practice in low emission haulage Port Measures Evaluation and Monitoring   Shore side power Routine fleet survey   Road freight booking system - Penalties for Additional monitoring locations most polluting vehicles in peak hours

Climate Change and Rising Sea Levels!

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Stakeholder Engagement 1. Online suggestion box (105). 2. A People’s Panel Poll (973) asking respondents to prioritise potential actions for the Green City Charter to get feedback from a wide range of members of the public. 3. Engagement session with the Youth Forum (18). 4. Engagement sessions with key stakeholders (Businesses, Academics & Green Groups). 5. Clean Air Zone Consultation (9309) analysis. There were a number of points raised within the responses to the consultation that can help feed into the development of Green City Charter

Green City Charter Reduce waste & pollution Minimise the impact of climate change Stop health inequalities Create a more sustainable approach to economic growth SCC is the largest landlord, landowner, vehicle fleet & energy consumer! Capital Programme £60M over next 5 years!

Green City Charter The Vision Our vision is to create a cleaner, greener, healthier and more sustainable city. Southampton will be a better place for present and future generations that is prepared for the challenges presented by climate change. We will achieve this by ensuring we are ambitious, lead by example and set ourselves challenging goals.

Green City Charter Goals 1. We want to be carbon neutral by 2030 ; 2. We will take actions that will improve the quality of life in our city. We want the Healthy Life Expectancy Indicator to be the best amongst our peers and to remove the difference cities like Southampton experience with rural areas in terms of deaths attributed to air pollution; 3. We will work in partnership – share our knowledge and inspire others; 4. We will protect and enhance our natural environment; 5. We will make the best use of our resources, reduce our energy consumption, minimise waste and ensure we repair, reuse and recycle; 6. We will encourage, promote and incentivise the use of sustainable and active travel; 7. We will reduce emissions and aspire to satisfy World Health Organisation air quality guideline values. By 2025 we want to see nitrogen dioxide levels of 25 μg /m3 as the norm; 8. We will use energy that is generated from renewable sources and support the generation of sustainable energy that does not compromise local air quality; 9. We will use services and products that support our vision. We are committed to delivering on these commitments.

Clean Air Strategy Fuel Citizen Poverty Energy Action Plan Company Green My Journey City Biodiversity Sustainable Travel Charter Indirect Electric Carbon Vehicle Reduction Action Plan Plan Direct Carbon Reduction Plan

2019 Clean Air Strategy Refresh Southampton City Council • Taxis: Current 27% LEV, target 40% by 2020 & 75% ULEV/LEV by 2023 • Buses: 100% Euro 6 by 2020, introduction of new traffic regulation. • Cycling Infrastructure: £25M to be invested over next 10 years • HGVs: Ramp up DSP/SDC (MGL) & introduce accreditation Scheme • Model Shift: My Journey Program – Air quality workshop/Go Jauntley • Council’s fleet: 42 EVs by 2020 (£800K), RCVs to Euro 6 (£2.9M) • Partners: ABP, Carnival, DPW, Red Funnel, Airport, Universities, Hospitals • Events - Love To Ride, no car day in 2019, cycle week etc. We have attracted in 2019 a further £4.5M of investment Nitrogen Dioxide 40ug/m3 by 2020, 25ug/m3 by 2025

Carbon Dioxide + Other Greenhouse Gases 2018 Total CO2 in the UK 364.1Mt + 84.4Mt other Greenhouse Gases 4% 18% 33% Transport Energy Business Residential 18% Other Source: Department for Business, Energy & 27% Industry Strategy (2018)

SCC CO2 targets v actuals for commercial buildings/streetlighting gas and electricity consumption based emissions.

What is the Clean Growth Fund? Financial & Delivery model - Resources, energy efficiency, onsite Green City Charter Commitment Carbon renewable energy generation and battery Neutral by 2030 storage Clean Growth Fund Reduce impact and control future energy Revenue savings cost rises

Why Clean Growth Fund? • SCC’s electricity prices have risen by almost 100% in 8 years. • Forecasts suggest a similar rise in the coming years • Annual non domestic electricity and gas costs £4.5million • 8,000 tonnes of CO 2 from SCC’s non -domestic buildings and streetlighting gas and electricity use • Currently insufficient resource to deliver wide scale energy efficiency or renewables projects

Why this approach? Energy efficiency Battery Storage Solar Power • EV charging if required

Southampton’s Urban Forest • 267K Trees v 254K People • 18.5% Tree Cover • 103 Tree Species (Oak, Sycamore and Holly) • Carbon: removes 2,7K • 90 tonnes of pollution & stores 100K+ tonnes (NO2, O3, SO2, CO & • Financial benefit to PM2.5) filtered per/yr residents £1.29M • 95 M litres of rainfall • Replacement cost is intercepted £3.2Billion

Green Infrastructure

Urban Energy Southampton District Energy Scheme Over 800 11,000 Tonnes of residential CO2 saved annually customers 26MW of 45 Commercial thermal Customers generation 1760 Student 1.6Km deep bed spaces geothermal well 14MW of 70,000,000 kwh of chilling generstion energy generated p.a.

MyJourney

CitizEn Energy • Not for profit – no shareholders! • Energy customers not getting a fair deal from the market • Born from a political commitment to: • provide a fair deal for residents • tackle fuel poverty – currently stands at 12K households • help fund the delivery of energy projects within the community • Working other Local Authorities in the South Electricity is 100% green energy from UK Wind & Solar Farms.

Where poor housing conditions & low income mean that a household cannot adequately heat their home Fuel Pover verty Poor energy Low income Rising fuel efficiency prices

Fuel Poverty Action Plan • Working with The Environment Centre & CAB • Access to free, independent & confidential advice • 2016-2019: 3275 households assisted & >£420K of unclaimed benefits secured • Carbon Offset Fund & Green Projects budget • Current Target homes to Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) band G (2022) F (2025). • New Target homes to Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) band C.