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DECLARATION: CLIMATE EMERGENCY AMBITION: NET-ZERO CARBON BY 2040 “ Climate change is the biggest threat we face globally and we will do everything in our power to make a difference at a local level. ” LCRCA Metro-Mayor Steve Rotheram

Challenge: How might LCR grow the local economy whilst reducing its ecological footprint?

• What are the challenges? • What is the UK doing to tackle the crisis and is it enough? • What is being done in Liverpool City Region? • How can we scale and accelerate our efforts?

GLOBAL WARMING BIODIVERSITY AIR QUALITY CIRCULAR ECONOMY

LOCAL INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY Clean Growth

A JOB WELL BEGUN Declared Climate Emergency, Target of net zero- carbon by 2040, Climate Action Plan Wind, Tidal, Hydrogen Power Clean Air Strategies Circular Economy Club Brownfield First LCR Low Carbon Eco-Innovatory (LCEI) and the Centre for Global Eco-Innovation (CGE) Climate Adaptation and Justice Clean Public Transport Greenways Nature Based Solutions

UK POLICY CONTEXT

UK POLICY CONTEXT

Heseltine Institute Provocation To tackle the climate and ecological crisis effectively, there needs to be a deeper systemic reform to the prevailing political-economic model – in the form of a UK social contract for sustainability and a just transition – in which devolution and empowered city regions must play a central role

UK Social contract for sustainability and a just transition -------------------------------------------------------- Government led Pro-clean and inclusive growth Pro-diverse economies Pro-devolution

Our role: No one is too small to make a difference • In the context of Brexit, we will help make the case for national public policies which will assist LCR achieve net zero-carbon by 2040 • We will help make the case for devolution and Green City-Deals

Our role: No one is too small to make a difference • We will bring provocations, ideas, resources and good practice examples to the public square to enrich the local conversation • We will help provide data and an evidence base to undergird policies for clean growth

THANK YOU Copies of this presentation and the Issues Paper upon which it is based can be obtained at: Heseltine Institute for Public Policy, Practice and Place University of Liverpool 1-7 Abercromby Square, Liverpool L69 7WY . Web: www.liverpool.ac.uk/heseltine-institute . Email: heseltine@liverpool.ac.uk. Tel: +44 (0)151 795 2485.