Chris Crean, West Midlands Campaigns Co-ordinator at Friends of the Earth West Midlands, speaking at a workshop on climate change hosted by the West Midlands Regional Observatory in Birmingham on 20 April 2009.
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Walking the Talk: Can we DO it? Chris Crean Friends of the Earth A presentation given at State of the Region: Implications of Climate Change event, 20 April 2009. This presentation forms part of the Observatory’s ongoing State of the Region dialogue between policy makers and researchers on the theme of climate change.
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1. Walking the Talk: Can we DO it? Chris Crean Friends of the
Earth A presentation given at State of the Region: Implications of
Climate Change event, 20 April 2009. This presentation forms part
of the Observatorys ongoing State of the Region dialogue between
policy makers and researchers on the theme of climate change.
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3. Walking the Talk CAN we DO it??
How many planets support life?
ONE
Our lifestyle how many?
THREE
Does 3 into 1 go?
WE HAVE A PROBLEM
Climate Change, Resource Scarcity & Pollution
Efficiency, Efficiency, Efficiency
4. Climate Change Act 2008 and Copenhagen
80 % cut on 1990 by 2050
@40% cut by 2020
Need a real deal
West Mids can act
At home and abroad
Have we the resolve??
5. Regional Spatial Strategy
Loads of houses
Employment land
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Resources
How many planets??
Sustainability Appraisal
6. The Challenge
Direction of Travel?
Lower carbon???
Utilisation of land??
Food and Water??
Sustainability Appraisal
Achieving the national targets for reducing greenhouse gas
emissions will be a challenge that must be addressed not only at
the International and national level BUT also through regional
efforts.
7. Regional Economic Strategy
Lower Carbon or is it??
It will mean the West Midlands taking a leading role in the
move towards a lower carbon economy and setting standards that
others will aspire to
Will it do what it says on the Tin??
Our challenge is to track and challenge it
Beware Green Snake Oil salespeople
Biofuels and Offsetting??
Runway Extension??
8. Regional Funding Allocation #2
Some public transport..
Big Trains v Little trains
Old Road schemes
Shrewsbury North West Relief Road
Hereford Outer Distributor
Walking, cycling??
Reducing the Need to Travel??
9. And Finally!!
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15. Multiple dividend
Not just climate emissions but also helps:-
social cohesion
poverty goals
air pollution
access to resources
at home and abroad
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17. Contact details Chris Crean Friends of the Earth E
www.foe.co.uk/england/west_midlands/contacts.html T Web
www.foe.co.uk/england/west_midlands John Walker Senior Research
Analyst West Midlands Regional Observatory E [email_address] T +44
(0)121 202 3246 Web www.wmro.org Blog
http://wmro.wordpress.com