1 / 28

Sustainable Development: Planning for a Healthier Future

Learn about the importance of sustainable development, its impact on public health, and what you can do to contribute. Explore the role of planning in creating a healthier environment and discover opportunities for change.

edeleon
Download Presentation

Sustainable Development: Planning for a Healthier Future

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Overview Sustainable development • What is it? Why important? What can I do? Planning • Problem - obesogenic environment • Solution - planning? • Opportunities - Public Health White Paper • Future - new NPPF • SPAHG Guidance

  2. What is Sustainability? “Meeting our needs today without compromising the ability of others to meet their needs tomorrow…” 4

  3. Sustainability – Striking the Balance Barbier, 1987 5

  4. Did you know? If everyone on the planet had the same wasteful lifestyles and used as much energy as we do in the UK we would need THREE EARTHS to provide enough resources. We areliving way beyond our means 6

  5. What can I do? Turn it off! If every Trust cut their energy bill by 5% the NHS in England would save around £20 million per year. When you left your house this morning did you leave the taps running and the lights and TV on? 7

  6. Why is sustainability important…? 1) It improves Health 2) It saves Money 3) The NHS can Make a Difference 8

  7. Did you know? The NHS has to reduce its carbon emissions by 10% by 2015 to help meet the Climate Change Act (2008) target of 80% by 2050. How will you help deliver this? 9

  8. What can I do? Reduce travel! If teleconferencing replaced 5% of business miles travelled, the NHS (England) would save over £13.9 million each year Is that face to face meeting really necessary? 10

  9. Did you know? The Government’s Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) scheme requires many NHS organisations to participate in an “energy league”. Good performers will do well in the league table and the CRC will cost them less money than poor performers. Saving carbon will save the Trust money that can be reinvested in delivering services! 14

  10. 17% travel Building energy use 24% Procurement 59% NHS carbon footprint1 21 million tonnes CO2e 15 1 England. NHS Sustainable Development Unit 2010

  11. What can I do? Reduce, reuse and recycle! The NHS spends £20 billion every year on buying goods and services Think about everything you use in your job and the amount of things you throw away: which of them could be used better, reused or recycled? 16

  12. Can we make a difference? True or False? • 21 million tonnes of CO2e is the same as some medium sized countries (e.g. Estonia and Slovenia) • TRUE • 2) The biggest chunk of procurement emissions is the manufacture of medical devices • FALSE • 3) The NHS is the largest emitter of greenhouse gases in Europe • TRUE • 4) 1 in 20 journeys on UK roads are health related • TRUE 17

  13. You may like to include slides with: Making the presentation specific to your Organisation • Your Organisation’s sustainability statement • Who the SD Champions are in the Organisation • Who the Board level sponsor is for Sustainable Development work • Specific information and data from your Organisation (e.g. amount Organisation spends on energy, how much water the Organisation uses etc) • Information about staff events promoting sustainability • The key actions you want people to take in the Organisation to help improve sustainability and reduce carbon 19

  14. NHS England CO2e footprint 1990 – 2020 with Climate Change Act targets:

  15. Results of Public Opinion Survey: Source: Ipsos MORI http://www.sdu.nhs.uk/documents/publications/Ipsos_MORI_Survey.pdf

  16. Table

  17. What organisations can do:

  18. NHS England carbon intensity kgCO2e/£ 1990 to 2010:

  19. Breakdown of NHS England 2010 emissions:

  20. Procurement Breakdown:

  21. “Planning is part art, part science and part politics, quite rightly, and there will be uncertainties, difficulty and argument all the time”, December 2011 Dr Hugh Ellis Chief Planner, Town and Country Planning Association

  22. Public Health White Paper ‘Local government and communities will have new resources, rights and powers to shape their local areas. DCLG will support local areas with streamlined planning policy that aligns social, economic, environmental and health priorities into one place.’ ‘Public health will be better integrated with areas such as social care, transport, leisure, planning and housing, keeping people connected, active, independent and in their own homes.’

  23. SEA: Strategic Environmental Assessment AoS: Appraisal of SustainabilityEIA: Environmental Impact Assessment SA: Sustainability Appraisal HIA: Health Impact Assessment POLICY Example: Energy NPS HIA SEA or SA PLAN Example: Long-term national waste strategy PROGRAMME Example: Solihull Waste Management Strategy 2010-2020 EIA PROJECT Example: Construction of an incinerator Planning levels and assessment tools AoS

  24. Public health professional Planner SEA ? ? £££ LDF ? health % GI ? ? Health premium + The built and natural environment Population health

  25. Another way U.S. immigrants are assimilated: Weight gain • Bad news for new Americans: A study published today shows that simply moving to the USA packs on the pounds.

More Related