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Aberdeen City Council’s Priorities

Aberdeen City Council’s Priorities. Environment Management Policy (2001) Climate Change - carbon emissions Resource Use Sustainable Procurement Waste Management Biodiversity Strategic Environmental Assessment Environmental Awareness & Education. Climate Change.

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Aberdeen City Council’s Priorities

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  1. Aberdeen City Council’s Priorities • Environment Management Policy (2001) • Climate Change - carbon emissions • Resource Use • Sustainable Procurement • Waste Management • Biodiversity • Strategic Environmental Assessment • Environmental Awareness & Education

  2. Climate Change • Climate Change Action Plan and Carbon Management Plan • Target CO2 emission target • 10% by 2008 • 15% by 2010 • 2007 - 31 % reduction in CO2 emission • Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group • Renewables Connection

  3. Sustainable Procurement • Joint Sustainable Purchasing Policy • Timber • Copiers • Food • Fairtrade • The Canny Buyer - www.cannybuyer.com

  4. Waste Management • Waste Strategy - Area Waste Plan • Issues of landfill vs energy from waste • Landfill fines from EU will begin - £150 tonne • Target - 40% recycling by 2011 • Current recycling rate 20% - domestic • Strategic Waste Fund (£25m - 20 yrs)

  5. Biodiversity • Legislation • Nature Conservation Act 2004 • Access Legislation - Core Paths • Local Biodiversity Action Plans • Parks and Greenspaces management • Aberdeen City Countryside Rangers • Partnerships • Volunteers and Aberdeen Countryside Project • East Grampian Coastal Partnership

  6. Awareness Raising • Leaflets - climate change, health, trails, biodiversity, fairtrade, etc • Environmental Forum • EcoCity • Highland Games • Award Scheme • Spring Clean Ups • www.aberdeencity.gov.uk - Your City - Your Environment

  7. Strategic Environment Assessment • Statutory Requirement for all new policies and programmes in Scotland • Similar to Environment Impact Assessment • Assesses 8 Environment indicators Air Biodiversity Water Soil Cultural heritage Material Assets Landscape & Cultural Heritage • Process requires SNH, Historic Scotland SEPA consultation and approval

  8. Ecological Footprint • North East project was a three year pilot to develop global footprint as a tool for policy making • Scotland Global Footprint Project • Objectives • Measure the North East’s Footprint • Develop a footprint software tool • Develop strategies and projects to reduce footprint

  9. What is Ecological Footprint? • Calculates the area of land and sea needed to: • Support how much resources we use. • Absorb how much waste we produce. • Measured in global hectares per person (gha/person).

  10. Ecological Footprint vs Carbon Footprint • Carbon footprint measure direct carbon emissions • CO2 tonnes/per person

  11. North East Scotland’s Footprint

  12. What does this mean? • Currently all Earth resources can provide 1.9 gha/person • North East Scotland global footprint is: • Aberdeen City 5.80 gha/person • Findhorn, Moray 2.60 gha/person • Scotland 5.37 gha/person

  13. What contributes to our Footprint? • Energy Use (23%) • Energy Use • Gas, Oil, Electricity • Transport (14 %) • Cost of Fuel • Private Car Use • Transport Services • Food and Drink (20 %) • Consumption • Food miles

  14. How Aberdeen City will use Ecological Footprint • Environmental Baseline • Measure of Sustainable Development • Links with Best Value • Policy decision tool • Increased knowledge and choices • Environment awareness tool • Links individual consumer behaviour to the environment

  15. Useful References • Carson, Rachel, Silent Spring, Penguin (1962) • WCED, Our Common Future, Oxford, (1987) • The Real World Coalition - From here to Sustainability, Earthscan (2001), www.earthscan.co.uk • www.earthsummit2002.org • www.defra.gov.uk/environment/sustainable • www.aberdeencity.gov.uk • www.sustainable-scotland.net • www.cannybuyer.com • www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Environment • www.scotlandsfootprint.org • www.nesbiodiversity.org.uk

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