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Skills & Competitiveness Board

Skills & Competitiveness Board. Jonathon Porritt | 15 November 2010. West of England Partnership. Forum For The Future. We are THE sustainable development charity Our vision is of business and communities thriving in a future that’s environmentally viable

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Skills & Competitiveness Board

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  1. Skills & Competitiveness Board Jonathon Porritt |15 November 2010 West of England Partnership

  2. Forum For The Future • We are THE sustainable development charity • Our vision is of business and communities thriving in a future that’s environmentally viable • Our mission is to find practical ways private and public organisations can deliver a sustainable future working with over 180 different partners from national, regional and local government, higher education, and business • Green Futures magazine • We believe….. • A sustainable future can be achieved • It’s the only way business and communities will prosper • We need bold action now to make it happen

  3. IPCC Consensus Staying below 2°C means stabilising at 450ppm CO2e which means 60% cut in UK Embodied in UK’s Climate Change Act 80% cut by 2050

  4. Unitary Authorities District Councils Each one of us International diplomacy Local communities Regional drivers National policy Making the Connections Global systems

  5. A Greenish Rogues’ Gallery

  6. Climate Policy in the UK • ROCs and FiTs • CRC/”Floor price for carbon” • Renewable Heat Incentive (£860m) • Anaerobic Digestion/Energy from Waste • Green Investment Bank(£1bn) • Smart Grid/Smart Meters • Green Deal (‘Pay As You Save’ – from 2012) • New Emissions Standards on Power Plants • Nuclear go-ahead (but no public subsidy!)

  7. DCLG • Administration budget cut by 33% • 74% cut in capital investment • Local Authorities: 7.5% cut per annum Austerity for Real! • Housing • Already at an 80-year low • Affordable housing budget cut by 60% • New Homes Bonus (c.£250 million pa) • Department for Education • 60% reduction in capital budgets • Sustainable Schools Initiative axed • BSF • c £1500 per m²; now back down to c.£1000 per m²

  8. White Paper on Local Growth • Shifting power to local communities and businesses • Increasing confidence to invest • Local Enterprise Partnerships (24 in first round) • Regional Growth Fund: £1.4bn over 3 years “ National presumption in favour of sustainable development”

  9. Global Market – LCEGS Sector BERR: Low Carbon and Environmental Goods and Services: an industry analysis 2009

  10. Global move to green economy Global = Green economy $3,086B in 2007/8 USA = $100B of $800B stimulus package China = McKinsey: China a ‘green’ economy by 2030 ($400 billion over 10 years) Clean-tech predicted to outgrow automotive by 2020 Germany = BERR: “Low Carbon and Environmental Goods and Services: an industry analysis” 2009 McKinsey: —"China's green revolution: Prioritizing technologies to achieve energy and environmental sustainability“2009 UNEP — “Silver Lining to Climate Change - Green Jobs“ 2008

  11. The UK race has started too Economic Development Investment Plan focused on environmental research & innovation + Institute for Sustainability Thames Gateway Pushing green New Deal for NE. New and renewable energy industry. 3:1 leverage of RDA funding. Newcastle Strategy: “Capturing the Potential – A green Jobs Strategy for Wales”. Steering regeneration budget to green skills & Innovation. Wales ‘Sustainable Glasgow’ consortium, led by the University of Strathclyde, supported by Scottish Govt. Aiming at most sustainable city. Glasgow

  12. Milton Keynes (1) • Strategy defined in the “Low Carbon Living Plan” • Member of Joined-Cities Plan (ETI) - £11M initiative on EV • Millbrook Vehicle Testing Ground – to test EV’s • Secured one of 1st three Plugged-in Places awards(NB.Bristol has application in alongside Swindon/Cardiff for M4 corridor) • MK Wind Farm fully operation @ Sept. 2010. (7 turbines, 38GWh/year) • Network Rail National Centre buildings. BREEAM ExcellentLiving roofs, rainwater harvesting, natural ventilation, recycling site clearance Construction started, completion 2012.

  13. Milton Keynes (2) • Phase One CHP (6 MW) plant operational from 2008. (Natural gas fired - feeding District Heating Network) • Bio-methane anaerobic digester project in progress • (fed by council collected domestic organic waste; output to feed CHP above.) • MKSmart2020: £20M bid to Ofgen LCN fund (past first base) • Partners: MK, e.on Central, CranfieldUni, OU, Accenture, GE Energy • Central Bus Station PV installation: 165KWp

  14. Milton Keynes (3) Combined Heat & power Bio-methane Anaerobic Digester Network RailNational Centre ‘BREEAM Excellent’

  15. Sustainable Glasgow (1) • 10 year strategic plan to make Glasgow Europe leader • Launched January 2010 • Partnership of 14 (and growing) across public/private sectors • Strategic objectives: • Make Glasgow a leader in sustainable urban living • Transform Glasgow’s image on the world stage • Tactical objectives include: • Deliver jobs; attract new business; create revenue streams; help develop communities; reduce carbon

  16. Sustainable Glasgow (2) • Projects in progress at start • New waste treatment systems • £600 million Southern General Hospital Project • £300 million New Campus Project • Clyde Gateway business park • Cathkin Braes Wind Turbine • Five District Heating Zones identified

  17. Sustainable Glasgow (3)

  18. London Thames Gateway • LTG Heat Network • Spine and district hub model – hot water transmission • Initially for Royal Docks area (phase 1) • Starting with excess heat from Barking Power Station • Expanding to dedicated CHP and LC sources • Supplying businesses, major users (Excel), and homes • Funding largely through EU (JESSICA)

  19. London Thames Gateway • Institute for Sustainability • Ambitious institute public/private/academic • Private: 12 including Arup, GE, IBM, Veolia, M&S, NPL, Seimans, Qinetiq, Pilkington • Public: 8 including Thames Gateway Dev. Corp, SEEDA, EEDA, LDA, Environment Agency • Academic: 9 including UCL, Imperial, Kings College London, So’ton • Dedicated research centre • Sustainable Industries Park, Dagenham Dock; should open this year • High Calibre private/academic board members • Projects starting: • Supply chain innovation; LC build environment support for SMEs; National Centre for Measurement of Building Energy, and more

  20. SW – good fundamentals, but not leading BERR: Low Carbon and Environmental Goods and Services: an industry analysis 2009

  21. 881,300

  22. 4.7% Annual sector growth in the UK now 6.1% Annual sector growth in the UK forecast by 2014/15

  23. Strong SW green sector – what would it look like?

  24. How do we do it? • Commit : ambition for SW to be Green jobs/Clean-tech leader • Prioritise: areas where SW has strong comparative advantage • Cross-link: to other strong regional sectors (eg. creative/IT)

  25. Business currently taking the lead… • Working with Universities to develop high skill courses, and with FE colleges to identify need for vocational skills. • Working with UKTI to promote inward investment and international trade, and on promotion of the sub-region. • Facilitating a business-led collaboration to install largest industry-to-industry district heat grid in Europe (which will form part of wider are waste heat strategy in the sub-region). • Working to promote key environmental industry clusters locally – Avonmouth; a new low carbon business cluster in central Bath; S-Park.

  26. Do we have the matching political ambition to be the UK’s leading low carbon jobs economy?Will our sub-region have the leadership to put sustainability at the heart of the LEP agenda? • West of England • “Opportunities to develop a low carbon economy.” • “Supporting key growth sectors – environmental technologies / marine renewables.”

  27. Are we lacking the vision thing? • Plymouth • “Create an exciting sustainable low carbon economy driven by wind and wave power.” • “Harness technology and foster innovation to create an unrivalled low carbon economy that will be the envy of the world.” • “We want Government agreement for our LEP to take a national lead on driving a low carbon economy.” • “We want Government support to create national centres of excellence in climate change, the environment and sustainable communities.”

  28. Are we lacking the vision thing? • Newcastle • “Our vision is to produce a new generation of products and services which will address the global challenges of environmental change.” • “We will pioneer a new model of sustainable urbanism. By encouraging people and businesses to return to the urban core, delivering the best in public transport and giving streets back to people, we will break the link between economic growth and miles travelled by private car.” • “Our LEP will be responsible for driving forward development of the low carbon economy.”

  29. Are we lacking the ambition thing? • Flagging ambition in our asks of Government • National centre for wind and wave power – home port for the Atlantic Array. • Powers to compel connection to, and sell waste heat to, designated district heating zones. • National Skills Academy for housing retrofit and microgeneration installation training. • National pilot scheme to use EPCs to incentivise home retrofits.

  30. Discussion Groups: turning ‘what we could do’ into action Group 1 – How can we brand the West of England as the location for green businesses?  (Marketing & Innovation) Group 2 – What are the key green jobs for the West of England; where are they and how do we grow them? (Driving up Skills & Tackling Worklessness)

  31. THANK YOU A South West sustainable economy... enormous prize long term opportunity plan to win – take action

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