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The Opportunities and Challenges of the Local Carbon Budget

An Associate Company of . Lancaster University. The Opportunities and Challenges of the Local Carbon Budget. Mike Berners-lee Small World Consulting mike@sw-consulting.co.uk. An Associate Company of . Lancaster University. Quickly about me. Types of emissions and impacts. Indirect

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The Opportunities and Challenges of the Local Carbon Budget

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  1. An Associate Company of Lancaster University The Opportunities and Challenges of the Local Carbon Budget Mike Berners-lee Small World Consulting mike@sw-consulting.co.uk

  2. Scope 3 Carbon: BT, Booths, Manchester, West Sussex , Cornwall, Cumbria, Lake District, South Downs, Taylor Wimpey, Lancaster University, Farms, Hotels, Factories.... An Associate Company of Lancaster University Quickly about me

  3. Types of emissions and impacts Indirect (Scope 3) Direct (Scope 1) Electricity generation (Scope 2)

  4. Indirect carbon is not an exact science

  5. Consumption Based Emissions Reporting • UK reporting should take account of emissions in trade • Supply chain carbon is coming into the mainstream • West Sussex, Lake District National Park and Greater Manchester cited as examples of policy opportunity

  6. Hong Kong return: 4.6 tonnes Average 4.6 tonnes Low 3.4 tonnes High 13.4 tonnes Economy First class

  7. Drying your hands: 10g Low 0 g Average 10 g 20g typical hand drier Paper towels Let them drip

  8. Asparagus (250g pack): 2kg High 3.5 kg Low 125 g Average 2 kg Local In-season Air freighted from Peru

  9. London to Glasgow return

  10. London to Glasgow return 120 kg CO2e 53 kg CO2e (by Banana power) to 2.3 tonnes (Peruvian asparagus power) 330 kg CO2e 500 kg CO2e

  11. Laptop: 400Kg Average 400 Kg High 1 tonne? Low 100Kg?

  12. The footprint of WS residents: 13.7million tonnes CO2e per annum (17.3t per annum per resident)

  13. Different messages for different districts...

  14. Household energy (17% of residents footprint) West Sussex average: 3 tonnes per resident per annum

  15. Driving (16% of residents footprint)

  16. Flying (13% of residents footprint)

  17. Footprint of WS industry: 20.9m tCO2e

  18. Four reasons for WS’s consumption based metrics? • Indirect carbon is the majority of our impact • It is already instinctive for most of us • Consumption metrics are coming anyway - so we may as well be prepared and lead. • It opens up opportunity for actions that cut carbon whilst improving the economy and wellbeing West Sussex

  19. Managing the footprint Maintain and repair

  20. Holistic approach to policy MAC curve for options

  21. Lessons from Greater Manchester managing its Total Carbon Footprint

  22. Three themes emerged from multiple criteria • Product efficiency • Low carbon Procurement • Food

  23. A ‘product efficient’ GM in 2023 … • More utility is derived from goods during their lifetime than at present: a more circular economy • More money spent locally translates into local GVA • Products are shared, repaired, reshaped, reused, recycled more than now • Maintenance/repair, repurposing and resale markets flourish • Local finance invests in non-linear business models • More utility for less resource use and lower cost for people and organisations

  24. Potential impact

  25. Current clothing spend in GM £2B clothing spend leaving residents’ pockets £80m Manchester clothing manufacturing GVA Manchester retail GVA £500m (?) £1.42B? Rest of the world GVA. Manufacture and distribution (mainly overseas) (All numbers very approximate)

  26. Situation after 10% shift to repair and resale with same utility. £1.9B clothing spend leaving residents’ pockets £70M Manchester clothing manufacturing GVA Manchester retail GVA £500M (?) £50M Repair and preparation for resale – Manchester GVA £1.28BRest of the world GVA. Manufacture and distribution (mainly overseas) £100M stays in residents’ pockets

  27. Overall Impact £100m cash saving to residents £50m Increase in Manchester GVA through repairs and resale Overall £140M increase in Manchester’s Wealth -£10m of GVA lost from new manufacturing

  28. We picked on clothing as a simple low tech example • But we could have picked: • Appliances • Electronic goods • Furniture • Soft furnishings • Etc.

  29. It’s starting to happen in GM already • P2P car hire today • Typically, created by social entrepreneurs with ethical goals, with a UI that’s all about ‘what’s in it for me’ • Swishing this week

  30. The Issues & Questions for GM Policy-Makers

  31. The role for policy and policy-makers It’s happening anyway, so policy goal is to nurture, accelerate. • Identify target product sectors • Identify the desired infrastructure and behaviours • Understand the opportunities and barriers for social entrepreneurs • Commission interventions to enable change

  32. Low Carbon Procurement: Potential impact

  33. Happening Already? • In GM: Progress on sustainable procurement, especially by MCC • WSCC: consumption-based carbon budgets now in place for each department • Warp-It platform for sharing used by NHS, schools, LAs, charities – use can be mandated in policy

  34. Mike Berners-Lee Mike@sw-consulting.co.uk Questions and comments?

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