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Alan Mills

Sustainability Officer

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What we can do locally to fight Climate Change

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Coming up……

      • How our local plans fit into the rest of the world

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      • What RBBC are doing with our own services and around the wider borough

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      • What you can do as individuals and as a group

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National context and regional policy context

  • International: Paris Agreement 2015/COPs - efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

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  • UK: Climate Change Act 2008 - 100% emissions reduction by 2050 (compared to 1990 levels).

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  • UK: Net Zero Strategy Review 2022 – missions around grid, solar, wind, nuclear, industry, waste, planning, domestic efficiency, innovation and net zero nature.

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National context and regional policy context

  • Surrey County Council Climate Strategy target is net zero carbon by 2050. Greener Futures delivery plan looks at community, public estate, nature and infrastructure.

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  • RBBC’s Environmental Sustainability Strategy and Action Plan (2020)……for example…..

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Future trends in my opinion! Grid electricity will decarbonise (offshore wind). So it’s about the decarbonisation or heat (gas) and transport (petrol).

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The council’s plans

Themes

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Targets

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Energy & carbon

Low impact consumption

Natural environment

  • Net zero direct council carbon emissions by 2030
  • Net zero borough carbon emissions by 2050

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Council services emissions

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Total (tCO2e)

Emissions by source 2021/22

Scope 1: direct (gas, vehicle fuel)

Scope 2: indirect (purchased electricity)

Note that community centres are excluded from 2019/20 figures

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What are we doing? Council services – some wins

  • Green energy tariff
  • Planning building decarbonisation: better energy management, electrifying heat, insulation, solar PV
  • Fleet decarbonisation planning: bin lorries! EV and HVO?
  • Some EV charging in our car parks
  • Carbon Literacy training for our staff and councillors
  • ….but we are only 1% of borough’s emissions.

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Wider �borough �emissions�consumption per �household���Transport�Housing�Consumption�Food

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Wider borough. What are we doing?

  • Domestic retrofit
      • Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund grant won. £2m and £5m spend
      • Sustainable Warmth Grant – second highest take up in Surrey
      • Solar Together – last year 2000 properties in Surrey with new Solar PV
      • Advice and signposting: community centres
  • Business
      • SME training towards grants – 15 this winter
      • Surrey Green Skills – supporting by linking up business and schools with SCC

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Wider borough. What are we doing?

  • Community groups
      • Community tree planting – trees soak up carbon
      • Energy Action Reigate and Redhill – connecting with other groups and grants
  • Travel:
      • EV charging rollout with SCC
      • Active travel promotion – watch this space
  • Schools – advice, connecting, assemblies

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What you can do? As individuals

  • Big impact changes:
      • Eat less red meat (cheaper?)
      • Fly and drive less (healthier)
      • At home:
        • switch to a green tariff
        • insulate to cut gas heating (cheaper)
        • Air source heat pump?
    • Easy win: solar PV (cheaper)

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Sustainable Warmth�Grant

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See also:

Boiler Upgrade Scheme – for heat pumps

Home Upgrade Grant – for off gas grid

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Links for energy and carbon saving

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What you can do as a group?

  • Help us communicate, key messages at key times:
      • Sustainable Warmth Grants (until spring?)
      • Solar Together Scheme (summer)
      • Low Carbon South East (Locase) business grants (until?)
      • Active travel (2023?)
  • Community Energy – either power up (generate energy) or power down (EARR)
      • Help a group find a site
    • Let us help with a local big win?

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Thank you. ��Stay in touch!

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sustainability@reigate-banstead.gov.uk

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