Low Carbon Economy
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Tuesday 9th November 2010, One Great George Street - London, 08:45 - 16:15
Environmental Efficiency: Towards a Low Carbon Economy
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Overview
The government believes that climate change is one of the gravest threats we face, and that urgent action at home and abroad is required.
The Climate Change Act has created a new approach to managing and responding to climate change in the UK. The Act set legally binding emission reduction targets for 2020 (reduction of 34% in greenhouse gas emissions) and for 2050 (reduction of at least 80% in greenhouse gas emissions), and introduced five-yearly carbon budgets to help ensure those targets are met.
The UK is well placed to embrace these opportunities. In 2008/09, the UK had the sixth largest Low Carbon and Environmental Goods and Services (LCEGS) sector in the world, worth £112 billion per year – an annual increase of 4.3% on figures for 2007/08. UK employment in the LCEGS sector is approximately 910,000 people – projected to increase to over a million by the middle of the decade.
The government is committed to helping the UK make the transition to a low carbon economy, while ensuring that the UK benefits from the business and employment opportunities this brings. In The Coalition: Our Programme for Government, the coalition government outlines that it will use a wide range of levers to cut carbon emissions, de-carbonise the economy and support the creation of new green jobs and technologies.
To tackle climate change and meet our own emissions targets, the government believes that we need to accelerate the move to a low-carbon energy supply. Accordingly, the Energy Bill, which was announced as part of the Queen’s Speech, will introduce powers to regulate the emissions from coal-fired power stations, reform energy markets to deliver security of supply and ensure fair competition, and put in place a framework to guide the development of a smart grid that will revolutionise the management of supply and demand for electricity. The purpose of the Bill is to provide a step change in the provision of energy efficiency measures to homes and businesses.
Furthermore, the government has outlined that the Spending Review will ensure that the UK can meet environmental goals, including a 34 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. In particular, the Spending Review commits to £1 billion of funding from DEL and additional significant proceeds from asset sales to capitalise a UK wide Green Investment Bank.
| 08:45 | Coffee and Registration |
| 09:30 | Opening Remarks by Chair Dr Paul Haynes, Research Associate, Cambridge Centre for Climate Change Mitigation Research, University of Cambridge (CONFIRMED) |
| 09:35 | Morning Keynote: Moving the UK Towards A Low Carbon Economy
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| 09:55 | Building a Low-Carbon Economy: The UK’s Contribution to Tackling Climate Change
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| 10:15 | Questions and Answers Session |
| 10:30 | Coffee and Networking |
| 10:50 | Securing our Economic Recovery: Investing in Green Industries
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| 11:15 | Questions and Answers Session |
| 11:20 | Using Science and Green Technology Innovations to Reduce Risks in Investments in Global Renewable Markets Stephen Norman, Utilities Consultant, Met Office (CONFIRMED) |
| 11:40 | Questions and Answers Session |
| 11:45 | Green and Decent Jobs: The Case for Local Action
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| 12:05 | Case Study: Birmingham's Green New Deal
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| 12:25 | Sponsor Slot: Recreating the past to save the future
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| 12:45 | Questions and Answers Session |
| 13:00 | Lunch and Networking |
| 14:00 | Greening Government: The Role of the Public Sector in the Move to a Low Carbon Economy
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| 14:20 | Case Study: Moving Towards a Low Carbon Health Service
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| 14:40 | Questions and Answers Session |
| 14:55 | Coffee and Networking |
| 15:15 | Sustainable Energy Management and the Built Environment
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| 15:35 | Case Study: Change in Energy Usage: Energy Conservation in Barnsley
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| 15:55 | Questions and Answers Session |
| 16:15 | Chairs Summary and Close |
*programme subject to change without notice
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Audience
Delegates attending this forum will include climate change advisers, sustainability managers, directors of government estates, energy analysts, architects, building services directors, heads of climate change, business development managers, community investment directors, council leaders, energy directors, economic development directors, environmental researchers, estates and facilities managers, heads of fleet, finance directors, heads of housing, heads of innovation, heads of renewable energy, heads of water management, sustainability directors, and will be drawn from central government, local authorities, charities, NGOs, social enterprises and the private sector.