Save energy, save money, save the climate

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Save energy, save money, save the climate local
and regional actionsActions by UK local
authorities

• Cllr Ian Mearns
• Deputy Leader, Gateshead Council
• Vice-Chair of the LGA Environment Board
• 31 January 2007

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Climate change actions by UK local authorities

• A Local Government Vision for action on Energy
  and Climate Change

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Climate change actions by UK local authorities

• LGA Action
• Leading the Way publication
• Responsibility
• Delivery
• Influence
• Know-how
• Democratic legitimacy.

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Climate change actions by UK local authorities

• LGA
• partners action
• Councils working
• together

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Climate change actions by UK local authorities

• Launch of Nottingham Declaration online pack

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Climate change actions by UK local authorities

• Local Flagship Project
• Gateshead International Business Centre
• Image courtesy Gateshead Council

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Climate change actions by UK local authorities

• Local Flagship Project
• Gateshead International Business Centre
• Image courtesy Gateshead Council

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Climate change actions by UK local authorities

• Local Flagship Project
• Gateshead International Business Centre
• Image courtesy Gateshead Council

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Climate change actions by UK local authorities

• Local Authorities working with energy
• companies
• Development of warm zones

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Climate change actions by UK local authorities

• 3 main roles for UK councils on climate
• change
• As responsible organisations
• Through services they provide
• As community leaders.

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Climate change actions by UK local authorities

• Local Government influencing National
• Policy
• LGA Climate Change Commission
• Agreed strategic role for Local Govt
• Performance framework
• Holistic approach
• Environment at centre of local strategies

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Climate change actions by UK local authorities

• Innovative planning policies
• We must be ambitious and challenge
• industry
• construction of new buildings
• local government building regulations and
  control and planning.

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Climate change actions by UK local authorities

• Planning Policies for Sustainable Buildings
• LGA Partners
• guidance on good practice for ensuring new
  buildings reach higher levels of sustainability

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Climate change actions by UK local authorities

• UK policy developments
• New Code for Sustainable Homes
• Draft Planning Strategy for Climate Change
• Draft policy for zero carbon development
• by 2016

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Climate change actions by UK local authorities

• Local Government Aspirations and Actions
• Higher standards for ALL buildings flexibility
  to be ambitious
• Local Authorities leading the way
• Draft London Plan
• Reading Core Strategy
• London Borough of Mertons Development Plan

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Climate change actions by UK local authorities

• Lets not forget the role of recycling
• Recycling and re-use are ways of avoiding green
  house gases which contribute to climate change
  and landfill.

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Climate change actions by UK local authorities

• Action!
• Thank you and we look forward to
• working together to save energy, save
• money and save the climate!