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CTA Scotland Conference 2020 Scotlands Climate
Change Act and the role of electric vehicles.
Dr Sam Gardner Climate Change Policy Officer WWF
Scotland
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Human activity is causing climate change
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The ice is melting..
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Cars shuffle along amid thick smoke on the main
Moscow-Nizhny Novgorod road Photograph Sergei
Chirikov/EPA http//www.guardian.co.uk
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May 2008 Spains annual average rainfall down
40 Barcelona begins shipping in drinking water
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Scotlands Climate Change Act Leading the way
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Climate Change Act Scotland
? 80 reductions by 2050
? all greenhouse gases not just CO2
? at least 3 a year reduction (from 2020)
? strong interim targets. 42 by 2020
? Include international aviation and shipping
? a limit on buying carbon credits
? consumption reporting
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A sustainable transport future for Scotland - a
role for electric vehicles?

1. A sustainable transport hierarchy

2. What number of EVs do we need?
3. Where will they be charged?
4. What about power supply?
5. Impacts on urban air quality?
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Making the electric avenue a reality
1. Pilot projects UK and international
2. Driving demand for EVs
3. Emerging business models
4. Integrated transport and energy policy
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• Questions?
• What are the opportunities for community
  transport in a low carbon transport future?
• How must community transport adapt to be in line
  with climate change?
• How can community transport be part of the
  electric revolution?

Thank you sjgardner_at_wwfscotland.org.uk