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Carbon Reduction Commitment. Sarah Lee Project Officer EAUC-Scotland. David Somervell Sustainability Adviser University of Edinburgh. www.eauc.org.uk/scotland. Climate Change by Numbers 1. 2008 level of CO 2 in atmosphere: 385 parts per million (ppm) Annual rate of increase: 2ppm - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Carbon Reduction Commitment
Sarah Lee Project Officer EAUC-Scotland
David SomervellSustainability Adviser
University of Edinburgh
www.eauc.org.uk/scotland
Climate Change by Numbers 1
• 2008 level of CO2 in atmosphere: 385 parts per million (ppm)
• Annual rate of increase: 2ppm
• Stabilisation level if industrialised nations follow Bush’s climate plan: 615ppm
• Resulting temperature increase from pre-industrial levels : 4.5-6ºC
Climate Change by Numbers 2
• IEA estimate of US emissions increase 1990 to 2025: 38%
• Temperature increase from pre-industrial levels at which "catastrophic effects" occur: 1.7ºC
• Stabilisation level needed to avoid "catastrophic effects," according to climate scientist Dr James Hansen: 350ppm
Climate Change by Numbers 3
• UN estimate industrialised countries' emission cuts needed by 2020 to avoid "dangerous" CC: 25-40%
• UN estimates industrial countries' cuts needed by 2050: 80-95%
• Temperature increase at which UN warns 40-70% of species will be at increased risk of extinction: 4.2ºC
The CRC … coming down the track
• Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) propose a “Carbon Reduction Commitment” (CRC).
• It will obligate most Universities and Colleges and aims to reduce UK carbon dioxide emissions
• From April 2010anyone with a half-hourly meterwill be required toregister their supply points
Ed Milliband, DECC Minister
CRC fills DECC’s policy “gap”
CRC
EU ETS
Who is caught?• If you use 6 million+ kWh/year (£600,000+ costs)
you’ll have to join in a giant money-go-round • Environment Agencies will contact all UK billing
addresses with half-hourly electricity meters in 2009 • If you receive one of these letters, you must provide
data on half-hourly electricity consumption in 2008• This will determine if you will have to participate in
the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC).
… YOU!
How do we solve the problem?
Solocov’s 7 Wedges
What needs done?
And lots more … !
• New, and legally binding under UK Climate Change Act, it cover large private and public sector bodies
• Embracing around 5,000 organisations in UK
… using >6 million kWh electricity / £1m cost / yr
• Early Action Metrics: - Carbon Trust Standard (CTS) - Automatic Meter Reading (AMR)
• Cap and Trade scheme with reducing allowances
CRC in summary
Offsets: fundamentally a scam
The one-stop shop promoting sustainability in the FHE sector
www.eauc.org.uk/scotlandAndrew Chamberlain, EAUC-Scotland Manager
Sarah Lee, EAUC-Scotland Officer