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Download Manchester City Council Climate Change Action Plan 2020 ... and more Study notes Business in PDF only on Docsity! Manchester City Council Climate Change Action Plan 2020-2025 1. What is the purpose of this plan? This document sets out Manchester City Council’s commitments to tackling climate change over the next 5 years and builds on previous action plans over the last decade. The Council, alongside a number of other strategic partners in the city, have produced this plan to support the delivery of the citywide Manchester Climate Change Framework 2020-25 which has been produced by the Manchester Climate Change Partnership and Agency (http://www.manchesterclimate.com/plan). It summarises the specific actions which are required to ensure that the Council reduces its direct emissions by at least 50% by 2025 whilst also playing our full part in supporting and influencing the city to do the same. It also covers the Council’s plans for adapting to the expected impacts of climate change and supporting and influencing others, including through the implementation of the Manchester Green and Blue Infrastructure Strategy 2015-25. Climate change is something which effects everyone in Manchester and should not be viewed as an issue which is defined by geography, class or age. Our ambition is to ensure that all of Manchester’s residents are protected from the impact of climate change, but that equality impact assessments are undertaken on specific projects to ensure that any changes that are made do not have a negative impact on the city’s most vulnerable people. The transition to zero carbon must also be a just one which ensures that the social impacts of changes to heating and energy are considered alongside the environmental impact. Although there are many challenges to delivering these ambitions, we recognise the enormous opportunities of transitioning to a zero carbon, climate resilient city and the importance of Manchester being recognised as a national and global leader in this area. 2. How big is the challenge? The challenge and crisis of climate change is unprecedented and is the single biggest challenge faced by the world today. We recognise that this challenge can only be overcome by taking urgent, radical action. This crisis is something that will effect us all, and for some the impact of climate change is already being felt. The UK is committed to playing its full part in meeting the international target to limit the global average temperature rise to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels by the year 2100, and aiming for 1.5°C, known as the Paris Agreement within the United Nations Framework on Climate Change. The October 2018 Special Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) found that although meeting a 1.5°C target is still achievable, success is dependent on a much more ambitious international effort and a major upscaling of investment. Exceeding this limit would affect weather patterns, cause sea levels to rise further, create food and water shortages, and affect human security and economic growth. The special report Global Warming of 1.5°C (IPCC, 2018. Summary for Policymakers) IPCC shows that 420 million additional people will be exposed to extreme heat and 184–270 million additional people to water scarcity if global temperatures rise by 2°C, compared with a 1.5°C scenario (Page 4 and page 213: Hoegh-Guldberg et al., 2018. Impacts of 1.5°C global warming on natural and human systems). The world is now clearly in the midst of a climate and ecological emergency and there is now a unanimous consensus from the scientific community on the need for rapid action. At a more local level residents and businesses are seeing more frequent flash flooding, travel disruption, health impacts from poor air quality and extreme heat episodes in the summer. Councils are well placed to play a key role at local level in responding to the growing public concerns about the environment and issues such as climate change. Councils can help to convene partners and stakeholders to deliver leadership and direction on the specific environmental issues in their localities. We must harness the power of Manchester’s communities and ensure that all of our residents and stakeholder are able to take individual and collective action. But we also recognise that the Council cannot provide all of the solutions, as combating climate change needs system-wide change that involves communities, businesses, individuals and stakeholders across all sectors of the economy, across the country and the wider world. The scale and pace of change needed will require major investments, changes to the way in which we use and interact with energy and changes to how we live our lives and define success. It will also redefine how we manage and interact with our environment. Above all, it will involve a collective leadership and shared ambition to deal with this challenge head on. The Council takes this challenge seriously and has been acting to tackle climate change for over a decade. In 2009, we played an integral role when residents, businesses and other organisations came together to produce the first ever climate change strategy for the city; Manchester: A Certain Future. In 2010 we produced the first Manchester City Council Climate Change Delivery Plan which set out how the Council would provide citywide leadership on climate change whilst embedding low- carbon thinking and behaviour in our culture, processes and the operation of all our services. In June 2018, Manchester Climate Change Partnership and Agency commissioned the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of Manchester to advise on targets for the city. The resulting ‘Playing Our Full Part’ proposal by the Partnership and Agency led to Manchester City Council adopting science-based carbon reduction targets for and on behalf of the city. This made Manchester one of the first cities in the world to adopt targets in line with the Paris Agreement. The targets related to ‘direct’ CO2 emissions, from the energy used in buildings and transport. It was also recognised that Manchester would also need to act in relation to its ‘indirect’ CO2 emissions, from the products and services consumed in Manchester but originating outside of the city. And that emissions from flights from Manchester Airport would also need to be addressed, as part of a UK and international strategy. In July 2019, Manchester City Council declared a climate emergency (Manchester City Council Climate Emergency Declaration Text). This declaration recognises the need for the Council and the city as a whole to do more to reduce its carbon emissions and mitigate the negative impacts of climate change and demonstrated the Figure 1: MCC Direct Carbon Emissions by Activity 2018/19 (N.B. Between 2009/10 and 2019/20 traffic signalling fell within our direct emissions. In 2018/19 traffic signalling accounted for 1% of our total direct emissions. Traffic signalling across Greater Manchester is managed by Transport for Greater Manchester and included in their emissions accounting. As such Manchester City Council will no longer include traffic signalling on our direct emissions from 2020 onwards.) 3.2. What reductions have we already achieved? Since 2009/10 we have achieved a 48.1% (34,657 tonnes CO2) reduction in our carbon emissions and exceeded our original target to reduce our emissions by 41% by 2020 as demonstrated in table 1 below. Table 1: Manchester City Council CO2 Emissions in Tonnes by Activity 2009/10 to 2018/19 Activity Baseline 2009/10 tCO2 2018/19 tCO2 % change from baseline MCC Buildings 47,764 25,789 -46.0 Traffic Signalling 1,894 392 -79.3 Streetlights 15,726 6,616 -57.9 MCC Fleet 2,863 844 -70.5 MCC Grey Fleet 1,001 540 -46.1 MCC Taxis 136 56 -58.5 MCC Train 110 17 -84.7 MCC Air travel 79 67 -14.5 MCC Carclub 5 8 40.4 Waste Collection Fleet 2,496 3,089 23.7 Total 72,075 37,418 -48.1 A range of activities and programmes have enabled us to do this and these are: ● Delivering a street lighting replacement programme to replace all of our 57,000 street lights with energy efficient LEDs. The project (£32.8m) involves procurement and installation of state-of-the-art, low energy, light emitting diode (LED) street lighting technology and complete in 2020. The Council has worked with Salix Finance to fund this scheme, who provide loans to the public sector to improve energy efficiency, reduce carbon emissions and lower energy bills. When completed, this will reduce carbon emissions by around 8,400 tonnes per year and save the Council £2 million. ● The buildings in the Council’s operational estate represented 68.9% of the Council’s direct carbon dioxide emissions in 2018/19. The Carbon Reduction Programme (£10.2m) will invest in schemes such as combined heat and power, solar photovoltaic panels, and the use of LED lighting within the Council’s estate. The first phase of delivery is due to complete by the end of Quarter 2 2020/21. This will involve around £2.6 million invested in energy conservation measures and around £4.3 million invested in energy generation technology at 13 buildings in the Council’s operational estate. The investment will generate financial savings of around £716,000 per annum and reduce carbon emissions by circa 1,600 tonnes per annum. The remaining funding has been earmarked to support energy conservation or production measures at buildings where wider refurbishments are being designed. Further stages of investments and improvements are planned. ● Committing to the installation of a Civic Quarter Heat Network which will connect the Town Hall, Town Hall Extension, Art Gallery and Central Library, Manchester Central Convention Centre, The Bridgewater Hall and Heron House. The project is expected to reduce the Council’s direct carbon emissions by approximately 1,600 tonnes of CO2 from 2020/21. The network has been designed to enable future expansion, with efficiency and carbon savings increasing as more buildings join. ● Capital projects delivered by the Council are expected to include measures which contribute towards carbon reduction. During 2019/20 examples of spend on areas that will impact energy and carbon performance (typically mechanical and electrical upgrades inc heating, ventilation and lighting, plus insulation, window and roof works, as well as PV) include £7.5m across Hulme District Office, Moss Side Leisure Centre, Alexandra House and within the Council’s Asset Management Programme. There are a number of schemes in development for next financial year that will contribute to carbon reduction activity including: Abraham Moss Leisure Centre and Library rebuild (to be EPC Grade A); Gorton Hub (BREEAM Excellent) and Hammerstone Road (Large PV array and fabric improvements). ● The Council’s fleet currently includes one electric car and 14 small electric vans. Plans are being considered to support the roll out of electric vehicles and charging infrastructure across the estate where viable and as required. Other activities to reduce emissions from the fleet include information for drivers on fuel efficient driving techniques, reducing fuel consumption and reducing the impact on the environment. A number of electric and hybrid vehicles have been introduced to the fleet, as well as initiating a programme to exchange all vehicles Euro 5 or below, with Euro 6 engined ones. ● As part of the waste and street cleaning contract, a loan will continue to be available to the contractor to upgrade vehicles (£3.8), including to make them clean air compliant, on a spend to save basis. Investment is also being made to reduce the level of waste going into landfill with £1.2m planned spend on waste reduction measures in 2020/21, initially seeking to increase recycling rates in apartment blocks across the City. ● A pipeline of £75.9 million of active travel projects have been identified for consideration via the Greater Manchester Mayor’s Challenge Fund which meet the funding criteria. In 2020/21 £2.8m is already committed to providing a high-quality network of dedicated cycle routes across Manchester, encouraging people to make short journeys in a healthy and inexpensive way and reduce the environmental impact of private car use. ● Neighbourhood Teams are engaging with residents to develop climate change action in ward plans, deliver events, build capacity and listen to residents. At a neighbourhood level, the Neighbourhood Investment Fund (NIF) is available to support local priorities including environmental projects in wards and also improvements to green and blue infrastructure. Over 1,000 Council staff have now received Carbon Literacy training which aims to increase their awareness of the carbon dioxide costs and impacts of everyday activities, and the ability and motivation to reduce emissions, on an individual, community and organisational basis. Large scale training sessions are now underway for the top 300 managers in the organisation along with targeted sessions focusing on specific services such as Neighbourhoods and Compliance, and Revenues and Benefits. We have also played a key role in supporting others in the city to tackle climate change and improve the city’s environment. Key actions include: ● Securing investment in the city for environmental projects including tree and hedge planting and community orchards with the planting of an estimated 100,000 trees on known schemes across the city, including 8.75 km of Figure 3: Manchester City Council pathway to zero carbon (draft analysis) Nb: This chart is a draft and will be updated following the publication of the final Manchester Climate Change Framework 2020-25 and the Council’s 2019/20 annual emissions data. Appendix 1 details the actions that we will undertake to reduce our direct emissions, however, a summary of the actions that will deliver the required 50% reduction in tonnes CO2 can be found below: Table 2: Direct Emissions Actions and Associated Carbon Savings (estimate of 15-16,000 tCO2 required) Direct Emissions Action 2020-25 Annual Carbon Saving (tonnes CO2) Completion of Phase 1 Buildings Carbon Reduction Programme 1,400 Completion of Phase 1 (a) Buildings Carbon Reduction Programme - ERDF Supported 400 Phase 2 of Carbon Reduction Programme 3,000 Large scale energy generation scheme 7,000 Completion of the final year of the street lighting LED replacement programme 220 Estimated carbon emissions saving benefit from the decarbonisation of the National Grid 800 Completion of the Civic Quarter Heat Network and 1,600 connection to the Town Hall, Town Hall Extension, Art Gallery and Central Library Replacement of half of waste fleet vehicles with Electric Vehicles 900 Reductions to the Council’s Fleet through increase in number of Electric Vehicles 400 Reduction in staff travel via car, taxi, air, train 100 Total Estimated Savings 15,820 4.2 Indirect or consumption based emissions The Council also recognises that the products and services that we purchase directly or that our supply chain procure have a major impact on the environment. The action plan commits us to reducing the impact of carbon emissions from our indirect activity. The Council has developed formal evaluation questions for suppliers that will be used in future procurements. An additional 10% climate change weighting will be applied to the scoring framework in addition to the 20% already used for scoring contributions to social value. These questions will ask suppliers how far they will reduce their carbon emissions, and how this will be monitored and reported. Alongside this will be new guidance for suppliers across the city – including other procuring organisations on the Partnership – that signposts them to sources of advice, guidance and support for reducing their carbon emissions. 4.3 Adaptation to climate change Despite the increased international efforts to tackle climate change, we recognise that the world’s climate is already changing and that adaptation is required to protect the city’s people. We are committed to ensuring that climate change adaptation, including green and blue infrastructure, is included in new developments and across Council owned buildings and land. Further work needs to be done at a local level through ward plans and neighbourhoods to adapt to make communities more resilient to climate change. This will form part of the Council’s work through Neighbourhoods Teams, Highways and also through the development of improved communication information and guidance. 4.4 Citywide emissions The Council also recognises the importance of supporting and influencing our residents and organisations to take action to reduce their direct and indirect CO2 emissions and to adapt to the changing climate. We are committed to developing the right communications and key information to them, supporting them via funding and projects where appropriate and to ensure that as an organisation we lead by example. 5. What roles does the Council have? As outlined in section 1, the Council has a variety of different roles to fulfil to ensure that we play our full part in reducing both our direct emissions and supporting and influencing the required reduction in citywide emissions. 5.1 Enabling and Influencing Actions The Council has a wide range of policy-making and regulatory functions. Many of these already help to incentivise and encourage low carbon behaviours and activities. In order for the Council and the city to meet the targets that have been set we will need to ensure that all key decisions the Council makes and policies and procedures we implement support this ambition. This will include grant, funding and investment decisions, procurement and commissioning, our capital and revenue gateway process, new build and refurbishment standards, design standards, leases or developments on Council owned land, the Manchester Local Plan and staff and member travel policy. These also provide the opportunity to influence how other large and small organisations in the city and beyond operate and to encourage them to work towards the zero carbon target. Manchester City Council only has direct control over a small percentage of emissions in the city (our direct emissions). It is therefore important that the Council works with and influence others to also play their full part in responding to the climate emergency. This will be vital in the wider city achieving its zero carbon ambitions. We will work with and exert our influence on as many organisations and individuals as possible in the way services are designed, delivered and communicated and create opportunities to encourage and support partners and residents to play a key role in achieving the city’s climate change objectives. Different measures can support and influence different groups of stakeholders – residents and customers, visitors to the city, businesses in the supply chain, partner organisations in whose operations the Council has an interest, neighbouring authorities in Greater Manchester and beyond, the Government and international interests. 5.2 Direct Emissions (Scope 1 and 2) The Council’s direct emissions make up approximately 2% of the citywide emissions. Despite this, the Council is one of the largest emitters in the city. Reducing our direct emissions to zero will entail undertaking major programmes of work to our buildings and changing energy supply. Our waste fleets and other ways in which we travel whilst delivering services across the city also needs to change. We will need to focus our limited resources on those activities which produce the greatest CO2 emissions. In addition to the investment and activity required in-house, we also recognise that we will be able to benefit from national policy via the continued decarbonisation of the National Grid and the continued reduction in the electricity emission factor, alongside other new developments including changes to the way in which domestic and commercial buildings are heated. Revenue During 2019/20 funding has already been identified to fund: ● Two additional posts within City Policy ● A full time post to deliver carbon literacy training ● Funding A further £300k is including in the 2020/21 Revenue Budget which includes: ● Funding for the Climate Change Agency and new Chief Executive position ● Additional programme management resources in City Policy ● Additional external expertise as required ● Tree Opportunity Mapping ● Development of a supplier toolkit for the city to inform procurement and commissioning activity In order to deliver the commitments within the Carbon Reduction Action Plan further funding will be required. It is recommended that further revenue funding of £1m is made available via the Capital Fund. The use of the funding will be subject to the development of detailed proposals to be agreed with the Executive Members for Environment, Planning and Transport and for Finance and Human Resources and reported back to Executive. This will be to: ● Establish a dedicated team and meet the associated costs to deliver the below: ● Identify and deliver large scale remote Renewable Energy eg Solar PV generation projects. A small number of large generation projects are essential to remain within our carbon budget whilst the organisation mobilises to deliver the wider change required. ● Procure a Solar PV partner to deliver a rolling programme of behind the meter generation feasibility studies, business case development and installation, focussing on the Authorities to 50 carbon emitting buildings. ● Deliver a Zero Carbon whole building retrofit pilot. ● Develop the next/ongoing pipeline of investments through a series of building audits focussing on the deployment of proven energy efficiency measures. ● Develop an accelerated boiler replacement programme and commission expert consultancy to validate existing views about the pathway to zero carbon heat, inform business case development and procurement specifications. ● Agree the Manchester Build Standard / Standards to be used going forward and embed within decision making processes which include consideration of Net Present Value and Asset Management Plan; Whole Life Costing, Internal Carbon Costing, and Energy Intensity Measures. ● Support awareness raising and behaviour change across residents, partners and council staff. ● Provide additional capacity within the Strategic Housing Team to support the work outlined in the Action Plan including to develop the segmentation approach to considering carbon reduction across the domestic house estate which is outlined in the appended action plan. Additional capacity will also be provided to support the development and funding of neighbourhood schemes and priorities as the schemes are developed. Capital Reducing carbon emissions is included within the Capital Strategy as one of the key priorities for future capital spend. The development of all capital schemes and associated investment must consider the effect on carbon and work is taking place to understand how investment can be classified in terms of carbon impact as well as financial. The costs of new build programmes to higher environmental standards and meeting the needs of the Local Plan and planning requirements will also be considered, running alongside investment in green spaces and places including trees and green walls which will require revenue resources for ongoing maintenance. As schemes are developed the higher cost to meet environmental standards will be included. As the majority of the Council’s carbon emissions are from its existing corporate estate and the Council has a responsibility to reduce emissions across the Northwards and partner managed housing stock, significant investment will be required to bring these buildings up to carbon efficient standards. This represents a major opportunity to both establish Manchester as a centre for green technology and services, and to work with local skills providers to ensure that the city’s residents are given the best possible opportunities to access these new careers. ● Retrofit of the Council’s operational estate. Energy generation and charging infrastructure including Solar PVs on suitable buildings and sites, Batteries, EV Charging Infrastructure and Heat Pumps. Phase 2 of the Carbon Reduction Plan will require an additional £15m investment. The fund will be further developed through the capture of the associated revenue savings and work to identify external funding. The March 2020 Capital Update report will include a request to establish the budget with its use subject to the approval of the business case. ● Funding for a large scale energy generation scheme dependent on the outcome of the feasibility study. Funding for the feasibility study is included within the revenue funding requirements above. ● Northwards managed Council housing stock retrofit and energy generation. Specific schemes will be developed with Northwards through the capital funding available in the Housing Revenue Account capital programme. Funds are required to maintain the Decent Homes Standard within Manchester’s housing stock and, in addition, will support innovative climate change investment; essential health and safety works including the installation of sprinklers in multi storey blocks; and public realm environmental works. There is limited funding within the HRA to cover all of these priorities and further work will be carried out to identify options to deliver more extensive carbon reduction measures given the constraints in place. ● Purchase of electric vehicles for the Waste and Recycling Fleet, and Council Fleet. A business case for the further electrification of the waste fleet will be included in the March 2020 Capital Update report. Further proposals for the Council’s fleet will be considered for funding in future Capital Update reports. ● Investment in planting of beacon trees, mature trees, street trees and hedgerows informed by the Tree Opportunity Mapping exercise. No specific funding has been earmarked for this yet and it is proposed to establish the budget for an initial investment fund of £1m for trees and carbon capture with its use subject to the production of the detailed business case. Work will also continue to deliver the carbon reduction priorities within: ● Delivery of Northern and Eastern Gateway projects ● Changes to the way Highways projects are designed and delivered ● Investment in public transport and active travel infrastructure such as cycling and walking. This will include progressing the pipeline of schemes for funding via the Greater Manchester Mayor’s Challenge Fund. ● Work with the Department for Education on how carbon efficient schools can be delivered given the constraints with the current levels of Department for Education funding and unit cost. 9. How will the whole organisation play its full part? The Council’s Corporate Plan has been amended to include Climate Change as one of the eight priorities. We recognise that delivering the Council and citywide ambition to reduce emissions by at least 50% over the next 5 years will require collective action by all Council departments. We will ensure that all staff are provided with training and are empowered to ‘own’ this agenda and embed changes into the delivery of their service. A key objective of the plan is to engage residents and neighbourhoods in a process of cultural change that embeds zero carbon thinking into the lifestyles and operations of the city. Manchester is made up of a diverse range of neighbourhoods, with a wide variety of cultures and interests. The residents and communities that make up the city are critical to our success. Much of the change required will come from residents themselves, but the Council has a key role to play, particularly in those parts of the city where there are significant numbers of people dependent upon our support. To find out more and view the Council’s progress please go to: www.manchester.gov.uk/zerocarbon By…...April 2020 1.4 Deliver……A feasibility and business case for a large scale energy generation scheme from large scale Solar PV and Onshore and Offshore Wind on Council land and buildings, or sites in third party ownership. This will include an assessment of the different business models available in terms of capital cost, commercial risk and speed of deliverability. To achieve……An understanding of the benefits, viability, costs and risks of investing in large scale energy generation to generate zero carbon energy. By…...December 2020 Corporate Estates and Neighbourhoods Funding from additional Capital Fund budget 7,000 1.5 Deliver……Complete roll out of Street lighting LED replacement and investigate ways to further reduce consumption and improve efficiency. To achieve……8,400 tonnes of CO2 per annum when completed, 220 tonnes for 2020/21. By…...End of 2020 Neighbourhoods £32.8 million funding in place 220 1.6 Deliver……Complete the Civic Quarter Heat Network (CQHN) and connect to all buildings including the Town Hall in 2023/24. To achieve……1,600 tonnes CO2 per annum from 2020/21 and at least 6,400 tonnes CO2 between 2020-25. By…...First year of operation will be 2021. Town Hall to connect in 2023/24. CQHN Board £26 million funding in place 1,600 City Ref Action Owner 1.7 Deliver……Undertake a stock condition survey across the Private Rented Sector and develop a segmentation approach to domestic properties including social housing, owner occupier and private rented sector. Work with Manchester Housing Providers Partnership and their Zero Carbon Working Group to ensure all social housing properties are on a path to zero carbon. To achieve……A better understanding of the energy efficiency requirements and interventions required across the city’s housing stock. To provide intelligence to develop funding proposals for retrofit, energy generation and future heating solutions. By…...Stock condition survey completed 2021. Housing and Residential Growth Funding from additional Capital Fund budget No 1.8 Deliver……A comprehensive investment programme to deliver energy efficiency, retrofit and energy generation from solar panels and heat pumps across all of the Council owned properties managed by Northwards Housing and other contractors. To achieve……A reduction in emissions and energy bills for residents. By…...TBC Housing and Residential Growth Housing Revenue Account account plus additional funding sources to be identified TBC 1.9 Deliver……Funding programmes in partnership with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Government to support retrofit and energy generation across commercial and non-residential buildings. To achieve……A reduction in emissions and energy bills for businesses and organisations. Housing and Residential Growth, Finance Not yet identified TBC By…...Ongoing 1.10 Deliver……A Local Energy Plan for Manchester via the Greater Manchester Local Energy Market project. To achieve……The Plan will identify areas suitable for Solar PV deployment (domestic and non-domestic), battery storage, low carbon heating solutions, electric vehicle deployment. By…...Project starts April 2020 Corporate Estates and Facilities In place via UK Research & Innovation No 1.11 Deliver……Zero carbon commitments are taken into account when any Council owned buildings or land is disposed of or leased to a third party. To achieve……Better support for third parties to improve the energy efficiency and condition of the building or the end use of the land. By…...April 2020 onwards Strategic Development Additional funding may be required. No 1.12 Deliver……A new Manchester Local Plan which will set out how the city should meet the needs of a growing, diverse population over the next 15 years, outlining where new development should happen, how green spaces and other environmental facilities should be protected or enhanced, and how transport and other infrastructure will be improved. Utilisation of existing Planning levers and Strategic Regeneration Frameworks to support the city’s zero carbon commitments. To achieve……Use the Council’s policy levers and influence to ensure that future development reflects the city’s zero carbon commitments and promotes a reduction in carbon emissions, improved green and blue infrastructure, and other associated issues such as the management of grey water. Strategic Development; Planning and City Policy Funding to develop the plan in place. No To achieve……Influence over travel choices and promoting sustainable and active travel where possible. Clear communication of Council policy and approval process for travel by taxi and air travel. Domestic air travel and flights to Paris or Brussels to only be approved in exceptional circumstances. By…...April 2020 Development (HROD) City Ref Action Owner Project Cost or funding in place Annual Carbon Saving (tCO2) 2.4 Deliver……Additional investment which prioritises improvements to the network for cycling and walking, with the development of a number of schemes approved through the GM Mayor’s Challenge Fund. To achieve……These works will supplement other proposals which seek to promote sustainable forms of transport across the city and will support the decarbonisation of transport across the city. By…...Rolling programme of investment. Highways, Capital Programmes Funding to be identified through the Capital Strategy and GM Mayor’s Challenge Fund with £2.8m already committed. No 2.5 Deliver……Work with Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Transport for Greater Manchester and Government to implement the Greater Manchester Transport Strategy 2040 and deliver improvements to the city’s Strategic Transport Infrastructure. City Policy; Highways Funding for schemes will be identified at the appropriate TBC To achieve……Strategic projects include: preparations for High Speed 2; delivery mechanism and funding for High Speed North; Metrolink expansion including Tram-Train options; Bus Reform including developing a business case to shift to an entirely electric fleet; and implemented an effective Clean Air Zone. By…...Ongoing stage. 2.6 Deliver……A revised City Centre Transport Strategy with Transport for Greater Manchester and Salford City Council. To achieve…… Improvements to sustainable and active travel and prioritisation of pedestrians and cyclists. By…...2020 City Policy; City Centre Regeneration Funding in place No 2.7 Deliver……Review and act on the findings of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Research to assess how emissions from Manchester Airport can be managed in line with the Paris Agreement. Work with Manchester Airport Group and other local authorities with airports within their boundaries to lobby government to accelerate the decarbonisation of air travel. To achieve……A reduction in aviation emissions from Manchester Airport which is in line with the Paris Agreement and the findings of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Research. By…..Ongoing City Policy; Manchester Climate Change Agency N/A TBC 2.8 Deliver……Incentives and support for Council staff to commute to work more sustainably including salary sacrifice schemes for bus, rail and tram; cycle to work scheme; provision of cycling facilities. Human Resources Organisational Funding in place. No To achieve……Increase in the number of Council officers travelling to work by sustainable modes of transport. By…...Ongoing Development (HROD) 3. Reducing consumption based emissions and influencing suppliers Introduction The Council and the city need to reduce consumption of goods and products which have the highest carbon footprint. This requires behaviour change and a shift in what we buy or procure and where it comes from. Commitment Reduce the consumption on Council premises of single use plastics and other goods which are unsustainable. Influence the city through procurement and commissioning and other levers including licensing. Council Ref Action Owner Project Cost or funding in place Annual Carbon Saving (tCO2) 3.1 Deliver……Roll out the additional 10% social value weighting for the environment to take the total social value to 30%. Suppliers will be scored based on: 1. The steps that they are already taking to reduce their carbon emissions and their future plans; Integrated Commissioning and Procurement N/A No 4. Climate adaptation, carbon storage and carbon sequestration Introduction Adaptation to climate change requires changes to the way in which the city’s infrastructure is developed and how we manage issues such as flooding and extreme heat. Manchester has approximately 1.2 million trees and a tree coverage of over 20% which is one of the highest in Greater Manchester. In the last three years alone over 10,500 trees have been planted as well as nearly 3,000 hedge trees and 13 community orchards (bringing the total up to 48). The Manchester i-trees eco assessment undertaken in 2018 by Treeconomics found that Manchester’s existing tree coverage stores 124,330 tonnes of carbon, sequesters 4,980 tonnes of carbon every year and removes 84 tonnes of pollution. The financial benefits of trees are worth over £3million every year. Improving the quality and quantity of trees and hedgerows will increase the volume of carbon that can be stored and ultimately sequestrated whilst also improving the environment and helping to reduce flooding. Commitment Ensure that the city’s infrastructure is resilient to climate change and that nature based solutions are used to combat issues such as flooding. Develop an intelligence led approach to tree and hedge planting, and nature based solutions will be developed to support the delivery of the Green and Blue Infrastructure Strategy. The quality and quantity of trees and hedges both on Council owned land and across the city will be informed by a Tree Opportunity Mapping assessment which will use the i-Trees Eco Assessment work to identify appropriate locations for additional tree planting to take place. It will link tree planting opportunities with locations that would benefit from increased climate change resilience. The assessment will suggest appropriate tree species and support funding bids to facilitate the delivery of both tree planting and ongoing maintenance. Council Ref Action Owner Project Cost or funding in place Annual Carbon Saving (tCO2) 4.1 Deliver……The Manchester Tree Action Plan City Policy; Neighbourhoods Funding via Council and partners No but storage, sequestrati To achieve……A target of net 1,000 new trees, 1,000 new hedge trees and 4 community orchards a year on known schemes on public or partner land. Investigate opportunities for planting in parks, Council owned open spaces, highways and the grounds of buildings. By…...Ongoing on & air quality benefits 4.2 Deliver……Complete the Horizon 2020 Grow Green Project and the new ‘sponge’ park in West Gorton to and use the learning to inform green and blue infrastructure across the city. To achieve……Encourage nature based solutions to be embedded in open spaces, highways schemes and new residential and commercial developments to improve resilience to flood risk. By…...Ongoing City Policy Yes via Horizon 2020 No but adaptation benefits City Ref Action Owner Project Cost or funding in place Annual Carbon Saving (tCO2) 4.3 Deliver……Fund and commission a Tree Opportunity Mapping assessment of tree planting opportunities within existing woodland (and particularly those affected by Ash Dieback), within parks, along streets and within gardens. To achieve……This evidence will underpin work at a neighbourhood level by identifying local opportunities for planting and supporting funding bids. The mapping will include an assessment of which are the most appropriate species for carbon storage and sequestration. City Policy Council funding identified No By…...December 2020 4.4 Deliver……Additional Council funding to support planting of more beacon trees, mature trees, street trees and hedgerows across the city to support delivery of 4.3. To achieve……Maximising the Council’s contribution to the City of Trees (https://www.cityoftrees.org.uk/) 3 million trees target as part of the Northern Forest. Exact number to be agreed. By…...Funding put in place during 2020/21 City Policy Funding from additional Capital Fund budget No but storage, sequestrati on & air quality benefits 5. Influencing behaviour and being a catalyst for change Introduction Although the Council’s direct CO2 emissions make up approximately 2% of the city’s total emissions, the Council has a unique role within the city to lead by example and also influence the behaviour of a range of different cohorts. Influencing positive behaviour change in Manchester’s residents, workers and visitors and also influencing behaviours, policies and investments at a city region and national level will support the climate change agenda. Commitment To use every opportunity to engage, empower and equip Council staff and elected members with the knowledge and skills to make a positive difference. Influence behaviour change across the city’s residents, businesses, public sector organisations, voluntary and community sector and visitors. Develop clear positions to influence, lobby and work in partnership with Greater Manchester and UK Government to take more action to tackle the climate emergency. Council To achieve……Promote positive action and behaviour change across the city’s residents, workers, businesses and visitors. By…...April 2020 and then a rolling programme. 5.6 Deliver…… Continue to provide existing funding to the Manchester Climate Change Agency, underwrite the funding for a new Chief Executive and working with partners to secure additional funding. To achieve……A Manchester Climate Change Agency which is fit for purpose to effectively champion and drive forward citywide climate change action. By…...December 2020 City Policy Funding in place No 5.7 Deliver……A plan for engaging, supporting and influencing key Manchester stakeholders (including businesses) to reduce their carbon footprint and sign up to the zero carbon ambition. This will include anchor institutions such as health partners and universities, and strategic development partners. Use the Council’s membership of the Oxford Road Corridor Partnership to fully implement and embed the learning from the Horizon 2020 Triangulum project and work up plans for a zero carbon corridor. To achieve……Support the work of the Manchester Climate Change Partnership as the city’s principal mechanism for engaging, mobilising and supporting organisations across the city. Influencing and supporting key stakeholders to reduce their carbon emissions and identifying Council actions that will unblock barriers to enable them to accelerate action. By…...December 2020 City Policy N/A TBC 5.8 Deliver……A large scale event with the city’s schools to support them to take action on climate change. Education, City Policy Funding and TBC To achieve……Additional knowledge and capacity across the city’s schools to develop and implement their own bespoke climate change action plans and improvements to their buildings. By…...First event delivered by June 2020 capacity in place 5.9 Deliver……Use the Council’s representatives and senior officers and elected members to influence the Greater Manchester Pension Fund; Greater Manchester Combined Authority; Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce; Transport for Greater Manchester and the GM Transport Committee; Health and Social Care Partnership. To achieve……Influence key Greater Manchester organisations to decarbonise and promote sustainable behaviour, investments and decision making to support delivery of the city’s climate change ambitions. By…...Ongoing City Policy N/A TBC 5.10 Deliver…… Develop a proposition to UK Government in relation to COP26 being held in Glasgow in November 2020. This will include working through partnerships with other authorities via the Council’s membership of Core Cities UK, with other local authority areas with airports and through the Convention of the North. To achieve….Influence and work in partnership with government to ensure that Manchester (and other UK cities) can meet local climate change objectives and contribute to the UK’s zero carbon commitment. By…...November 2020 City Policy N/A No 5.11 Deliver……Work with Manchester Climate Change Agency to actively City Policy Funding in No participate in international networks and projects to identify and develop best practice that can be used to accelerate action in Manchester. Including but not limited to: ● Covenant of Mayors ● Eurocities ● URBACT Zero Carbon Cities (2020-22) ● C-Change To achieve……Learning from other cities who are delivering ambitious climate change programmes and use funding to build capacity within the Council and city. Share Manchester’s learning to support other cities through programmes such as Zero Carbon Cities. By…...Ongoing place 5.12 Deliver……A Green Skills Plan for the city to support the delivery of the Manchester Work and Skills Strategy and Our Manchester Industrial Strategy. To achieve…… A skills system which supports the city's ambition to be zero carbon by 2038 and maximises opportunities for residents and businesses. By…...Sub group of the Work and Skills Board will be established in April 2020 and plan drafted by September 2020 Work and Skills with Work and Skills Board N/A No ● 7% believed that they would not make a difference ● 2% that it is too late to reduce the impact of climate change ● 2% said they were not interested or did not want to make any changes 2.5 What should the Council prioritise? People were asked which areas the Council should prioritise or focus on. They were asked to pick three options from a list. ● Improve public transport 6% said public transport is poor, 27% say if it was cheaper they could use it and 47% said supporting better public transport should be a Council priority. Focus group attendees also linked this to safety and suggested that they would walk/cycle/use the tram more if public safety was improved. ● Clean air initiatives, increase green spaces ● Increase awareness/provide information/advice and influence 2.6 What would incentivise behavioural change? Given that a common barrier to doing more to combat climate change was the expense, it is perhaps unsurprising that financial incentives were popular when considering how to combat climate change. A quarter (26%) said that financial incentives or money off their Council Tax would encourage them to do more, which was also a common topic of conversation amongst focus group participants. A suggestion from the focus groups was to introduce a discount scheme for residents, whereby those who recycle correctly are rewarded with discounted Council Tax and those who do not recycle are conversely penalised. Others suggested targeting businesses to be carbon neutral, reduce food waste (work with caterers) etc... 2.7 There is no one-size fits all answer The research confirmed that there is now one size fits all answer. There was no consistency across age, gender, diversity or locality. There were however some consistent trends: ● Young people aged between 16-34 were more willing to change behaviours ● There was also a female bias with regard to the willingness to change behaviours ● Older people are aware, but less willing to change behaviours ● Less awareness in North Manchester (9%), compared to South (17%) and Central (17%) ● Data shows broadly stronger awareness among white respondents as opposed to Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) respondents 3. Next steps The research and insight is being used to inform a citywide communications campaign which will be launched in spring 2020. Appendix 3: Summary of Youth Climate Action Summit no 2 1.0 Event Summary Nearly 350 pupils and teachers from schools across Manchester gathered for a special summit on 17th January 2020, to have their concerns heard, their voice listened to and develop new ideas for action on the issue of climate change. The Youth Climate Change Action Summit, held at the Manchester Central Convention Complex, was the second event of its kind to be held in the city. It gave pupils aged from 9 - 14 the chance to explore what they can do to help the city to meet its ambitious, science-based target to become zero-carbon by 2038 at the latest. At the event three Manchester schools delivered presentations detailing their approach to tackling climate change. Young people expressed their views on how climate change should be tackled, explored its causes and challenged a panel of local civic leaders on the actions they are taking to ensure that the city meets its ambitious zero-carbon target. Pupils attended workshops hosted by experts in their field, exploring what steps they can take at home and in school to reduce the carbon impact of energy consumption, transport choices and food and goods consumption, and explored what steps they can take at home and in school to reduce their carbon emissions. All schools in the city were invited to send a group of pupils to represent them at the event. The event was recorded by young people from Groundwork as part of the ‘Young Reporters Project’, enabling young people to gain new skills in journalism to help get their voices heard and showcase their filming from the day. 2.0 Background The first Manchester Young People’s Climate Change Action summit was held in July 2019, during the same week that Manchester City Council formally declared a ‘climate emergency’. The motion declared that climate change is a serious risk to Manchester’s future and committed the council to embedding the issue as an integral part of its decision- making process - ensuring that all key decisions are taken with the city’s target of becoming zero-carbon by 2038 at the latest in mind. 3.0 Introduction Objectives for the event: 1. Outline what the city’s commitments are on climate change and share progress to date. 2. Share good practice between Manchester schools. 3. Provide an opportunity for young people to meet organisations, policy makers and decision makers, in order to understand what is happening and give young people a platform to challenge and debate. 4. To listen to young people! 3.3 Location and venue The event was held in the Exchange Hall at Manchester Central Complex, which is located in the city centre. The venue was easily accessible by public transport and had a car park on-site for those who travelled by car. Positive feedback was received from young people, school staff, workshop providers and MCC staff about the venue. The venue is purpose designed for conferences and suited the format of the event. The event began and ended in the auditorium. Workshops were delivered in the atrium spaces and small meeting rooms - which worked well. Registration for the event took place in the entrance, the space became quite congested during the registration period and led to delays starting the event. This could have been eased by having two registration desks and providing a longer period of time for schools to register prior to the event starting. A disney style queuing system could have made the process more ordered. 3.4 Marketing, media and promotion The event was promoted via the Schools Circular (to all of Manchester’s 168 schools and education establishments) in December 2019 and again in January 2020. Schools were invited to request upto 5 tickets for young people aged 9-14. Tickets for the event were managed via Eventbrite. The aim was to allocate 300 tickets to schools - in total 356 were allocated. On the day 348 young people and school staff attended - a drop out rate of 2.25%. Social Media engagement: #McrClimateChange - 40 tweets were sent out during the event from a variety of groups, including schools, some of the organisations in attendance for workshops, and Manchester Youth Council @mcrclimateyb - The Manchester Climate Change Youth Board Twitter account (twitter.com/mcrclimateyb) was active during the event, seeing the following response to messages: Posts: 19 Impressions: 20,500 Retweets: 32 Likes: 139 Replies: 22 Link Clicks: 12 The engagement rate was 1%. Essentially, there was some sort of engagement for every hundredth time someone saw a tweet about this event, which is in line with the Council’s main Twitter account. Media: A media alert was issued on Wednesday 15th January 2020. There was a good response from media outlets and radio / tv interviews were conducted on the day of the event. BBC Radio Manchester (preview piece, including interview with Cllr Luthfur Rahman, plus on-the-day vox pop with pupils) Hits Radio / Global Radio (attended on the day, to record interviews with Cllr Rahman and pupils) BBC North West TV (a short piece ran on Saturday 18th January 2020 bulletins, including vox pop interviews with pupils from Dean Trust Ardwick) Manchester Evening News - News article on 27th January 2020. Sponsorship: The organisations delivering the workshops waived any fees they may normally charge for the event. 3.5 Staffing The venue provided a number of staff as part of the event package. This included security staff to undertake bag checks (venue requirement) and staff to guide young people to the event space. This support was valuable on the day. MCC staff (15) from across Neighbourhoods and Education provided support on the day to support stage management, marshalling, delivery of workshops and registration. 10 staff worked as ‘Marshalls’ during the event - providing support during ingress and egress. During registration the marshalls encouraged young people to capture their thoughts and feelings about the day ahead using tablets which created a word cloud on the screen in the auditorium. Staff then chaperoned the groups of children to their workshops and then back to the auditorium for the final session. The registration staff remained at the venue entrance until the final delegates left. A ‘quiet space’ was made available in a room near the front foyer - teachers were made aware of this space in advance. The room was used by a couple of young people during the event. First Aiders were available from the venue staff and MCC staff present - nobody required first aid during the event. 4.0 Conclusion and recommendations Feedback from the event has provided some useful learning to take forward and inform future events with young people. Event Programme: The majority of delegates thought that the event programme worked well and there was a good balance between listening and active engagement. Overwhelmingly, the most popular part of the event were the presentations from the three schools with over 80% of respondents rating this section as excellent. Young people also really enjoyed the opportunity to question leaders and many would have welcomed more time for this section. Over 87% of respondents thought the length of the event was about right. Workshops: The majority of feedback about the workshops was positive and this was an enjoyable section for young people. Young people described the workshops as ‘ inspiring’,’fun’ and ‘really good’. Workshop providers fed back that some students may have benefited from receiving some pre event learning to ensure key concepts were understood - particularly for those at key stage 2.Comments from both schools and workshop providers suggest that whilst there were benefits to bringing primary and secondary school children together, the workshops may have been more effective if split by age: Stage 2 (9-11) and Key Stage 3 (11-14). Next Steps: - Pilot the ‘skills to save the planet’ resource - 7 schools have indicated they are interested. - Finalise the co-produced ‘Environmental Wheel’ resource with the Youth Council and pilot with young people. - Establish a ‘Youth Climate Action Network’ to keep progressing efforts to support young people to get their voices heard and enable climate change action. This network will create opportunities for MCC Officers with youth / environmental objectives to network, share ideas and collaborate. A link will be made to a wider network of external organisations working in this sphere. - Education to develop a system to capture schools environmental pledges and track progress. - Create an award category for ‘Young people tackling Climate Change’ in the annual young people's Buzz Awards. - Explore how schools can be better supported to reduce energy consumption from school buildings - this was a key theme which emerged from discussion at the event and from survey feedback. - Overwhelmingly, feedback from young people and teaching staff showed that the element they enjoyed the most was the opportunity to network and learn from each other. Schools need to be empowered and encouraged to network more. - Develop an action plan to take forward the recommendations from this report and for this to feed into the Zero Carbon Coordination Group.