Carbon Literacy for Communities.

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1 Carbon Literacy for Communities

2 Questions or Thoughts from Day One

3 Aims of today During the day we will: Understand the anthropogenic sources of GHGs and how our everyday lives relate to them Explore Low Carbon Behaviours and the challenges/ opportunities to adoption in your community Explore behaviour change models and think about how these might translate into practical projects.

4 Climate Change Who s Fault is It?

5 What are THEY doing about it?

6 Timeline COP21 / The Paris Agreement IPCC 5 th Report Durban Copenhagen Kyoto Protocol Rio Earth Summit / UNFCCC established IPCC established World Climate Conference

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8 Aim of Paris Agreement To keep average global temperature rise well below 2 c, and to pursue efforts to limit temperature increase to 1.5 c To increase ability to adapt to climate change impacts and foster climate resilience and low emissions development To ensure financial flows reflect development towards lower emissions and climate resilience

9 Intended Nationally Determined Contributions INDCs Each country (or party) submits their planned emissions reductions a Pledge INDCs are to be submitted every 5 years and each must be more ambitious than the last Parties are encouraged to reach peak emissions asap climateactiontracker.org

10 UK and Scottish Legislation UK Climate Change Act (2008) Target: Greenhouse gas emissions will be 80% lower in 2050 than 1990 levels Climate Change (Scotland) Act (2009) Target: Greenhouse gas emissions will be 80% lower in 2050 than 1990 levels Interim Target: Greenhouse gas emissions will be 66% lower in 2032 against 1990 levels

11 Progress in Scotland

12 Who Else? "BedZED 2007" by Tom Chance from Peckham - flickr: BedZED. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Commons - L Appel de Paris: Pledge to act on outcomes of the Paris Agreement. Over 1300 businesses, cities and regions and investors have signed up: hos-joined/ Global Climate Action: Captures the commitments to climate action by companies, cities, subnational, regions, investors, and civil society organizations.

13 Greenhouse Gases

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15 John Tyndall ( ) Researched how much heat various gasses in our atmosphere could absorb in He noted that water vapour was by far the most powerful absorber of radiant heat. Other gasses were seen as having a much smaller effect.

16 CO 2 e Source:

17 What activities result in increase in GHGs?

18 Greenhouse Gas Global Warming Potential (GWP) Source Carbon dioxide (CO2) 1 Combustion of fossil fuels, deforestation Methane (CH4) 25 Combustion of fossil fuels, ruminant animals, landfill Nitrous oxide (N2O) ,800 Combustion of fossil fuels, agriculture, biomass burning, sewage Hydroflurocarbons (HFCs) 7,390-12,200 Manufacture, leakage and disposal of refrigerant and air-con equipment Perflurocarbons (PFCs) Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) 22,800 Manufacture of refrigerant equipment and production of aluminium 17,200 Electrical substations, magnesium smelters and some consumer goods

19 Atmospheric Lifetimes Greenhouse Gas Atmospheric lifetime Carbon Dioxide years Methane 12 years Nitrous Oxide 114 years Water Vapour 9 days

20 Scotland s Emissions Greenhouse Gas Tonnes CO 2 e Carbon Dioxide 34.4 Methane 7.5 Nitrous Oxide 3.3 Fluorinated gases 1.5

21 Tea and coffee break

22 What s It Got to Do With Me?

23 What Can I Do?

24 TITLE (Arial 24pt Bold) Activity The charity for Scotland s environment

25 What Can I Do?

26 Do It Less - Travel shops Fewer journeys or shorter journeys weekends work home school holidays Car share Teleconferencing Flexible working Staycations Eliminate unnecessary journeys Change where you live, work, play

27 Increasing carbon intensity Do It Differently - Travel Mode kgco 2 e per passenger km Domestic flight Average petrol car Eco Average hybrid car Driving Average Motorbike Average Local Bus Car share (2 people) Electrc vehicle National rail Coach 0.029

28 Do It Less - Energy Increase efficiency of home and appliances or increase the efficiency of their use Insulate lofts, walls, pipes, draught proofing LED lightbulbs Upgrade appliances (boilers, white goods) Heating controls (18 21 C) and timers Shorter showers Turn appliances off when not in use Don t overfill the kettle

29 Increasing carbon intensity Do It Differently Energy (heating) Fuel kgco2e per kwh heat Electricity Coal (domestic) Heating Oil (kerosene/paraffin) Natural Gas from Mains Air Source Heat Pump (COP=2.5) Wood fuel 0.023

30 Do It Differently Energy (electricity) Home Renewables - Solar Photovoltaics can produce significant amounts of home energy (especially if you use it right). Clean Energy Suppliers Some electricity suppliers only buy green energy and sell it on, others put profits towards building more renewable capacity Coming soon.. Community Renewables - Pilot projects are investigating ways that this energy can be used in the community, rather than sold to the grid. Smart metering and grids Smart appliances will use power when demand is low. Be smart with your appliances in the meantime -

31 Do It Less - Food Reduce food waste Plan your meals Understand dates Store food correctly Portion control Use up leftovers

32 Increasing embedded carbon Do It Differently Food Lower Carbon Higher Carbon Food Embedded Carbon (kg CO 2 e per kg produced) Beef 18 Strawberries (out of season & flown in) 7.2 Wheat 0.8 Strawberries (in season) 0.6 Carrots 0.3

33 Do It Less - Resources Buy less stuff/throw away less stuff! Do you need it? Can you repair or refurbish things you already have? When you buy, buy to last.

34 Do It Differently Resources (Acquisition) Material Embedded Carbon (kg CO 2 e per kg produced) Buy to last Secondhand Lease Clothing WEEE - mixed Books/ magazines Glass Borrow

35 Do It Differently Resources (Disposal) Recycle Donate for Reuse Repair The main benefits from disposing differently come from displacing new products. Reduce

36 Beware the Rebound Effect!

37 TITLE (Arial 24pt Bold) Low Carbon Behaviours The charity for Scotland s environment

38 Scottish Government Behaviours Framework What SG will do to support move to low carbon living Key behaviours seeking to influence Individuals account for 70% of Scotland s consumption emissions. Four key themes Ten key behaviours

39 Your Carbon Footprint = 70% of Scotland s emissions

40 Ten key behaviours

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43 Segmentation Model

44 Lunch

45 Behaviour Change Models Knowledge Action

46 Activity Think about a time you changed (or tried to change!) your behaviour/made a significant change in your life. What factors helped or hindered this change?

47 Nudge

48 MINDSPACE M I N D S P A C E essenger ncentive orms efault alience (relevance) riming ffect (emotion) ommitment go ussianrainbowgathering_4aug2005.jpg

49 SCARF Threats Rewards Status Certainty Autonomy Relatedness Fairness

50 Force Field Driving Forces Restraining Forces Change you want to make

51 Shifting Normal - Four Questions

52 Shifting Normal - Four Zones

53 Shifting Normal Start of industrial revolution

54 Tea and coffee break

55 Choose a Behaviour Keeping the heat in (insulation, draught proofing, double glazing) Better heating management (turning down heating & hot water thermostat, reducing hours that heating is on) Saving electricity (buying more energy efficient appliances, light bulbs, etc. when they need to be replaced, washing clothes at lower temperatures) Installing more energy efficient heating system or generating your own clean heat (replacing inefficient boilers, solar water heating, heat pump, biomass boiler) Reducing and Reusing (in addition to the efforts we are already making on recycling) Becoming less reliant on the car (walking, cycling, using public transport, car sharing) Driving more efficiently (following fuel efficient driving principles, using low carbon vehicle [fuel Using alternatives to flying where practical (e.g. train, tele- efficient, hybrid, ) Start of industrial revolution conferencing) Avoiding Food Waste Eating a healthy diet high in fruits and vegetable, in season where we live.

56 Carbon Literacy Evidence Individual and Group carbon reducing actions. These MUST be different. Group action work or community group.

57 Carbon Literacy Evidence How much carbon will it save? NOT looking for a number. Demonstrate understanding and provide context. E.g. Action Go vegetarian twice a week Run swishing parties with my friends. How much carbon? I currently eat meat at one or two meals a day. Producing meat creates many times more greenhouse gases compared to vegetables so reducing my meat consumption will save quite a lot of carbon. I go clothes shopping at least once a month with friends. Textiles have a very high carbon cost, and by running swishing parties me and my friends will still have fun/get new clothes, but without buying new. I feel this will save a lot of carbon.

58 Congratulations and Thank You!