Review of the Scottish Government s Climate Challenge Fund

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1 Review of the Scottish Government s Climate Challenge Fund

2 The Climate Challenge Fund Aim: help communities address climate change by reducing their carbon emissions 331 awards to 261 communities in seven funding rounds between Further 130 projects funded in March 2011 Working on energy, food, transport and waste

3 The Review 21 projects selected for in-depth review Aims: identify impacts and success factors Methodology: Qualitative interviews: 21 project managers (2 rounds) and 477 participants, volunteers and staff Quantitative carbon assessment: 8 projects Indicative, not representative

4 Presentation structure Impacts Motivations, barriers and success factors Carbon savings Role of communities in climate change policy Key implications

5 Impacts of CCF projects Composting Insulation Food purchasing Transport Home energy use Domestic renewables Environmental attitudes Food growing Additional sustainability impacts: Social Economic Local environment

6 Functions of CCF projects Acceleration Activation Consolidation Conversion Facilitation

7 Audiences Scope for behaviour change Relatively positive environmental attitudes Environment as a feelgood factor Personal motivations Open to change Range of barriers: personal and external

8 Motivations, barriers and success factors Home energy consumption Motivations Cost saving Environment Barriers Inertia Habit Lack of knowledge Inconvenience Success factors Energy monitors Tailored or unusual advice Photo: Brook Lyndhurst

Motivations, barriers and success factors Home insulation and efficiency improvements Motivations Cost saving Environment Comfort Barriers Cost

9 Motivations, barriers and success factors Home insulation and efficiency improvements Motivations Cost saving Environment Comfort Barriers Cost House type/tenure Confusion Lack of knowledge Effort Hassle Success factors Hand-holding Signposting Energy audits Tailored advice Photo: ENLEN

10 Motivations, barriers and success factors Domestic renewable energy Motivations Cost saving Environment Barriers Cost Planning permission No access to FiTs Success factors Bulk-buy scheme Follow-on from insulation Hand-holding Tailored advice Photo: Transition Linlithgow

Motivations, barriers and success factors Food growing Motivations Existing interest Enjoyment Well-being Environment Food quality Cost saving Social benefits

11 Motivations, barriers and success factors Food growing Motivations Existing interest Enjoyment Well-being Environment Food quality Cost saving Social benefits Skills/experience Barriers Time required Weather Lack of control (shared space) Success factors Providing space Good relationships Responsibility and ownership Photo: Brook Lyndhurst

Motivations, barriers and success factors Sustainable food purchasing Motivations Existing interest Local economy Environment Food quality Health Community links Cost saving Barriers

12 Motivations, barriers and success factors Sustainable food purchasing Motivations Existing interest Local economy Environment Food quality Health Community links Cost saving Barriers Availability/ preferences Family pressure Time and effort Habits/forgetting Cost Complexity Success factors Comfort zones Local entry point Information and reminders Improving access Photo: Brook Lyndhurst

Motivations, barriers and success factors Transport (cycling) Motivations Fitness (health) Enjoyment Time saving Cost saving Environment Barriers Fear of traffic Lack of infrastructure

13 Motivations, barriers and success factors Transport (cycling) Motivations Fitness (health) Enjoyment Time saving Cost saving Environment Barriers Fear of traffic Lack of infrastructure Inertia Lack of skills Broken bicycles Weather Success factors Personal support Visible activity Trial bikes Repairs Cycle training Route maps Cycle challenge Target commuting Photo: We Love Leith

14 Motivations, barriers and success factors Waste behaviours Motivations Dislike of waste Barriers Lack of infrastructure Effort Success factors From food growing to composting Making waste visible Photo: Brook Lyndhurst

15 Cross-cutting success factors Organisation Learning culture and adaptation People and skills Good project planning Effective volunteer engagement High local profile Intervention Understanding the audience Understanding how the intervention works Messaging to appeal to motivations Using engagement channels effectively Photo: Brook Lyndhurst

16 Carbon Assessment Climate Challenge Fund Matthew Brander, Ecometrica

17 Eight projects assessed: Project Barrhill Climate Champions Network East Neuk and Landward Energy Network (ENLEN) Switched On to Switching Off in South Edinburgh A Better Way to Work We Love Leith (Active Leith) Fife Diet Transition Linlithgow Going Carbon Neutral Stirling Project Type Energy efficiency and generation Energy efficiency and generation Energy efficiency Transport Transport Food Multi-strand Multi-strand

18 Overview of methodology: WBCSD/WRI GHG Protocol for Project Accounting Baseline scenario Emissions (tco 2 e) Carbon savings CCF project scenario Years Upper and lower estimates used to show effect of different assumptions, data, and factors available.

19 Lifetime Savings tco 2 e Results for Barrhill Climate Champions Network: 8,000 Barrhill Climate Champions' Network 7,000 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 Surgery Insulation Biomass Boiler Insulation Upper estimate: 7,396 tco 2 e (carbon savings for lifetime of project) Lower estimate: 4,500 tco 2 e (carbon savings for lifetime of project) 2,000 1,000 - Upper estimate Lower estimate

20 Lifetime Savings tco 2 e Results for A Better Way To Work 6,000 A Better Way To Work 5,000 4,000 Travel Maps Eco-driving Trial Bus Pass Upper estimate: 5,408 tco 2 e (carbon savings for the lifetime of the project) 3,000 2,000 City Car Club Pedometers Work Cycle Challenge Dr Bike Lower estimate: 205 tco 2 e (carbon savings for the lifetime of the project) Electric cycle loans 1,000 Cycle loans Cycling training Journey planning advice - Upper estimate Lower estimate -1,000

21 Some key findings: The range between the upper and lower estimates is different for different project types hard measures tend to have higher certainty and behaviour change measures tend to have lower certainty. Different measures create different savings per participant project managers may want to consider the size of savings per participant from different measures and the number of people they can reach.

quality and getting the right balance between monitoring and evaluation and project implementation

22 Some recommendations: Lifetime savings rather than just annual savings More research into how long changed behaviour lasts for Guidance and templates for measuring project savings Guidance on data quality and getting the right balance between monitoring and evaluation and project implementation Energy savings factors rather than emission saving factors Providing approved emission factors and secondary data

Communities and climate change policy Strengths of community-based approaches Overcoming inertia among the moderately interested Tailoring interventions Being trusted by the local community Working

23 Communities and climate change policy Strengths of community-based approaches Overcoming inertia among the moderately interested Tailoring interventions Being trusted by the local community Working on a meaningful scale Long-term potential: social norms, community capacity, sustainable lifestyles Limitations of community-based approaches Small scale External barriers to behaviour change Photo: Brook Lyndhurst

24 Key implications For community projects Plan carefully Learn from experience and adapt Understand your audience Choose the right messages engagement channels Articulate how your intervention works Photo: Brook Lyndhurst

Key implications For fund managers Provide further training in key areas to support delivery Support projects in tacking external barriers to change Continue to

25 Key implications For fund managers Provide further training in key areas to support delivery Support projects in tacking external barriers to change Continue to encourage the diffusion of learning Promote strategic links with national programmes Refine monitoring and evaluation requirements and processes Photo: Brook Lyndhurst

26 Key implications For climate change policy Review the CCF s strategic aims in the context of climate change policy Help remove external barriers to change Provide long-term support to community projects Photo: Brook Lyndhurst

27 THANK YOU

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