16. Strategic Steps to a
Low Carbon Economy
(responding to triple crunch time:
credit, climate, energy)
17.
18.
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20.
21. Putting the regional house in order?
• National Indicator 186 – per capita emissions
of carbon dioxide West Midlands
• 2005: 37,167kt CO2
• 2006: 37,923kt CO2
Up 2.03%
• Per capita West Midlands:
• 2005: 6.95tCO2/capita
• 2006: 7.07tCO2/capita
Up 1.70%
22. Fuels used in E generation/Mtoe
Fuel 2003 2007
Coal 31.6 31.9
Oil 0.7 0.8
Gas 24.5 27.5
Nuclear 20.0 14.0
Hydro 0.2 0.4
Other renewables 0.4 0.6
Net imports 0.2 0.4
23. West Midlands
& Sustainable Energy
LEADERSHIP!
‘If the leader hath no vision the people
will perish’ Proverbs 29:18
24. This isn’t about ‘climate change’
‘sustainable energy’ or ‘carbon
dioxide’.
It’s about ‘communities’, ‘families’,
‘organisations’ & ‘businesses’.
35. West Midlands
population: 5.3 million
CO2 : 50 million
tonnes
Nigeria
population: 140 million
CO2 : 52 million tonnes
Sources: WDM, IEA
36.
37. quot;Regardless
of which route we
choose, the world's
current predicament
limits our maneuvering
room. We are
experiencing a
step-change in the growth
rate of energy demand
due to population growth
and economic
development, and Shell
estimates that after
2015 supplies of
easy-to-access oil
and gas will no
longer keep
up with
demand.quot;
Jeroen van der Veer, CEO Shell
28th January 2008
81. “Make no little plans. They
have no magic to stir
men's blood... Make big
plans; aim high in hope
and work.”
Daniel Hudson Burnham
1846-1912
“Search all the parks in all
your cities; you'll find no
statues of committees.”
David Ogilvy
1911-1999
82. “What we think, or what
we know, or what we
believe is, in the end, of
little consequence. The
only consequence is
what we do.” John Ruskin
