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Carbon Counting – Regional & Community Methodologies

Dr Simon Gerrard

CRed Programme Manager

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Overview

• Why count carbon – the CRed perspective?

• Who counts carbon?

• How CRed counts carbon

• Issues arising

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Focus on Action

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By the People or For the People?

• Who is doing the counting?

• Who are the people?

• Relationship to and ownership of the results

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8 Financially Burdened

1 Environmentally Mature

2 Educated Advocates

3 Discerning Elders

4 Comfortable Conservatives

5 Little Britain

6 Restful Retirement

7 Driving Dependency

9 Ethnic Tradition

10 Fixed Horizons

High consumers of HH and vehicle energy.

Critical Gp in next few yrs as lifestyle will develop to larger homes and more cars

Energy bills still quite high. Moderate vehicle ownership

HH and vehicle emissions above average – scope for reducing emissions

HH & vehicle emissions not high. Below average attitude towards environment

Those that are independent will want to save money & so potentially interested in saving energy

Relatively new houses with lowest CO2 emission score

New large housing. Demands of family make energy consumption relatively high

High proportion of extended families resulting in high energy consumption

CO2 emissions just below average. Vehicle ownership low

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Passive or Active Engagement

• Passive implies ‘business as usual’ in terms of behaviour - unrealistic

• Active implies significant long-term behavioural change

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Community Oriented

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Engage Audit Report Introduction to Solutions

Action Plan

(Pledge)

Evaluation(Carbon Monitor)

Award

RaisingAwareness

TakingAction

Evaluation

Stimulating Greater Change

Innovation & Best Practice

Carbon Counting

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The CRed Approach - Evaluation

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The CRed Approach – Success Factors

Pledge

Fail

Succeed Evaluation

Success Factor

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Progress to Date

• 126,070 pledges

• ≈ 42,000 individuals

• 67,000 tonnes CO2 per year

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Paralysis by Analysis

• How accurate do we need to be?

• Herbert Simon’s principle of satisficing

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Falling into the Deficit Model Trap

Carbon!!!

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Links to Climate Science

• Dealing with uncertainty……1. How to incorporate changes in

accuracy?

2. How to deal with large ranges in estimations?

3. How to cope with revisions in carbon calculations?

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Conclusions

• Don’t lose sight of the reasons for carbon calculation

• Retain a focus on who will be using the calculations and for what purpose

• Securing behavioural change will be quicker if individuals and communities are engaged and active