Liverpool: An Environmental AuditInterim Findings

5th March 2013Peter North and Alex Nurse

Foresight Centre

The Partners

The Audit

• Directly based on the European Green Capital Judging criteria• 12 categories on which any city is measured

1. Local Contribution to Climate Change

2. Transport3. Green Urban Areas

Incorporating Sustainable Land Use

4. Nature and Biodiversity5. Air Quality6. Noise Pollution

7. Waste Production and Management

8. Water Consumption9. Waste Water Treatment10.Eco Innovation and Sustainable

Employment11.Environmental Management of

the Local Authority12.Energy Performance

Audit Structure

• Stage One: Data Gathering

• Stage Two: Performance against plans and strategy

• Stage Three: Revisions in light of performance

The Partners

The Audit

Failing Average Good/Excellent

1: Contribution to Climate Change

•Total emissions•Co2 from domestic electricty•co2 from natural gas•co2 from transport•co2 per kwh used NO DATA

•Details of Targets achieved or not•Plans to meet/revise targets

1: Contribution to Climate Change

4.0

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.0

6.5

7.0

7.5

8.0

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

total carbon emissions per capita (tonnes)

Liverpool

Birmingham

Bristol, City of

Leeds

Manchester

Newcastle

Nottingham

Sheffield

2. Local Transport

Cycle Lanes300m from a bus-stop NO DATA

Proportion of journeys under 5km made by carProportion of public transport classed as low emissionDetails of Targets achieved or notReduction of overall demandreduction of individual motorised transportPromotion of less environmentally damaging modes of transport

2: Local Transport

2: Local Transport

3: Green Urban Spaces•Proportion of areas within the inner city/on city boundaries•The distribution across the city•Size of areas•Fragmentation•Soil Sealing•Proportion of population living 300m from green space•Percentage of green areas/water areas/industrial economic areas. Residential areas/brownfields•New developments (proportion of brownfield sites) NO DATA

•population density in built up areas•Population density for new developments NO DATA

•Minimising the total area of derelict and contaminated land NO DATA

•increasing or sustaining population density while protecting green areas NO DATA

•renovating urban land and renewing urban design

•Limiting urban sprawl through cooperation with neighbouring municipalities•Integrating current and future changes such as economic growth•People’s quality of life and recreation•Additional ecosystem services•Rehabilitation of brownfield sites NO DATA

3: Green Urban Spaces

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m2

Open Space per capita m2

Liverpool

Hamburg

Vittoria

Nantes

Copenhagen

4: Nature and Biodiversity

•Details of the Most Recent action plan•Details of targets achieved or not•Plans to meet/revise

5: Air Quality

•PM10•ozone•NO2, PM10, PM2.5

•Existence and Implementation of an Air Quality Management Plan•Local measures taken and their effect•Information to the public•Plans to meet/revise

6: Quality of the Acoustic Environment

•>55db (Day)•>45db (Night)•Details of targets achieved or not•Plans to meet/revise

7: Waste Production and Management

Waste per capita

Total/biodegradable sent to landfill% Recycled

Reduction of waste producedamount of waste sent to landfills

Measures which have promoted awareness raisingPlans to meet/revise

7: Waste Production and Management

0.00%

5.00%

10.00%

15.00%

20.00%

25.00%

30.00%

35.00%

40.00%

45.00%

2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/2011 2011/12

Historical Recycling Rates (%)

Liverpool

Halton

Knowsley

Sefton

St Helens

Wirral

8. Water Consumption•Urban Water supply subject to metering•Water consumption per capita•Water loss in pipelines•Compliance with EU water framework directive•Leak management NO DATA

•Network Rehabilitation NO DATA

•Non-domestic Metering NO DATA

•Byelaw implementation in relation to efficiency in water use

NO DATA

•efforts to use the tariff system to improve water supply NO DATA

•Awareness raising campaigns NO DATA

•Plans to meet/revise NO DATA

8: Water Consumption

9: Waste Water Management

•Access to Service NO DATA

•Flood Occurrences and Management•Economic Sustainability NO DATA

•Infrastructures (Treatment Capacity, Treatment Level)

NO DATA

•Environmental Sustainability (energy efficiency, sludge treatment)•Integration into water management in general closing the cycle

NO DATA

•Details of targets achieved or not•Plans to meet/revise

The River

‘Today the river is an affront to the standards a civilised society should demand of its environment. Untreated sewage, pollutants, noxious discharges all contribute to water conditions and environmental standards that are perhaps the single most deplorable feature of this critical part of England’

(Lord Heseltine, 1983)

The River

10: Eco-Innovation

•Material Security•Environmentally friendly technologies•Social Innovation•Jobs created in green sectors•Share of energy from renewables•Hybrid or fully electric cars•Details of targets achieved•Plans to meet/revise

11: Environmental Management of the Local Authority

•ISO14001/EMAS•Procurement•Details of targets achieved•Plans to meet/revise

12: Energy Performance•Energy Consumption and performance of Municipal buildings•Development and Goals for Renewable energy share•Strategy for renewable V non-renewable mix•Integration and performance of renewable energy technology in municipal buildings and homes•development of compatible integrated systems•Increasing the energy performance of buildings•maximising the use of renewable energy in municipal buildings and homes•Measures to improve overall energy demand performance•Plans to meet/revise

The Audit: Where Are We

The Audit: Where do we think we are?

Failing Average Good/Excellent

5.6% 52.8% 41.6%

Moving Forward

• Focus on where we are falling short

• Realise the potential of upcoming strategies

• Don’t rest on our laurels where we perform well.

Contact Details

Website: www.lowcarbonliverpool.com Twitter: @lowcarbonlpool

Facebook: facebook.com/lowcarbonliverpool Email: a.nurse@liverpool.ac.uk

In Your Groups• Recycling – what can we recycle?• Cycling – but whose responsibility is it to improve?

(cyclists/drivers/the council)• Better communication – apply strategies, clear messaging• Public Transport – Quality and Health• Seize the opportunities to promote a green economy• Focus on Eco-Innovation (as it underpins everything else)• Transport – need to move towards being able to move between

areas to improve liveability