MANCHESTER. A CERTAIN FUTURE.

our co2llective action on climate change Carbon Dioxide noun, chem (formula CO2) a colourless odourless tasteless gas, present in the atmosphere MANCHESTER. A CERTAIN FUTURE. our co2llective action on climate change

002 Foreword 004 Introduction

012 Living 018 Working 024 Moving 030 Growing 036 Adapting

043 Measuring Our Progress 046 Power Through Partnership 048 The Bigger Picture 049 Making It Happen – Resources 050 Turning Words Into Deeds 052 Making It Happen – Next Steps

Published by Manchester City Council on behalf of the city of Manchester, December 2009. FOREWORD SIR RICHARD LEESE Leader of Manchester City Council

On the pages that follow, a picture It is a plan about deeds, not words. which made its name and its livelihood is painted of our city’s future. You Every home and every business will be from coal and steam and the utilisation may not recognise it at fi rst glance. affected. We will have to adapt and will of natural resources, can create a low Some of the streets have changed. all have to make radical cuts or changes carbon future, there will be no city, The buildings look different. Jobs to the energy we use. We have tough anywhere in the world, that can claim and workplaces are not the same targets and a timeline that offers us no that climate change is ‘too diffi cult’ to as they used to be. In our schools room for delays. deal with. and in our homes we’ve learned new ways to live. This action plan follows two earlier The journey to sustainability must be reports that were published by taken. The price of carbon is set to Movement and travel are strangely quiet Manchester City Council. The fi rst was challenge the price of oil as a primary and cleaner. The city is actually greener. a series of ‘Climate Change Principles’ economic barometer. Nations and cities in which we started to examine how the that embrace a low carbon future will What you will recognise, however, are city would start out on its low carbon be more competitive and future-proofed. the people. Men and women like you. journey; the second was our ‘Call to As participants in a globalised economy, Mancunians. Innovative radicals with Action’ with which we began the we have to become a global leader a conscience, who are resourceful, process of drawing up the plan you once again in a new kind of economics hard-working and confi dent. People are reading now. It also contributes and in a new internationalism that who think “What next? And next?”. to Manchester’s Community Strategy, recognises our wider responsibility, not These people will create this future city. ‘The Manchester Way’, which established least for those less developed countries It is a place where we have met the the importance of working collectively where climate change is already starting climate challenge head on and prevailed as a city to achieve greater prosperity to have a dramatic and life-threatening by working together. and longer, healthier and happier lives. impact – and where these impacts are These reports and the responses to set to become much more extreme in This action plan will shape the future. them have helped shape this action plan. the decades to come. It is for us all and builds on our strengths. It has been produced with the help of The good news is that as we take up The signifi cant impact of humankind a large number of individuals and more the climate challenge, our city will on the warming of the planet is a than 100 organisations who have come benefi t signifi cantly. In the years ahead, process that has been ongoing for more together to help Manchester prepare low carbon cities will have a clear than two hundred years – and this city a plan that really will make a difference market advantage over those that have had a hand in starting that process. and help us hit a big target – to cut not made the transition. We will benefi t Now we have to provide a new kind more than a million tonnes of CO² from from new ‘green collar’ jobs and clean of leadership; a new model for growth. our annual emissions by 2020 and to enterprises. We will be better adapted We have to radically shift the way we lay the foundations to become a truly to a changed future and be healthier, think, the way we work and the way we low carbon city by 2050. greener and safer as a result. live. We have to work together to create a safer future. We can, and we will. What you will quickly discover in this To set Manchester on this future course plan is that urgent action is needed sends out a strong signal to the rest of on every front to tackle climate change. the world. If the defi nitive industrial city,

002 CO2 is a gas: the invisible image of expended carbon, and a spent natural resource.

CO2 currently consists of more than 380 parts per million of the earth’s atmosphere, and it is rising. 350 parts per million is the optimum level for life as we know it, probably the best level for people and all of nature to prosper.

It is the responsibility of all of us to reduce CO2 emissions and spend our carbon more carefully. This document outlines the actions we need to take.

Pledge your support.

Signature INTRODUCTION MANCHESTER’S PLAN FOR THE FUTURE

“What Manchester does today, the We are not the fi rst city to face up to While the plan aims to reduce our rest of the world does tomorrow,” the climate challenge – far from it – contribution to global warming, said Benjamin Disraeli, the but we want our approach to be bold, it recognises that the climate in former Prime Minister. It is that inspiring and a model for others. Manchester, like everywhere else, pioneering spirit and sense of is going to change through the next responsibility that has helped This plan sets headline actions for just century, whatever action we take to shape this new Manchester plan one decade – to 2020 – but its goal is reduce carbon emissions. This is for tackling climate change. to provide a strong starting point for a because large amounts of CO² and much longer journey, through to 2050 other greenhouse gases have already and a radically changed, low-carbon been released during the last century future where large-scale emissions of and the fi rst few years of this one: carbon dioxide (CO²) have become a by the middle of this century, it is likely thing of the past. that we could experience an increase in temperature of up to two degrees. This action plan for Manchester is a plan for the entire city, not just the City In fact, Manchester’s climate will Council and statutory public agencies. change to hotter drier summers, warmer Local communities, residents and the wetter winters and more intense and business community all have an integral frequent episodes of extreme weather part to play, and many of them, such as storms and fl oods. In response, identifi ed later in this document, have this plan aims to make the city more helped in the production of this plan. resilient in the face of the disruption This is a plan for the city, for us all, and rising from such changes. its successful delivery will rely on us all working together, whether that’s This future forecast for our city should homeowners, community groups, only serve to underline the urgent and businesses or public agencies. immediate need for radical action. We should adapt for the future, even as we make major cuts in our carbon emissions.

004 OUR PLAN HAS TWO HEADLINE OBJECTIVES:

ONE. To reduce the city of Manchester’s TWO. To engage all individuals, Actions to meet these targets are emissions of CO² by 41% by 2020, neighbourhoods and organisations set out under fi ve chapter headings – from 2005 levels. This equates to a in Manchester in a process of cultural Living, Working, Moving, Growing and reduction from current levels of 3.2 change that embeds ‘low-carbon Adapting. Each chapter makes it clear million tonnes per annum to less thinking’ into the lifestyles and what Manchester is going to do to than two million; it also equates to a operations of the city. meet the challenges posed by climate reduction in per capita emissions from change, along with the changes we 7.3 tonnes to 4.3 tonnes per head. To create a ‘low-carbon culture’ we need to make as individuals, need to build a common understanding communities and businesses. Manchester’s emissions of CO² derive of the causes and implications of mostly from our use of fossil fuels and climate change, and to develop are directly related to the use of buildings, programmes of ‘carbon literacy’ and products, transport and industrial ‘carbon accounting’ so that new culture activities. We can lower these emissions can become part of the daily lives of all by reducing our demand for and use of individuals and organisations. Every one energy; altering the technologies used of the actions in our plan will contribute for energy generation; and changing the in some way to the development of sources of the fuels we use from fossil ‘carbon literacy’ in the city. However, fuels to renewables. Our plan sets out achieving a new low-carbon culture – ways of adopting and applying these where thinking about counting carbon three approaches across different is embedded and routine – can only be sectors and scales. delivered as a result of all the actions together, in an overall co-ordinated manner. Enabling a low-carbon culture in the city will be particularly important if the challenge of meeting even more demanding carbon reduction targets between 2020 and 2050 is to be met.

005 Delivering this plan Reading and using this plan Manchester City Council and the This Committee will provide a link On the pages that follow, all of the Manchester Board (our Local Strategic through to other stakeholders and will actions established as part of this plan Partnership) have established roles in co-ordinate the work of wider groups are set out across fi ve chapters – Living, leading and co-ordinating plans or or partnerships who are tackling Working, Moving, Growing and strategies across the city and linking specifi c actions in the plan. Its work Adapting. There are also examples of them to other governance structures, will be serviced and co-ordinated by how we are already making progress in particularly those for the Greater Manchester City Council, though the each of these areas and sections to help Manchester City Region. Manchester’s ongoing support of other stakeholders highlight what this plan will mean for you, Community Strategy and Local Area will be essential to its credibility whether you read it as an individual, a Agreement set out ways of working and success. business or another type of organisation at the local, regional and national levels, or association. through partnerships, which the delivery A wider programme of engagement will of this plan will follow; they also set be launched during the fi rst year of the There is a website for this plan at city-wide targets which this plan will plan after which a consistent, longer www.manchesterclimate.com where help to meet. term framework will be put in place to you can fi nd more details about how enable individuals, associations and we’re going to measure progress, how This plan has been produced by a organisations to demonstrate the ways these actions and targets have been network of writing groups and a in which they are contributing to a set, and links to other information and conference of stakeholders. The low-carbon future and to be able to resources about climate change, from process considered the headline issues examine our collective progress in the very basic to the very complex. This and how the city needs to change in meeting the climate challenge. website will continue to be developed the future to develop and draft actions in the future, in particular to record our for this plan. This approach will be To help this process along, a common progress and to allow all of us across developed further for delivery: a framework for carbon accounting will be the city to share ideas and experience. Stakeholder Conference will be held adopted to enable all contributions to go every year to oversee the delivery of towards reaching the city’s target. We projects. A Steering Committee made will measure and report on our progress, up of representatives of the City Council, making sure we’re on track, and will use the Manchester Board and from the the Stakeholder Conference to review business and third sectors, will scrutinise and celebrate our success and agree the progress of the plan throughout our future priorities. each coming year.

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011 LIVING OUR HOMES, OUR LIFESTYLES, OUR COMMUNITIES

The people of Manchester are the What does that future look like? We will reuse and recycle as much as city’s greatest asset: resourceful, When we build new homes they possible. We will grow more of our proud of their city and ready to will be of the very highest standard, own food. We will repair things rather tackle the toughest of challenges. emitting little if any carbon. Using than throwing them away. We will These people, the communities of advanced technologies and innovative enjoy increased self-suffi ciency. Manchester, will deliver our most construction methods they will be Waste will be our common enemy. signifi cant cuts in carbon warm, clean and comfortable, with emissions. Through the way we smart meters to track the use of Schools, places of worship, libraries live our lives and run our homes energy and water. Our homes will also and community centres will play a we will all work together to make become generators of energy through hugely important role. All across Manchester a low-carbon city. a greater use of new, renewable Manchester we will learn to live energy technologies such as solar differently, be inspired to take action, We cannot pretend that things will cells and boilers that generate heat to switch things off, not leave them remain the same in the future. We and electricity at the same time. on. The signs of our success will be will have to adapt to shifts in climate all around us. We will see the new regardless of how successful we are A similar and more widespread technologies at work. We will share in cutting our carbon emissions. At revolution will take place across the our endeavours with our friends, our the same time we will have to make homes we already live in. The existing families, our co-workers. major changes in the way we use houses in our city will be transformed things, how we heat our homes and through a large-scale retrofi t Change is coming and it will impact the way we live our lives. If we make programme that will make them easier on each and every one of us. Initially, these changes now we will reap the to run and more energy-effi cient. some of the changes required may rewards. We can enrich our lives seem hard, impossible even, but there today, create a better environment Over time, this revolution will happen is a lot to look forward to as we strive for our children and build a stronger everywhere, down every street and in towards life in a greener city and to city that is healthier, and ready for every neighbourhood. It will impact on create ‘neighbourhoods of choice’ a different kind of future. public and commercial buildings as which meet our needs and are well as individual houses. Social and attractive to live in. If we take private landlords will take the lead deliberate and collective action to through a new ‘Better than Decent’ reduce the carbon emissions created homes standard. Community groups by our way of life, the rewards will be will inspire all of us to use new a healthier, happier and more technologies and fi nd innovative ways prosperous city. to cut energy use and save money.

012 2005 CO ² EMISSIONS IN THE YEAR 2005 WERE 3.2 MILLION TONNES PER ANNUM PER TONNES MILLION 3.2 WERE 2005 YEAR THE IN EMISSIONS

fi rst stage in establishing full-scale THE STORY carbon co-op pilots, which will be up and running by the end of 2009. In Wythenshawe, Radio Regen, SO FAR UHC, Wythenshawe FM97.2 and Manchester Environmental Resource Manchester is not approaching Centre Initiative (MERCi) ran a climate change from a standing climate change awareness project start. Across the city, individuals, called Wythenshawe Forever. communities and schools are Making the workshops relevant to starting to change the way they live. local people and their way of life From educational programmes to brought the message home and micro-generation, we are already created a real understanding among be achieved in an average home and preparing for the impact of climate the people who attended – an it is hoped that this example will be change on our everyday lives. understanding that can be passed repeated elsewhere in the city. on to the whole community. In Hulme, the local Carbon Co-op Projects like this have already been brings together people and In the property sector, Northwards successful and will be more so in communities, enabling them to Housing has been introducing the future. Making people aware of purchase low-carbon technologies energy-effi cient measures to its the challenge of climate change but simply and cheaply. The more people 12,500 properties across north empowering them to take action will who participate, the cheaper and east Manchester. Set up by result in real changes in all aspects technologies become, including Manchester City Council, Northwards of our lifestyle. everything from energy meters to Housing is working hard to go beyond solar panels. Two pilot projects were the Government’s Decent Housing carried out in March 2009, one with Standards. Solar panels fi tted in many owner-occupiers in Hulme, the other housing units provide electricity for in a block of city centre fl ats. The communal areas, with any excess pilots featured carbon-budgeting exported to the national grid. All the workshops where local people cost savings from this are being examined their energy usage and reinvested in further improvements to looked at ways they could work benefi t residents. Alongside this, new together to reduce their carbon central heating boilers, insulation and footprint. These workshops are the windows have added to the energy effi ciency of Northwards Housing for the benefi t of residents.

Manchester Eco House is an invaluable way of demonstrating the different methods of insulation, energy effi ciency and alternative energy production in our homes. Comprising two previously uninhabitable terraced properties, the Eco House is a good way to show people, both from the local area and further afi eld, what can

013 HEADLINES FROM THE FUTURE

What will Manchester life be like EFFICIENT. Our ‘retrofi tting’ in 2020? Here are some outcomes programme will have improved energy of the actions we have set for effi ciency and reduced energy bills in ourselves for the next ten years. at least 100,000 homes, saving more than 350,000 tonnes of carbon every year by the end of the decade.

EDUCATED. Everybody in the city – every resident, pupil, student and employee – will have had at least one day’s training in climate change by 2013, probably several days by 2020.

GREENER. There will be more green spaces, gardens and green roofs across the city.

GROWING. We will know how much a home ‘retrofitting’ menu of all the food we eat is locally grown and we’ll be on the way to doubling it smart meter by 2020. low-powerlow-power lightlight bulbs rainwaterrainwater buttsbutts increasedincreased lloftoft ininsulationsulation sealedsealed ddoorsoors highhigh performanceperformance white goodsgoods double-glazingdouble-glazing heatheat pumppump solarsolar panelspanels insulatedinsulated cavitycavity wallswalllllls high-performancehigh-performance boilboilerer thermalthermal ccladdingladding micromicro ggenerationeneration gregreyy waterwater systemsystysysteemm dry liliningninining

014 ACTIONS

Homes, lifestyle, education and awareness: we have set out some clear and achievable actions that will help us meet the challenge of climate change head on. Many of them will take place at the level of individual households but others will involve neighbourhoods, community groups, even the entire city, working together.

Homes Save over 350,000 tonnes of CO² Implement a ‘Better than Decent’ a year by 2020 through a major programme with the city’s social programme of retrofi tting domestic landlords to take their stock beyond buildings with energy effi ciency and ‘Decent Homes’ retrofi t. home energy generation measures. Provide advice and support to Become the UK’s Low Carbon universities, landlords and student Economic Area for the Built groups to increase energy effi ciency Environment and help develop the city in student accommodation. the two-degree region as a centre of excellence for low carbon construction skills. Ensure all new homes funded by challenge Government or built by registered Support a programme of retrofi tting social landlords are in compliance with advice, incentives and investment with the escalating Code for models to help homeowners fund Sustainable Homes requirements. projects. Implement the adoption and optimum Provide regulation, advice, use of smart meters and voltage incentives and investment models optimisers and make this metering for private landlords to retrofi t widely available through installation domestic properties. schemes and lending programmes at local centres, such as libraries. Establish ‘Green Leases’ as an incentive to retrofi t and share the Maximise the number of Supplier benefi ts between landlords and Obligation schemes available in tenants; investigate the development Manchester and establish joint of green clauses in the Manchester programmes with utility companies, Landlords’ Accreditation Scheme. including the provision of useable billing information. Launch a ‘two-degree challenge’ to encourage residents to turn thermostats up or down depending on the season.

015 ACTIONS

Education and promotion Develop programmes of ‘carbon literacy’ education and training in schools, colleges and universities; at all levels in public, private and third sector organisations; and make these Lifestyle and leisure available for community groups, Establish a range of community-based neighbourhoods and households. micro-generation projects where energy can be used by local users Develop a co-ordinated programme and/or fed back into national and of advice and support on domestic local grids. energy effi ciency for residents, landlords and building owners, Innovation Support and extend existing including behavioural change, Reinforce the role of community community growing projects and physical improvements and grant/ buildings such as libraries, schools, encourage more people to grow food loan information. surgeries and community centres – at home organically. by making them low-carbon Conduct climate change awareness neighbourhood hubs promoting the Continue to work with the Waste & and engagement campaigns and benefi ts of low-carbon lifestyles, Resources Action Plan (WRAP) and ensure that they are relevant to local and demonstrating low-carbon support the Recycle Now and Love communities and neighbourhoods. technologies in action. Food Hate Waste campaigns. Infl uence, promote and support the Develop digital connectivity in Research and implement a loyalty embedding of environmental Manchester, maximising the sharing card scheme to encourage people to considerations in all areas of the of ideas, information and develop the support local sustainable business. education system. use of digital technology to share and promote common ‘carbon accounting’ Promote sustainable tourism through Increase education, skills and data throughout the city. the Green Event Guide and a awareness among residents about sustainable event management sustainable food through local activity, Run a pilot programme of tradeable system such as BS 8901. campaigns and national programmes. personal carbon quotas to help encourage changes in lifestyle and Work with partners to assist in the behaviour, and to ensure that the creation of a toolkit to support need to take action is distributed schools in achieving sustainable fairly across all sections of society. procurement.

Use the media to provide information to enable people to make sustainable decisions regarding the consumption of goods and services.

016 SOLUTIONS AT EVERY SCALE

Individuals We will take major action to increase our understanding of how each of us can make a big difference to climate change: from using fewer resources, using less energy or travelling We all have a part to play in differently, to changing things like Manchester’s low-carbon revolution food or leisure choices. The focus will in our homes, lives and local be on empowerment, engagement communities. The major implications and working together. for different groups are set out here. Residents There will be advice and support Schools, libraries and faith groups available to help retrofi t your home to As well as being highly visible make it more energy-effi cient, to have examples of energy effi ciency and smart meters installed that help you renewable energy in action, these control energy use, and to install public-facing institutions will be small-scale renewable energy critical in building awareness and technologies. For people buying new increasing levels of ‘carbon literacy’, homes, the building standard for helping their audiences understand these homes will make them highly what they can do to help Manchester energy-effi cient, responsible for the tackle climate change. release of little or no carbon. Utility companies Landlords and social landlords There will be a push to increase The ‘Better than Decent’ programme what are known as ‘supplier will guide social landlords through obligation’ schemes where energy a process of refurbishment and providers help to increase energy improvement, while there will be effi ciency in their customers’ homes. regulations and incentives for private There will also be an initiative to landlords to retrofi t domestic deliver billing information that properties too. There will also customers can use to make better be support and advice to help choices about their supply and use co2llective action universities, landlords and student of energy. groups to increase energy effi ciency in student accommodation. Community groups and associations There will be opportunities for communities to work together to access low-carbon technologies and develop schemes for small scale renewable energy, community food growing, and encourage each other to change behaviour.

017 WORKING OUR JOBS, OUR WORKPLACES, OUR PROSPERITY

During the lifetime of this plan, New legislation will have shifted the Jobs will be created as we choose the actions needed are of such practices of building owners and to value rather than dispose of urgency that they will require major managers. New property developments resources, creating new recycling changes in our homes, streets, will have to meet the strictest carbon centres and investing in green collar workplaces and cities. Some of standards and there will be few skills and construction training. these changes will come at a cost, commercial buildings across the city People will have participated in the but they will bring opportunities too, that haven’t been ‘retrofi tted’ to development of new technologies and opportunities that Manchester must include the latest energy effi ciency new applications of existing ones. turn to its advantage. and smart metering technologies. They will have acquired a working knowledge of climate change issues Nationally, more than a million people We will all be switching off at night and the range of skills necessary to will be in green jobs by 2020, and to achieve zero energy use in empty support low-carbon living. almost half of our energy could come buildings. Exemplar buildings will from low-carbon sources. At least be rewarded with Green Plaques More opportunities will exist for seven million homes will have had full, to show their commitment to carbon research, innovation and new low-carbon makeovers. reduction. There will be competitions products and services. A cursory nod for low-carbon innovations and the to the impact of climate change will Manchester will be at the centre of supply chains of major organisations be unacceptable; the businesses that this new economy, combining its will come under pressure to reduce thrive and prosper in the future will be priorities of becoming a green city, the environmental impact of those that embrace the changes and increasing employment, and their operations. work to stay ahead of, rather than developing its position as a within the bounds of, new and stricter sustainable, world-class business Across the city, businesses will energy and carbon regulations. city. We will invest, innovate, and be signed up to standards like the nurture those looking to further our Environmental Business Pledge, the For the city that gave the world free low-carbon ambitions. Dedicated Buy Recycled Code and the highest trade, co-operation and an industrial low-carbon business districts will Carbon Trust standards. ‘Carbon revolution, a world of zero carbon be developed, showcasing this Accounting’ will be routine business. innovation will be one that we commitment and acting as a model Those not committed to environmental embrace, and shape to our own ends. for the UK. responsibility will struggle, losing out Manchester will succeed, through to more resource effi cient competitors enterprise and ambition, in this and unable to take advantage of all low-carbon future. the opportunities that exist.

018 on its Student Union, All Saint’s THE STORY building and Sir Kenneth Green Library – one of the largest solar arrays of any UK university. In addition SO FAR to being pollution-free and requiring virtually no maintenance, the PV Opportunity, innovation and change panels are set to massively reduce are defi ning factors in Manchester’s the University’s carbon footprint – success so far. From a forward saving 22,000 kg of carbon emissions thinking public sector to extensive per year – and electricity bill. It is knowledge in our leading estimated that the project will have universities, our city is already on paid for itself within 12 years. Live its journey to a low-carbon future. meter reading displays in the All utilised it, making it a core part if its Saints’ and Students’ Union Buildings energy generation. This innovative There are many buildings across the will also educate MMU students and approach to energy and recycling city that showcase renewable energy staff about the power being generated is something that many businesses technologies and sustainable building and consumed on campus. In addition, could explore with the help of practices. From BDP Architects’ all future students will receive a specialist support organisations. state-of-the-art offi ces and the Civil module on climate change as part Justice Centre’s unique design to of every course. There is already help available for North Manchester Sixth Form businesses looking to get ahead College and the MERCi headquarters, University Hospital South Manchester of the game and implement sustainability is being designed in. in Wythenshawe is aiming to be the environmental strategies. The Photovoltaic (PV) panels, automated fi rst ‘Green Hospital’ in the country, Environmental Business Pledge is a natural ventilation, concrete heat sinks, and is working with the Carbon Trust free scheme that works in partnership rainwater harvesting, light sensors to achieve this. It is the fi rst hospital with local businesses to identify and and green roofs are just some of the in the UK to have installed a biomass implement changes to reduce their active and passive energy effi ciency boiler, reducing CO² emissions environmental impact and improve measures to have been incorporated by 3,400 tonnes a year, and has also business effi ciency. Nearly 1,500 in buildings across the city. It can included a ground source heat pump businesses of all sectors and sizes be done, it is being done and it will during the construction of the Cystic within Manchester have taken increase in the future. Fibrosis unit, enabling the heating advantage of the on-site support and cooling of the building sustainably offered to create raw material and Manchester is already home to the using natural resources. Their energy savings. largest vertical solar array in Europe on energy reduction programme has the CIS Tower. This unique £5.5 million achieved savings equal to the Low-carbon innovation and research project was completed in 2005 and is CO² emissions associated with has a strong profi le in the city with the a fl agship development – an excellent 534 domestic properties. Tyndall Centre Manchester, which is example of how careful planning and at the very forefront of national and partnership working can lead to In Moss Side, Scottish & Newcastle’s international research into climate success in the renewable energy Royal Brewery has installed a change. More broadly, our colleges, sector and building refurbishment. combined heat and power (CHP) universities and science parks provide plant fuelled entirely by biomass. a highly skilled and adaptable Manchester Metropolitan University Spent grain, a by-product of the workforce which will be critical in has invested almost half a million brewing process, is used as one of tackling climate change, as well as pounds in the installation of 400 PV the primary fuel sources. The brewery being possible incubators of emerging panels covering 524 square metres has taken a waste product and enterprises in the green economy.

019 HEADLINES FROM THE FUTURE

How will our work and workplaces LOW-CARBON CONSTRUCTION. WORKPLACES. Work patterns will in Manchester look in 2020? Manchester will be internationally be more fl exible. Technology enables Here are some of the outcomes recognised as a leader in low-carbon many of us to work differently and of the actions we have set for construction, particularly in retrofi tting the energy we use will be supplied ourselves for the next ten years. – creating high environmental by renewable sources, leading to performance standards for our cost savings. existing buildings. More than a third of the city’s public, commercial and JOBS. People working in low- domestic buildings will have carbon jobs will make up a signifi cant retrofi tting plans – completed, under proportion of the workforce. In 2020, construction or in preparation. major programmes of retrofi tting homes, public and commercial buildings and CARBON ACCOUNTING. It will creating new energy networks are likely be routine in nearly all Manchester to be supporting 15,000 jobs. businesses and organisations for environmental performance to be monitored, reported and managed: the need and opportunity to reduce CO² emissions will be a standard consideration in all contracts, z transactions and projects. zero z

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021 ACTIONS

Develop and implement a food sustainability quality mark for the catering and restaurant industry and ensure that carbon reduction becomes a key driver.

Investigate the potential development Implement the Government’s food of performance-related incentives packaging strategy for England, and for businesses to divert commercial support the creation of a national and industrial waste from landfi lls scheme to enable consumers to know to alternative waste management the carbon footprint of products. processes, particularly re-use and recycling. Business management Promote the Buy Recycled Code Establish a business emissions to encourage the buying of recycled Roll out a pilot Smart Energy Business reduction strategy for the city. products as a vital part of the closed- District to test the application of smart Increase the number of organisations loop process. meters to an area of the city dominated in the city committed to the by small and medium-sized enterprises Environmental Business Pledge Develop the use of Life Cycle (SMEs), with the potential to expand or signed up to an environmental Assessments as a tool to assess this city-wide. standard from 5% to 50% of the environmental impact of goods businesses and support SMEs and services through all stages Food in seizing the low-carbon of procurement. Support the development of a business opportunities. Northwest food plan ensuring it meets the needs of Manchester consumers Support dialogue and engagement and businesses, increases the capacity between businesses, property owners of regional growers and improves the and occupiers, and promote low- supply chain to enable residents to buy carbon business practices through more sustainable food. existing partnerships and alliances. s d

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g Create and support social enterprises Engage with businesses to move e t to develop the growth of urban towards closed-loop production and i agriculture and market gardening. develop networks for sectors and h w companies to act together on r o sustainability and develop realistic f k and effective standards. c e h c Encourage and support the uptake h lt a and development of easy-to-use e Building Management Systems. h fe li g n Work towards the highest Carbon lo a Trust standards.

022 SOLUTIONS AT EVERY SCALE

Employees There will be changing working patterns such as fl exible working and video conferencing where these can help organisations to cut their carbon footprint. Employees will also have Building a low-carbon future; a vital part to play in delivering better decoupling economic growth and business management programmes, greenhouse gas emissions; securing taking energy-saving actions in all green collar jobs: there are areas of their work. many challenges and opportunities ahead for a range of different Building owners, managers groups and businesses. and developers Utility companies A major retrofi t programme will change Billing information that can help the energy use of our existing building companies make informed decisions stock while new developments will about energy use and supply, in adopt new, zero-carbon standards. combination with technologies such Metering – smart and visible – as smart meters, will become the will help focus the minds of business norm. More commercial buildings will owners and building managers alike have renewable energy technologies on their energy use. installed, feeding excess back into the national grid.grid.

BuildingBuilding ccapacityapacity ThereThere willwill bebe schemesschemes available for aallll toto re-train or developdevelop skills to take advantageadvantage ofof a new wavewa of green collarcollar jobs,jobs, from those delivering energyenergy effi ciencciencyy adviadvicec to hands-on skillsskills iinn iinstallation,nstallation, servicingser or repairs. the city GrowingGrowing businesses and small and mmedium-sizededium-sized enterprisesenterp (SMEs) ManchesterManchester willwill attractattrac low-carbon bususinessesinesses into the arareae through investigatinginvestigating incentivesincentives such as lowerlower businessbusiness rates. TThere will bebe new fi nancinnancingg and diversifi cation opportunitiesopportunities across a number of sectorssectors includingincluding manufacturingman andand fofood.od. HaHalflf thethe businessesbus across thethe citycity willwill havehave signedsigne up to the EnvironmentalEnvironmental BBusinessusine Pledge oror will have reached a recognised environmentalenvironmental managmanagemente standard. good business sense

023 MOVING OUR TRANSPORT, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR CONNECTIVITY

The cities of the future will see Carbon-intensive modes of travel will If we do choose to drive, electric public transport, walking and become more expensive. By 2020, vehicles will be the vehicles of choice, cycling as the main ways in which around 15% of emissions reductions with highly visible charging stations people move across the city, rather will have been made by cleaning up positioned right across the city. than individual car use. A progressive the way we move around, including Manchester will be at the forefront shiftft in transtransportport modes will occur ththee way we transport our goodsgoods andand of rresearchesearch inintoto sustainablesustainable traveltravel – as quickerquicker and cheaper alternatives sservices.ervices. These cuts will come from sustainabsustainablyly producedproduced biofuels, are ddeveloped.eveloped. AsAs wewellll as rereducingducing ththroughrough a comcombinationbination ooff iincentivesncentives to llow-emissionow-emission zones,zones, LED traffitraffi c transport’snsport’s contribution to climate anandd enforcement.enforcement. It willwill cost you lessless sisignallinggnalling anandd ththee revivalrevival of the changeange (transport(transport is the onlyonly sector to be clean and grgreeneen while vehicles rregion’segion’s waterways.waterways. of tthehe UK in wwhichhich carboncarbon emissionsemissions ththatat ememitit hihighgh levelslevels of carboncarbon willwill werere higher in 2004 than 1990),1990), ccomeome at a muchmuch hihighergher price.price. As ManchesterManchester moves intointo a low-low- therere will be a resultinresultingg benefi t in carbon future, we will lead bbyy example air qquality,uality, inin noisenoise levelslevels and in Smarter choices will be easier to anandd shshowow tthathat ccitiesities can grow and ourr physical health and wellbeing. make. Cycle and pedestrian routes prosper withwithoutout more congestcongestion,ion, will cross the citycity region, making itit ppollutionollution and CO². A sustainableustainable transport citycity willwill be easy to get around withwithoutout cars. a healthierealthier placeplace to live and work. Our workplaces will encourage Citieses that staystay on the move without cycyclingcling and walking to work with producingducing carcarbonbon willwill bbee weawealthierlthier sstorage,torage, cchanginghanging ffacilitiesacilities anandd bikbikee too.. An effi cient transport systemsystem is rentarentall schemes.schemes. WeWe willwill shareshare our carscars essentialsential for a prosperous economy,economy, and work from home to helphelp reduce accessibilitycessibility andand greatergreater momobility.bility. the nnumberumber of vehiclesvehicles on the road.road. As ppartart of Manchester’s offer for investors,inveestors, commerce and attractinattractingg PPublicublic transtransportport will be a convenientconvenient andd kkeepingeeping a skilledskilled andand talentedtalented way to travel.travel. ExtendedExtended anandd iimprovedmproved workforce,workforce,r having a low-carbon, MMetrolink,etrolink, traintrain and busbus servicesservices willwill modernmoddern and fullyfully integrated public connect us to key destinations – no transporttrannsport systemsystem willwill bebe a prerequprerequisite.isite. matter wwherehere we want to go, pupublicblic ttransportransport willwill taketake us there.there. And therethere will be no diggingdigging for loose change,change, as smart ticketing systemssystems and a new ttravelcardravelcard forfor thethe citycity regionregion willwill makemake hohoppingpping on and off all modes of ttransportransport easyeasy and affordable.

024 In the city centre, a fl eet of low- THE STORY emission cars are available for hire. Found at locations across the city, the City Car Club cars are a greener SO FAR and more convenient alternative to car ownership, while reducing congestion, Manchester is no stranger to fuel consumption and emissions. transport innovations, whether it Of all the cities City Car Club is the fi rst passenger train journey operates within, Manchester is the in 1832 or the hugely popular most successful. It has shown itself Metrolink light rail system which to be an environmentally sustainable is currently being extended and service, reducing pollution and expanded. A clean, sustainable congestion by using cars that are and integrated transport system chosen for their lower emissions, has been a long-held goal for the reducing the amount of time drivers city and some signifi cant progress spend behind the wheel, and exploring has already been made. alternative low-carbon technologies.

In 2007 Metrolink became the Manchester City Council has launched fi rst tram networknetwork inin thethe UK to its own staff travel planplan – GetGet OnOn bebe suppliedsupplied entirelyentirely byby renewablerenewable BBoard.oard. ThThee aaimim iiss to encouraencouragege energy.energy. This has reduced emissionsemissions emploemployeesyees to make more effi cient, andand iimprovedmproved thethe environmentalenvironmental hhealthyealthy and environmentallyenvironmentally friendlyfriendly performanceperformance ofof thethe system.system. ttravelravel choiceschoices inin theirtheir journeysjourneys to, ffromrom and while at work. From cyclecycle InIn 2006 MManchesteranchester AirportAirport loaning, parking and shower facilities announcedannounced thatthat iitt wouwouldld becomebecome aandnd didiscountedscounted pupublicblic transport carboncarbon neutral byby 2015 for those tticketsickets to car sharingsharing and fl exible operationsoperations withinwithin itsits directdirect controlcontrol – working, these travel plans have been areas sucsuchh as grgroundound transtransport,port, a rrealeal success.success. energy-effienergy-effi ciencciency,y, the airport supplsupplyy chain,chain, anandd iitsts own llow-carbonow-carbon buildingbuilding standard.standard. InIn 2009 ManchesterManchester becamebecame thethe fi rst UK airportairport to bbee awarawardedded tthehe prestprestigiousigious CarbonCarbon Trust Standard, recognisingrecognising theirtheir woworkrk on cacarbonrbon eemissionsmissions reductionreduction andand carboncarbon management. OverOver the past three years, the airport hashas reduced its direct CO² emissions byby 66%,%, equatequatinging to 4,712 tonnes.

plug-in cars, yes!

025 HEADLINES FROM THE FUTURE

How will we move around MOBILITY. Getting around will be Manchester in 2020? Here are some easier but we’ll be making fewer outcomes of the actions we have set journeys by car. When we use our for ourselves for the next ten years. cars, they will usually be full, but we’ll be more making more trips by public transport: where it is local, we’ll walk and cycle.

PUBLIC TRANSPORT. An extended Metrolink and more fuel-effi cient buses will share a common ticketing system and a new high-speed rail link to London and the rest of Europe will be under construction.

HEALTHY SOLUTIONS. Many more of us will be walking and cycling on local journeys and to work. Employers and event organisers will be helping us to plan our journeys so we can use the healthiest, safest and least congested times and routes.

NEW FUELS. Electric vehicles will be commonplace and charging points will be starting to plug into locally generated energy.

powered by nature

026 ACTIONS

Investment and infrastructure Invest in active transport such as a city centre network of cycle centres; pedestrian and cycle routes; and interchange and storage facilities at public transport and cycling Investment and integration is the destinations. key to improving our transport and identifying new ways to travel, Invest in bus services and alongside new areas of research infrastructure such as new cross- and long-term planning. Much of city bus infrastructure; more school this will be done by local and buses; and a proposed city region regional organisations, but there Bus Quality Partnership. Improve the performance of vehicle will also need to be stronger fl eets, stimulating and supporting connections with national bodies Invest in rail and tram networks cleaner-fuelled vehicles, including such as the Highways Agency. including the expansion of Metrolink service points and incentives. But it is up to all of us to change and additional rail stock to support the way we get around, think of the rail growth. Green the bus fl eet, developing alternatives and make a real effort a range of initiatives to encourage to travel sustainably. For that Invest in sustainable road transport improved emissions standards, reason, behavioural change is including new initiatives to increase including contractual arrangements a vital part of our plan to reduce the take up of electric vehicles; and, potentially, Low Emission Zones. travel-related carbon emissions. investment in a future electric vehicle We will have to change the way we network and city-wide car clubs. Make the case for sustainable transport think, as well as the way we move. links from Manchester to the rest of the Begin the replacement of road traffi c UK, Europe and beyond, including signalling and street lighting with a high-speed rail network, improved low-energy, long-life LEDs. access to Manchester Airport and by more sustainable means. Deliver the targets in Manchester Airport’s Ground Transport Plan and Incorporate appropriate measures its commitment to becoming carbon and targets for the city’s impact on neutral in site energy and vehicle aviation and shipping in the new total fuel by 2015. carbon footprint approach to be adopted in 2013.

027 ACTIONS

Identify options to support low Develop mechanisms to encourage emission/alternative fuels, such more people to cycle and walk as as locally produced biofuels. part of their own travel plan.

Establish a co-ordinated approach Promote driver awareness and Planning and research to sustainable traffi c management training, including vehicle advice, Establish a Sustainable City Region across the city region, through the fuel economy training, car sharing Transport Plan for Greater Manchester. co-operation of the Highways Agency and safety promotion for cyclists and key partners. and pedestrians. Support businesses and other organisations in developing Research and develop sustainable Manchester City Council will create sustainable and low-carbon travel freight and waste transport options, a Business Travel Policy for all types plans, including car sharing, car including use of the region’s of business and personal travel pools, public transport ticket waterways where appropriate. undertaken by its employees, schemes, workplace cycle facilities including aviation. and fl exible working. Training and promotion Promote active travel through Contribute to research into low campaigns linked to key travel emission and alternative fuels and destinations and supported by invest in the development of a new interactive journey-planning generation of sustainable transport information systems. options for 2020 and beyond. Develop services for individual smart travel planning and make these available direct to individuals and through organisations.

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028 SOLUTIONS AT EVERY SCALE

Sustainable travel is all about choices, but it’s also about making those choices easier, more reliable and cheaper. Transport planners, operators and businesses will have as critical a part to play as individuals in a low-carbon transport future.

Individuals Smart ticketing, real time information and an integrated network will make using public transport an easy option Employers while cycling or walking will be an Businesses and organisations will ever more popular option, leading to prepare green transport plans and better levels of health and wellbeing. make sustainable transport choices more attractive for employees through Commuters better facilities, car share clubs and Many workplaces will go through subsidised travel cards. transport-planning processes and will offer support schemes that Transport planners encourage commuters to car share or A major programme of development swap the car for public transport or and investment will have extended the cycling and walking. There will be reach and integration of the city’s workplace facilities for cyclists, public transport network and there walkers and runners and advice will be a wider network of cycle paths available for those looking to travel available too. Consideration will more sustainably as well as adult have been given to dedicated low- cycle training to give people the emission zones, networks of electric confi dence to travel by bicycle. vehicle charging stations, and major cycle centres offering parking, changing and servicing to cyclists.

Transport operators Bus fl eets will be greener, and operators will have entered into new partnerships to improve quality. There ...into one will be a city-wide ‘Oyster-style’ card to encourage public transport use and to bring consistency to ticket pricing. New fuels and new technologies will be entering the marketplace.

029 GROWING OUR FUTURE, OUR CITY, OUR ECONOMY

Within a generation, two out of pivotal, with the city’s two pioneering requirements will be enforced with every three people on Earth – universities playing a key role. assistance of the highest standards almost fi ve billion men, women and of Planning and Building Control. children – will be living in cities. The way we source our energy and Right across the planet the critical our heat will change. Energy will Manchester will be leading the way question being asked is what shape be more valued and many more in sustainable design. A Manchester will those cities take and how can organisations will be generating Design Prize will encourage they develop without increasing power and heat. We’ll have ways of innovation. We will also seek to be carbon emissions? distributing energy effectively through a host for trials on smart grid energy district networks and a ‘smart grid’ technologies, energy peak demand Manchester is a city that has split for the city will connect us all, management and intelligent pricing. atoms, created political movements enabling us to manage demand and and exported trade models across generation. Generation from biomass, There will be a low-carbon culture the globe. We will not shy away from wind, geothermal heat from the across the city, with every individual attempting to create a model for others Cheshire Basin, small-scale hydro having the opportunity of ‘carbon to follow, particularly if they share a and solar power and utilisation of literacy’ training. Schools and colleges similar, post-industrial history. waste will all have helped reduced our will offer advice and courses in Manchester’s vision of being an ‘original reliance on traditional fossil fuels. sustainability to both pupils and the modern’ city is one of innovation and local community. Campaigns on leadership, always striving to defi ne Adapting to the impacts and recycling, low-carbon living, sustainable what contemporary looks and feels like. opportunities posed by climate buildings and renewable energy It is a vision that we will share with change will be a priority for the city, generation will encourage everyone others and which is increasingly shared even as we work hard to drive down living and working in Manchester to across the city, from political leaders to our carbon emissions. Across the understand the environment and give business groups, the voluntary sector city, Manchester will be measuring them opportunities to act, building and our local communities. its Total Carbon Footprint – fi nding social and environmental capital and out why, how and where carbon promoting wellbeing. Our future city will be greener, but emissions originate and helping it will also be a place of opportunity individuals and businesses to reduce Manchester City Council will lead and enterprise. Manchester wants to them further. All new building and by example, striving towards being a chart a pioneering low-carbon course renovation will be carried out with council with sustainable development but aims to become a signifi cant force sustainability at its core. Passive at its heart. Its Sustainable in the new, global, low-carbon energy systems, smart metering, Procurement Strategy will show what marketplace too. Here knowledge grey water harvesting and automatic can be achieved and act as an example workers, and the creative and cultural lighting will be standard rather merely to businesses and organisations across environments that attract them, will be available as an option. And all these the city to help them do the same.

030 THE STORY SO FAR

Manchester has already begun The transformation of energy example. The Council has already to re-focus many of its strategies generation and distribution across started work on its nine catalytic ‘Call to take account of climate change, the city is also of critical importance. to Action’ projects and launched the a process that has been infl uenced Schemes for district heating and Manchester Carbon Innovation signifi cantly by the publishing, power networks in the city centre, Fund in June this year, committed to in 2008, of the ‘Mini-Stern’ report the viability of biomass-fuelled power developing and delivering new ways for the city. The review was stations and how deep geothermal to take action on climate change. commissioned by Manchester’s energy can contribute to the energy In supporting the city region’s new Commission for the New Economy mix have all been the subject of a Commissions and a new Greater and revealed that failure to adapt number of research studies. Manchester Strategy, and in its to future climate change legislation membership of the national Core alone could cost the city region £21 Work is also underway to research Cities Partnership, the Council billion over the next decade, with the and resource the critical task of continues to develop and promote cost to the whole Northwest region renewing the local grid as a smart its vision of a low-carbon future. potentially totalling up to £70 billion. grid, so we can manage the use and effi ciency of an increasingly The Government wants all schools to There is a market advantage in decentralised energy network across be sustainable schools by 2020 and tackling climate change and our Manchester and beyond. Manchester City Council is working low-carbon sector is already growing. on a school-by-school basis to meet Low-carbon industries in Greater Manchester City Council and this challenge. An excellent example Manchester already have a market partners in the Oxford Road Corridor of this is St Agnes Primary School in value of £4,240 million, employing and East Manchester, and Longsight – the fi rst British primary 32,600 people in 1,900 companies. organisations like Bruntwood and the school to be built using an innovative Their annual growth rate is a healthy Co-operative Group have all been timber panel system. This effi cient 4% despite the recession. The city engaged in this preliminary work and process reduced build time and saved region has a particular strength in are discussing how existing buildings, around £100,000 on construction building technologies and there is new construction projects and a wider costs and for every cubic metre of also growing capacity in alternative network of commercial, public and timber used as a substitute for brick fuels, energy generation from biomass domestic properties could be linked or block, around 0.8 tonnes of CO² and wind, and in digital technologies. through a new local, low-carbon emissions was saved. A drive to build on these strengths energy system. Schemes such as and our international success in the retrofi t of the Manchester Town regeneration, to develop the focus on Hall Complex, new developments at construction and the built environment Sportcity and the Co-operative – both retrofi tting and new build – Group’s complex of buildings are all is already underway. The city region giving impetus to the creation of new is seeking to forward this by heat and power networks that will becoming a pilot ‘Low Carbon transform the city. Economic Area’, specifi cally focused on the built environment. Leadership is critical and while this plan is for all of Manchester, the actions of Manchester City Council offer an important signal that the local authority is leading by

031 HEADLINES FROM THE FUTURE

How will Manchester have grown ENERGY NETWORKS. There will CARBON FOOTPRINTING. We’ll by 2020? Here are some of the be some local networks for sharing all be measuring greenhouse gas outcomes of the actions we have set heat and power in parts of the city emissions as part of our lives and for ourselves for the next ten years. and we’ll have piloted and developed this will include an understanding of the ways to create a city-wide smart the embedded carbon in goods and grid. There’ll be a plan to connect services. There will be highly visible local networks together in the future measures and reminders of how we with standard specifi cations agreed, are doing, and indicators showing and commitments in place to be what the CO² impacts of the city sharing a 90% renewable-generated are day by day. grid across the city region by 2050. SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT. LOCAL GENERATION. There will Carbon effi cient businesses will be be a major increase in the amount in the majority. There will be guidance of energy generated within the city. for organisations and business in There’ll be several large scale power sustainable sourcing, production plants under construction or in and distribution of their goods and operation, using biomass, CHP services. We will create a market or geothermal energy. There’ll be for sustainable resources and thousands of small-scale or demonstrate that consumers and community-based generators business will save money and sourcing some of their own energy resources by doing more with less. needs from solar: some will already be selling power back into the grid.

032 ACTIONS

The growth and development of our city touches every life, every home and every business but it will be born of strong leadership, insightful planning and greater levels of partnership working. This is a future we build together.

Planning and development Produce a Manchester Energy Develop and adopt an inclusive Work with partners in the Plan that provides the framework for ‘Total Carbon Footprint’ framework Northwest to encourage sustainable establishing a city-wide decarbonised for Manchester, and encourage procurement policies and procedures, energy generation and distribution take-up across the city region enabling and investigate the potential to system and local energy plans organisations and individuals to develop a city-wide approach to supported by the Local Development accurately measure their emissions and sustainable procurement. Framework and Strategic their contribution to the city’s reduction Regeneration Frameworks. targets, while meeting their own needs Promotion and education and reporting requirements. Organise an annual climate change Establish the partnerships and conference for young people so they investments needed to develop and Develop and implement best can discuss future scenarios. deliver the Energy Plan and the practice in low-carbon building structures needed to integrate projects design and retrofi t. Encourage and support community sharing heat, power and ‘smart grid’ groups to implement their own plans information to manage them. Develop measures and incentives for reducing energy use towards zero/ to ensure all new developments are low-carbon communities – including Develop and deliver substantial zero carbon in terms of both building clear and simple advice on project schemes for generating and design and appliances, and use development, obtaining funding, and distributing heat and power and planning agreements so new building a programme of incentives. establishing ‘smart grids’, which development can catalyse retrofi t. pilot technologies and build the Make progress on CO² reductions infrastructure foundations of that Investigate and implement the highest visible through public local indicators, system so it can be developed to standards possible for Planning and barometers and displays. full delivery by 2050. Building Control in relation to sustainability measures and increase Make the reduction of CO² a key Create a city-wide programme of enforcement capacity to ensure objective for all major events in the neighbourhood low-carbon zones and uptake of new regulations. city, underpinning the reputation of establish carbon reduction targets in Manchester as a low-carbon city. the Local Development Framework to Identify national and international require developers to install and / or policy developments and prepare to Develop and promote a range of contribute to low carbon, decentralised deliver them in advance of national high-profi le building exemplars at and renewable energy technologies. and international timetables. 2050 sustainability standards in all categories (domestic, public and Work with partners at the city, Continue to implement the commercial) and across all ages. city-regional and national level Manchester City Council waste and to improve existing infrastructure, recycling service plan and Greater Promote learning, teaching, evidence existing regulatory frameworks, and Manchester Waste Disposal Authority and inspiration of 2050 standards of policy to help deliver a decarbonised (GMWDA) waste and recycling low-carbon generation and distribution. generation and distribution system. service improvement plan and work with GMWDA to establish further Support the introduction of feed-in stronger landfi ll and recycling targets tariffs in 2010 to encourage local for 2020 and beyond. generation of renewable electricity.

033 ACTIONS

Establish and implement best measures for aggregated purchasing of energy-effi cient equipment to make it widely available and encourage energy-effi cient use. Encourage schools to promote sustainability with parents and Make Manchester a venue for communities. energy management trials, including: smart grid technology; intelligent Food appliances; heat storage from Create a baseline of sustainable excess generation; peak demand food consumption and production management; intelligent pricing; and increase year on year to 2020 mixed generation; storage capacity. Support planning applications that and beyond. include innovation and investment Leadership and Co-ordination in sustainable construction. Develop the infrastructure to enable an by Manchester City Council increase in local food production, both Maintain and develop partnership Continue to implement community commercially and within the community. working on policies and programmes work through the CO²mmunity across the Greater Manchester Challenge and roll out across the Major schemes city region to progress all aspects whole of Manchester. Install large-scale energy generation of sustainability and low-carbon and distribution systems to serve development. Develop joint work Research large areas of the city. on energy planning, sustainable Research and establish targets consumption and retrofi tting buildings for the Manchester Energy Plan Continue to explore the use of a mix to levels of co-operation compatible demonstrating how the overall of renewable energy sources – with current work on transport carbon reduction target will be including biomass, waste, geothermal and waste. met through the actions. heat from the Cheshire Basin, wind and solar power. Maintain a leadership role in the Research the fl ow of resources development and delivery of this plan, (including goods, waste etc.) Undertake a heat-mapping exercise to including the co-ordination of major throughout the city and beyond understand the potential to use waste programmes and the partnership and assist in the development heat within the city. structures necessary to support of opportunities towards a closed- collaborative work on key actions. loop system. Establish community development interest initiatives and social Establish the Council as one of the Conduct a research project to enterprises to co-ordinate the take-up leading exemplar organisations in establish the energy use of of low-energy appliances and progressing the actions in this plan by different sectors. low-carbon technologies for domestic drawing up, developing and monitoring and business use. a delivery plan which sets out the Council’s role in delivery.

034 SOLUTIONS AT EVERY SCALE

Manchester is a city built around partnerships and partnership working, so our future growth and development as a low-carbon economy will be built around a number of organisations and networks working together.

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Public sector agencies Private sector Manchester City Council, public and Building Control Regulations will Being proactive will pay off for the agencies and private sector change to refl ect the city’s action on private sector as early adopters will businesses will benefi t from a climate change more strongly, existing benefi t from opportunities created proposed Manchester Energy Plan regulations will be more strictly by regulations and supply chain for all elements of the energy system enforced, and there will be a renewed pressures on the public sector. that the city has control or a strong examination of the city’s critical Working in partnership with the infl uence over. This plan will describe infrastructure to deliver this scale public sector, businesses will the generation and distribution of change. maximise opportunities for innovation system through to 2050. The Local and shorten the route for new Development Framework contains Local communities and residents technologies and services to reach policies and plans that will help to The aspirations in this plan for a the market. reduce emissions and it is proposed ‘low-carbon culture’ across the city that there should be a city-wide will lead to extensive communication network of low-carbon ‘zones’. of progress on reducing CO², including access to at least one day’s Construction, architecture training in ‘carbon literacy’ by 2015. and the built environment Community groups will be directly New policies and standards will encouraged to implement their own have a direct impact on building plans for reducing energy use, to design and retrofi tting, with new create specifi c zero or low-carbon measures and incentives proposed communities across the city. to ensure all new developments are zero carbon in terms of both building design and appliances. Planning

035 ADAPTING OUR GREEN SPACES, OUR URBAN REALM, OUR FUTURE HEALTH

However successful we may be moisture evaporation and providing pleasant place to live, and a genuine in cutting carbon emissions, the shade, improve the air quality by magnet for the talented and the release of greenhouse gases from trapping particles that would innovative. The kind of Manchester the middle of the last century otherwise remain airborne, and soak we can promote to the world. onwards will rapidly warm our up rainwater by providing natural world, even in these initial two drainage. They also provide important The other major indirect benefi t decades of the 21st century. habitats for wildlife – some of which, will be the improved health of our Greenhouse gases can last many like bees, are critical to our health and communities and of our residents. decades in the atmosphere, so food supply. Green space is also Evidence shows that environmental while our children will certainly important as a place to grow food, pressures, such as climate change, benefi t from our action on energy, for recreation and general health can tend to hit the poorest we still need to prepare and adapt and wellbeing. communities hardest. A greener city for a signifi cant shift in climate will help reduce pollution and will in the short term. A sustainable, low-carbon create the spaces and places where Manchester will have more green people can walk or cycle, reducing the The future forecast for Manchester will infrastructure than at present. We will occurrence of ill health. Green space see hotter, drier summers combined have a stronger network of blue and has also been proven to increase with warmer, wetter winters. But our green spaces; connected places to mental wellbeing, promoting greater weather will be much more unstable: play, relax and enjoy; places that levels of happiness. there may be droughts as well as provide natural functions that help the stormier weather patterns. When city to operate effectively; and quiet, The goal is achievable and worth rainfall comes, it will be more intense, attractive and safe transport corridors striving for – an increase in green making fl ooding more likely. In our for cyclists and walkers. We will have infrastructure and urban tree cover will urban areas there will be an increased a rich tapestry of trees and open help us hold temperatures in densely ‘heat island effect’, where city centres spaces, innovative ‘cool’ pavements, urban spaces in line with the rest of see temperatures rise at a higher rate tree-lined streets, green roofs and the city as the climate changes. than across the country at large. ‘living walls’ to combat the urban heat island effect. People will grow more Green spaces – parks, gardens, of their own organic food in gardens woodlands – and waterways have and allotments. a big part to play in adapting to these changes. These parts of the ‘Green From green roofs to greener, Infrastructure’ (GI) of our city deliver tree-lined streets, all the measures a range of important benefi ts: they outlined in this section of our plan can cool the city down through will create a Manchester that is a

036 THE STORY SO FAR

Like many post-industrial cities, Getting people involved and Urban tree cover will also be the Manchester has a challenge ahead interested in biodiversity helps to focus of the developing i-Trees in adapting to climate change and safeguard it for the future. Wildabout project, which will help to increase has already started to explore Manchester is a key part of the urban tree cover in Manchester and this future through a project called Manchester Biodiversity Strategy. also contribute to scientifi c research. Eco Cities, which is a joint initiative Anyone can take part and the The project uses monitored urban between the University of promotion, education and awareness- trees to better understand how GI Manchester and the commercial raising are leading to a greater sense can help by providing shade to reduce property company Bruntwood. Eco of ownership regarding the wildlife of surface temperature, absorb water to Cities aims to provide a blueprint for the city. The project has been a huge reduce localised fl ooding and reduce the fi rst climate change adaptation success, with over 40,000 people air pollution. strategy for Greater Manchester by having attended wildlife-related events the end of 2011. The project will be and activities since 2005. New developments and renovations based on leading scientifi c research, are a big part of any city. In extensive stakeholder engagement Trees are the lifeblood of the city Manchester, the number of green and best practice examples of new – they are our natural air-conditioners, roofs is steadily rising. A green roof programmes successfully piloted providing us with shelter from wind is any roof space that can be used during a three-year period. and rain and offering us shade during to grow plants, crops, grasses, moss warmer months. We understand their or any other vegetation. They are a Manchester is also keeping a keen importance, and to fi nd out more about great way to create more green space eye on the impact that climate change the city’s assets, the Manchester in urban areas, soak up rainwater to will have on biodiversity. Plants, Tree Audit was commissioned in reduce fl ood risk, improve building animals and habitats enrich our 2007. Working with Red Rose Forest, insulation, create habitats for insects everyday lives and provide us with all every tree in the city has been and birds, and grow food. the necessary ingredients to survive mapped. That’s every tree in every – clean air, water, food. Manchester street, garden, park and woodland. produced its fi rst Biodiversity Manchester has tree canopy coverage Strategy in 2005. Since then the city of 14.8% – nearly double the regional has increased the number of Local average of 7.9%. Nature Reserves from one to seven and they now cover around 306 hectares. The strategy continues to engage with local communities and raise awareness about the importance of the city’s biodiversity.

037

HEADLINES FROM THE FUTURE

How much will Manchester have adapted by 2020? Here are some of the outcomes of the actions we have set for ourselves for the next ten years.

A GREENER CITY CENTRE. The most built-up areas of the city will have started to sprout green roofs, more trees on the street and some living walls.

CHANGING NATURE. There’ll be more space for biodiversity – nature reserves and wildlife corridors in the city will have increased and we’ll be sstartingtarting to see changeschanges inin trees andand grasses planted in the citcityy to species tthathat cacann tthrivehrive in a warmerwarmer climate.climate.

UURBANRBAN AGRICULTURE.AGRICULTURE. More pepeoopple will be ggrowingrowing food in gargardens,dens, allotmentsallotments anandd communcommunityity ggrowingrowing schemes, and areas focused on urban agriculture will be starting ttoo appear.

038 ACTIONS

Planning Well-planned adaptation measures Review and improve methods of Install ‘cool pavement’ materials can also lead to reductions in green space master planning in to increase surface refl ectivity and emissions. The activities set out development, including setting rainfall permeability to combat the in these action points will ensure standards for the quality, accessibility urban heat island effect and help to that Manchester is resilient to any and quantity of open space. reduce the risk of localised fl ooding. changes in the climate and they will underpin efforts to cut carbon, too. Develop guidance to ensure GI Increase installation of green based adaptation measures are roofs within the city, both on new considered as part of any new developments and retrofi tted to development, and are supported by existing buildings. popolicies in the Local Development FraFramework where possible. Identify sustainable and innovative options to increase the coverage of InIncreasec tree coverage in Manchester public green infrastructure in the city, – iincluding street trees and woodland including supporting the Piccadilly cocover – and remediate derelict, and Oxford Road Corridor public ununderused and neglected land and realm developments. brobrownfi eld spaces into maintained gregreen space. Seek to retain and improve existing open spaces, sport and recreation CrCreate a framework of public facilities, and provide a network of susupport, awareness, education and diverse, multi-functional open spaces. enengagement with the residents of MaManchester around the need for and Identify and implement best practice bebenefi ts of green infrastructure. in soil management.

WWork towards the completion and Identify and develop good practice imimplementation of management plans in resolving legislation for private for Council-owned woodland, parks gardens, including enforcement and anand river valleys. regulation to assist in sustainable use of land by individual private owners. increasing tree cover

039 ACTIONS

Lifestyle Maximise the contribution of gardens Research and identify speciesspecies andand and individual/household space to habitats that are suited to predictedpredicted grey water green infrastructure, including advice future climates, includingng identifi cationcation and training on sustainable garden of species/habitats thatt are likely management, domestic composting to decline. and grow-your-own schemes. Explore development off trtrialial biofuelbiofuel Encourage interim use of development and biomass planting andnd timber- sites for local food production. waste fuel production too progressprogress alternative and sustainableable energyenergy Research production. Carry out a co-ordinated Land Audit of the city region to assess current Water and potential future land use. Identify and implement bestbest practicepractice in waterways managementment to improve Co-ordinate and undertake research water quality and biodiversity.versity. to develop an understanding of water fl ows across the city, including rivers Encourage zero net externalernal water and localised fl ooding caused by requirements of externalal llandscapesandscapes issues such as heavy rainfall. in new developments.

Identify best practice in managing Maximise the contributionon of waterwater GI in response to climate change – bodies to reduce fl ood risk andand using international research as well provide irrigation. as local planning and ecology experts. Support innovative use of water Support the Eco Cities project and for cooling, such as de-culverting-culverting other research into GI and spatial waterways and using aquifersquifers or planning. surface water for cooling.ng.

040 2005 2020 OUR TARGET FOR CO² EMISSIONS IN THE YEAR 2020 WILL BE LESS THAN 2 MILLION TONNES PER ANNUM . more green environments, environments, green more

ting cy, often working in conjunctioncy, gence on the projected impacts i n ll ge y crea y Public agenciesPublic Organisations the Environment like A composting, planting trees in their gardens and joining by local grow- schemes. allotment or your-own Education and research There will be a vital need for inte of climate change and information for on best practice be to shared across all sectors help to Greater Manchester c research adapt.to Leading scientifi a criticalwill have role play in this. to with local authorities and utility companies, and plan will to have for, develop responses the predicted to, effects of climate change, in particular ood risk. with regard fl to Residents Individual residents can help too, b AT 041 SCALE ing, shading and ing, shading and

lan, design and construct ical role play to through t p ho them, will have to move forwardthem, move to will with have our future climate in mind, including methods develop to passive ventilation, cool systems. drainage sustainable Planners The planning community will have a cri protecting existing green space as well as promoting urban new features such as green roofs, living walls and more street trees, particularly in areas planned undergo to large scale development or regeneration Piccadilly(e.g. or the Oxford Road ThisCorridor). will be backed up by strong policies and clear guidance, particularly through the Local Framework. Development Developers New developments, and those w Adapting to climate change will require public agencies to establish a lead and to develop a strong knowledge base for othersto utilise. groups that a partThe will have key to play are set out below

SOLUTIONS SOLUTIONS EVERY EVERY 8.7 capita per Emissions 523,000,000 Total emissions 60,240,000 population Total United Kingdom CO2 TONNES CO TONNES

emissions 2005 ² TONNES CO TONNES ² 8.7 capita per Emissions 59,000,000 Total emissions 6,840,000 population Total Northwest TONNES CO TONNES TONNES CO TONNES ² ² 7.1 7.1 capita per Emissions 18,000,000 Total emissions 2,543,300 population Total Greater Manchester TONNES CO TONNES 7.3 7.3 capita per Emissions 3,200,000 Total emissions 444,600 population Total Manchester TONNES CO TONNES TONNES CO TONNES ² TONNES CO TONNES ² ² ²

Source: DECC Local Authority Statistics for 2005, published 2009 MEASURING OUR PROGRESS

The starting point for this plan According to fi gures supplied by These are the fi gures that have been was the idea that we should Department for Energy and Climate used for the UK’s Climate Change Act reduce Manchester’s annual Change for all local areas of the UK, (2008) and that are currently used for CO² emissions by at least one these 2005 fi gures show that the city national planning and monitoring million tonnes. This has now of Manchester, its residents, businesses purposes by the UK Climate Change been developed into a clearer and public bodies, were responsible for Committee, so they are most target for 2020 – a 41% reduction direct emissions of CO² totalling 3.2 appropriate for us as the fi rst baseline in emissions – that refl ects million tonnes or 3,200 kilotonnes (kt). for our plan. They provide some change and complexity in the These emissions came from: interesting comparisons with other emerging science of measuring areas – the city’s emissions are slightly greenhouse gases. Taken against Industry and commercial – this includes higher per head than the rest a baseline of emissions for 2005, all our offi ces, shops and public buildings, of the city region, but lower than the this amounts to 1.3 million as well as factories – 1,528 kt CO² regional and national averages. tonnes of CO², or a per capita reduction from 7.3 tonnes per Domestic – this includes all the head to 4.3 tonnes per head. electricity and gas for all the city’s residential buildings – 980 kt CO²

Road Transport – this includes buses, taxis, commercial vehicles and private cars etc. – 716 kt CO²

Agriculture and land use – the fi gures also show CO² released from the land but this is so small for Manchester, being a city, it barely registers.

043 MEASURING OUR PROGRESS HOW HAVE WE ARRIVED AT THE TARGET FOR MANCHESTER?

In December 2008, the UK Committee on Climate Change (CCC) recommended the fi rst three legally binding carbon budgets for the whole of the UK, putting the country on a track to meeting a national reduction in emissions of 80% by 2050. To calculate targets for Manchester to correspond to these UK reduction projections, these carbon budgets were scaled, by sector, to the Manchester city level by the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research based on the make-up of Manchester’s fuel. This gave us our target of 41%, based on a reduction pathway as shown below¹.

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Figure 1. The target for Services Electricity Manchester, a 41% CO ² Residential Upstream/non-sector emission reduction by 2020 on 2005 baseline Transport and an illustrative pathway to assist the UK in delivering a 80% reduction by 2050 – not based on cumulative emissions. The scaling assumes that growth in fuel costs, economy and the success of policy implementation mirror the UK ¹ as a whole. It also assumes the technical ability of sectors to abate emissions is the same as the ability of the whole UK sec

044 Sustainable Energy – grid Consumption 1% Figure 2. Indicative decarbonisation 30% breakdown of emissions reduction target, by area Energy – Green Infrastructure 1% of action. location renewable generation 22% Transport 15%

Buildings 31%

This breakdown in our targets has been These indicative fi gures (Figure 2) Creating this framework will enable mapped to the key areas of action in show that actions that change our us to incorporate a way of capturing our plan, in particular those concerned patterns of consumption – sustainable the important values of embedded with energy consumption throughout consumption – and improve green carbon in our approach. We are our buildings, energy generation and infrastructure will make only a very confi dent that there will soon be national all aspects of transport. This provides small impact on our 41% reduction and international agreement on how some indicative delivery targets for each target. These actions will have a major emissions from aviation and shipping of these areas of action. Within each impact, however, on changing our are to be captured and apportioned, area, we know that success will be lifestyle to a more low-carbon culture enabling us to show a reduction in achieved by a combination of actions and their actual impact on emissions Manchester’s share of these emissions – some taken by us here in the city, will be clearer when we further develop too. The framework will do something some taken by national government the ways in which carbon is measured. else as well: it will help us bring together and some by a combination of the two. different in measurement methodologies National legislation to decarbonise the Our target of 41% is ambitious and it so that we can show easily how every grid and create ‘feed-in tariffs’ for local refl ects current measurement adopted individual’s and organisation’s targets energy generation, for example, will play by the UK Government, but the science contribute to the city’s effort overall. a signifi cant part in reducing emissions of carbon measurement is still in from energy. In this area, we have development and this approach only We need to resolve this well before begun to assess what proportion of covers operational CO² – direct 2020. In this plan we are making a our overall target needs to be delivered emissions – and indirect emissions commitment to establish a total carbon locally and nationally: work we intend from electricity use; it doesn’t include footprint framework for all greenhouse to refi ne and develop as we begin to the carbon that’s embedded in the gas emissions to include embedded, deliver the actions in our plan. manufacture of all our goods and aviation, shipping etc. This framework services, and it doesn’t include the will also enable us to make sense of a emissions related to bringing goods number of different regimes for carbon and services into the city through measurement so that everybody can aviation and shipping. These gaps in easily see how their contribution to the our targeting and actions need to be city’s emissions targets has an impact. fi lled and it’s the main reason why our plan contains an important action about measuring carbon – a commitment to create a Total Carbon Footprint framework by 2013.

045 POWER THROUGH PARTNERSHIP

This action plan for Manchester is a plan for the entire city. Local communities, residents, the business community, Manchester City Council and statutory public agencies all have a part to play. Those identified here have helped in the production of this plan.

Please join them.

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046 100 Months Club, Ali Abbas, Pete Abel, Ade Aboaba, Arwa Aburawa, Action for Sustainable Living, Eugene Adams, AECOM, Karen Andrew, Cllr. Paul Andrews, Oli Aro, ARUP, Faith Ashworth, Joe Ashworth, Association of Greater Manchester Authorities, Association for Sustainable Change, Jonathan Atkinson, Peter Babb, Charlie Baker, Charlie Banks, Chris Barber, Simon Barber, Dave Barlow, Esther Barnes, Tim Barwood, Cllr. Jim Battle, Paul Beardmore, Corin Bell, Sarah Benjamin, Ruth Bergen, Sir Howard Bernstein, Caroline Berry, Lance Berry, Michelle Berry, Best Foot Forward, Beyond Green, Bike Right, Linda Bishop, Simon Blackmore, Tina Blake, Nick Blandford, Paul Bond, Jonathan Booth, Bovis Lend Lease, Alice Bows, Sallie Brigden, British Waterways, Broadway Malyan, Sue Brooks, Brother, Ian Brown, Bruntwood, Building Design Partnership, Chris Burrows, Mark Burton, Caesar, Call to Real Action, Dan Calverley, Carbon Co-op, The Carbon Trust, Dr. Sebastian Carney, Carpet Recycling UK, Jacqui Carroll, Dave Carter, Dr. Jeremy Carter, Stuart Carvel, Cedar Mount High School, Carolyn Chafer, Nicky Chambers, Phil Chan, Kate Chappell, City South Trust, Dan Clarke, Diana Clayton, Jennifer Cleary, Clicks and Links, Lucy Clifford, Revd. Raymond Cochrane, Dave Coleman, Coleman Consulting, Matt Collard, Margaret Collier, Rachel Combie, Community Network for Manchester, Steve Connor, Matthew Cooper, Russell Cormack, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corridor Manchester, Bryan Cosgrove, Countryscape, Cllr. Richard Cowell, Cranfi eld University, Creative Concern, Gavin Crippin, Richard Critchley, Janet Cuff, Tracey Daley, Lucy Danger, Andrew Darron, Keith Davidson, Davis Langdon Construction, Linda Dawes, Debdale Eco Centre, Development Education Project, Jackie Dibley, Didsbury Park Properties, Mike Dinsdale, Diocese of Manchester, Nick Dodd, Walter Dooley, Caroline Downey, Drivers Jonas, Kate Dunn, Susan Edgar, Electricity North West, Debbie Ellen, Emerge, Energy Saving Trust, Enterprise Manchester, Envirolink Northwest, Environment Agency, Environment Network For Manchester, Enworks, Fairfi eld Composting, Faiths4Change, Abby Falla, Tom Fenton, Dan Fernbank, Carlos Figueiredo, Karen Findley, Hilary Fisher, Paul Fitzgerald (Polyp), Kevin Fletcher, Mark Foden, Simon Foy, Ruth Francis, Friends of the Earth, John Frubin, Lachlan Fulton, Barry Gillespie, Martin Gizzie, Stephen Glynn, GM Churches Together, Vincent Goodwin, Joanne Gorman, Government Offi ce North West, Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce, Greater Manchester Ecology Unit, Greater Manchester Environment Commission, Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority, Jen Green, Peter Green, Dan Griffi ths, Groundwork, Prof. Simon Guy, David Haley, Alexander Hall, Ged Hamley, Sue Hare, Bill Harrop, Alison Hartley, Richard Hatton, Helen Hensel, Francis Hesketh, Elizabeth Hill, Paul Hilton, Dr. John Hindley, Dr. Mike Hodson, Katrina Holt, Tony Hothersall, Marc Hudson, Hulme Garden Centre, Ilya¯s Inayat, Intochange, Laura Jagota, Barry James, JM Business Energy Consultancy Ltd, Joint Health Unit, Annette Jones, Neil Jones, Phil Jones, Karen Jordan, Mike Kay, Aleksandra Kazmierczak, Gary Keane, Frazer Kearney, Robert Kelk, Sheehab Khater, Kindling Trust, Michael King, Phil Korbel, Catherine Lambert, David Lea, Sir Richard Leese, Richard Lewis, Paul Limbrick, Lisa Lingard, Mary Livingstone, Raichael Locke, Longsight Methodist Church, John Lorimer, Love your Bike, Jon Lovell, Jo Lynch, Simon Mabey, Mace Group, Fiona Maddocks, Paul Mahoney, Manchester Airport, Manchester City Council, Manchester Climate Fortnightly, Manchester Creative and Media Academy, Manchester Digital Development Agency, Manchester Eco House, Manchester Environmental Education Network, Manchester Green Pound, Manchester Housing, Manchester International Festival, Manchester is my Planet, Manchester Knowledge Capital, Manchester Metropolitan University, Marketing Manchester, Lynne Marland, George Martin, Prof. Simon Marvin, MCC Community Guardians, Phil McFarlane, Sean McGonigle, Tim McMahon, Anne Mellor, MERCi, Lydia Meryll, Martin Miller, Jonathan Mitchell, Rebecca Monk, Lydia Morrison, Mosscare Housing, Dena Murphy, Neil Murphy, Paul Murphy, National Grid, National Housing Federation, Paul Needham, Jenny Nelson, NEPHRA Residents Association, New Economy Manchester, NHS, Rebecca Nicholl, Fiona Nicholls, Samantha Nicholson, Martin Nolan, Patrick Nolan, North West Community Waste Network, North West Development Agency, North West Landlords Association, Northwards Housing, David Nugent, NW Planning Aid, Michael O’Doherty, Olusola Omole, Margaret O’Neill, OpenSpace Co-operative, Organise This, Andy O’Shanughnessy, Oxfam, Pannone LLP, Paton Brown, Larry Patrick, Carole Pattison, Nicola Percival, Julie Perry, Sam Pickles, Alex Pitman, Chris Pope, Jonathan Porter, Positive Impact Events, Jackie Potter, Joel Prittie, Cllr. Bernard Priest, Christine Raiswell, Ramblers Association, Val Rawlinson, Mike Reardon, Red Rose Forest, REELmcr, Kelly Reynolds, Les Richards, Derek Richardson, Gordon Richardson, David Ritter, Simon Robinson, David Roscoe, Nigel Rose, Vicky Rosin, Matthew Rowe, Royal Exchange Theatre, Helene Rudlin, Julie Rushton, Natasha Rutherford, Jonathan Sadler, Salford University, Ian Scott, Helen Seagrave, Richard Sharland, Sophie Sharp, Graeme Sheriff, Andrew Short, Eddie Smith, Emma Smith, Ian Smith, Janice Smith, Luke Smith, Nick Smith, Peter Smith, Tom Solomon, St. Vincent’s Housing Association, St. Peter’s RC High School Longsight, Stefan Stainsby, Paul Stanlon, Imanuel Steele, Victoria Stonebridge, Paul Stowers, Pete Stringer, Julie Stubbs, Vin Sumner, Phillipa Superville-Blackford, Sustainable Neighbourhoods Action Group, Sustrans, Connor Sweeney, Melanie Tapodi, Beverley Taylor, Cath Taylor, Mike Taylor, TEP, The Co-operative, The Co-operative College, The Manchester College, Callum Thomas, Shona Thomas, Sara Todd, Sara Tomkins, Mark Turner, Steve Turner, Matthew Turpin, John Twigg, Tyndall Centre, Paula Ufolo, Sarah Urquart, United Utilities, University of Manchester, Urban Splash, Urbed, Chris Wainwright, Jonathan Walker, Tim Walmsley, Chris Walsh, Simon Warburton, Water Power Enterprises, Steve Welsh, Tom Whitehead, Michael Whitehurst, Tim Whitley, Gordon Whitaker, Rev. Stuart Wild, Matthew Wilkinson, Sarah Williams, Laura Williams, Willmott Dixon, Michael Wilton, Andre Witter, Martin Wood, Dr. Ruth Wood, Sean Wood, Chris Worrall, WRAP, Chris Wright and Pam Zuntz. THE BIGGER PICTURE

As a new global and Here in the Northwest, the Regional capitalise from being near to others, comprehensive agreement is Spatial Strategy, which provides policy using their proximity for sharing and developed at the UN Climate guidance for planning new housing, transferring knowledge, ideas, goods Change Conference in industrial, commercial, leisure and services. These characteristics Copenhagen in December 2009, developments and green space, also have environmental benefi ts, closer to home, national and identifi es reducing emissions and reducing the need for travel for European targets mean that the adapting to climate change as an urgent example, and providing opportunities actions in this plan will have to priority. The Regional Economic Strategy for sharing resources. be delivered whatever the sets out a low-carbon economy as a outcome in Copenhagen. fundamental aim, an aim which will be In the meantime we have an opportunity sustained and strengthened in the new, to take advantage of our current Through the ‘Climate Action and Integrated Regional Strategy currently refl ectiveness, and the openness to Renewable Energy Package’, the being prepared. cultural change this recession has European Union has committed to forced. There is an opportunity to reducing overall emissions to at least The Greater Manchester Strategy (GMS) create the conditions for a low-carbon 20% below 1990 levels by 2020 while sets out the agreed priorities for Greater economy, which will be a driver for nationally, the Climate Change Act Manchester over the next 10 years. employment creation, innovation and commits the UK to meeting 80% Its clear priority is sustainable economic skills, and to ensure new and expanding greenhouse gas reduction targets by growth, and it recognises that for us businesses build low-carbon practices 2050. An ambitious target, it is one that to have a successful economy we must into their business plans. this Manchester plan sets out to reach. reduce our environmental impact and prepare for possible changes that are Employment growth is expected to be beyond our control. The aspiration in signifi cant in the ‘knowledge economy’ the GMS is that in the future, we will sectors – where production and services be known for our good quality of life, are based on knowledge-intensive our low-carbon economy and our activities that have a greater reliance on commitment to sustainable intellectual capabilities than on physical development. The delivery of this inputs or natural resources. These are strategy is down to seven new intrinsically less carbon intensive in commissions – one of which is the operational terms than manufacturing Environment Commission, which has for example, although it will be important set up a new Climate Change Agency to consider the embedded carbon to develop a climate change strategy consumption of these areas of growth. for the city region. The key resource for knowledge industries is their employees, and they Manchester’s economic recovery in turn will be attracted to Manchester has been predicted to start earlier than for the culture and quality of life offer most other UK cities, in part due to the our vision provides. agglomeration benefi ts which support our city-regional economy. These benefi ts occur when a diversity of individuals and fi rms are able to

048 MAKING IT HAPPEN – RESOURCES

This plan is about taking fi rm and The 2008 Mini-Stern report for into the low-carbon economy. Initial immediate action. We will need Manchester put a value of £21 billion work on one of these – retrofi tting resources to make this happen. to the city region in making this aspects of more than 100,000 existing The most important resources transformation by 2020. Successful homes in the city with a combination of are the commitment, time and implementation of this plan will effect a energy effi ciency and micro-generation ideas of people across the city; critical contribution to ensuring that this measures – indicates that we can save the will and the enthusiasm to value will be secured, but we will need over 350,000 tonnes CO² per year, make low-carbon living a priority to invest signifi cant resources to make nearly a third of our 41% target. Overall, for us all. But fi nance is also the plan happen. this programme could provide 15,000 vitally important, particularly new jobs, and it would entail total costs to effect changes to our In the fi rst two years of the plan, we will of £2,200m over ten years. buildings, transport and energy be developing Delivery Plans for some infrastructure. of the major actions where signifi cant This a major investment, but some of collaborative programmes need to be these costs will be met by savings from The plan brings these two resources put in place. These Delivery Plans will measures and schemes already in place together because it is a plan for the identify more detailed goals, partners and these savings are likely to rise as future prosperity of the city, its people – and the projects, resources and fi nance energy costs increase over the decade residents, employees, visitors – and for necessary for implementation. Some of to come. The plan includes references the businesses and organisations upon the necessary fi nance will be secured to developing a number of ‘fi nancial which the life of the city depends. from investors and government, some instruments’ – mechanisms that will All organisations are going to need to will be found from organisations within provide opportunities for residents and fi nd ways of building up knowledge the city, applying existing resources to businesses to invest more effectively and expertise in climate change and projects and programmes that deliver in their own low-carbon future. Some committing people’s time to the potential the actions as part of the delivery of of these are already under discussion of a low-carbon economy. We know that public and commercial services. nationally, others may need to be establishing this is key to continuing to Implementation of some actions will also developed in the city. It is an early develop Manchester as a thriving centre create effi ciencies and fi nancial savings, priority for us to secure the resources of commerce, ideas and innovation. And providing opportunities for reinvestment. to ensure that the actions in the plan we know that the technologies of energy are put into place. A large part of this effi ciency and generation, low-carbon Two of these Delivery Plans will focus on is creating opportunities for everybody – construction, digital connectivity and buildings – one on housing and one on residents, businesses, public bodies sustainable land management will commercial and public buildings. These and investors – to invest, confi dent that provide the platform for future jobs plans will develop the city region’s skills there will be a fi nancial as well as an and businesses. and capacity as a leader in retrofi tting environmental return, making the construction, further developing our prosperity of a low-carbon city a reality. international reputation for regeneration

049 TURNING WORDS INTO DEEDS – KEY EARLY ACTIONS 2010

LEADERS AND ACTIVITY MILESTONE 2011 PARTNERS

Early Actions Save energy around your home. Make a start. If you’ve Everybody in the city. for Individuals already started, fi nd Reduce your car journeys, walk or cycle more. out more, set yourself Complete the fi rst of an annual home energy/carbon check that will help some targets and monitor progress against this plan. make saving carbon so routine it is automatic. Take part in a city-wide programme to support consumers in choosing low-carbon goods and services. Support your family, friends, neighbours and workplace to do the same.

Early Actions for Endorse the approach of this plan, identifying actions appropriate to 1,000 organisations in Organisations in all Organisations your organisation. Manchester endorsing sectors throughout the plan and actively the city. Develop an organisation’s delivery plan and set short and long-term targets their reducing carbon – ensuring it is consistent with the approach/template all Manchester’s impacts. organisations will be using so we can monitor progress against the plan. Start saving energy on your buildings and transport. Consider the carbon impacts of goods and services your organisation uses. Assist your employees, members, suppliers or consumers to do the same.

Developing Retrofi tting programme – domestic housing. Delivery groups RSLs, landlords, Delivery Plans for established. construction industry, Concerted Action colleges MCC, AGMA. Initial work plans drawn up. Baselines established. First phase resources identifi ed. Links to website in place.

Retrofi tting programme – public and commercial buildings. Delivery groups Developers; chamber established. of commerce; property partnerships; Initial work plans construction industry, drawn up. MCC, AGMA. Baselines established. First phase resources identifi ed. Links to website in place.

Decentralised Energy Programme. Delivery groups Corridor partners, established. businesses, MCC, utilities, universities. Initial work plans drawn up. Baselines established. First phase resources identifi ed. Links to website in place.

050 LEADERS AND ACTIVITY MILESTONE 2011 PARTNERS

Adaptation programme, including Eco-Cities. Delivery groups Universities, business, established. MCC, AGMA.

Initial work plans drawn up.

Baselines established.

First phase resources identifi ed.

Links to website in place.

Local Transport Plan (LTP3). Delivery groups GMTU, GMITA, MCC. established. Initial work plans drawn up. Baselines established. First phase resources identifi ed. Links to website in place.

Work on land and food. Delivery groups Food Futures partners, established. businesses, landowners, MCC. Initial work plans drawn up. Baselines established. First phase resources identifi ed. Links to website in place.

Education and training. Delivery groups Universities and established. colleges, training organisations, Initial work plans MCC, Chamber of drawn up. Commerce, employers. Baselines established. First phase resources identifi ed. Links to website in place.

Developing Develop fi nancial measures that release resources. Identify key fi nancial MCC, AGMA, Knowledge, and issues, develop a universities, delivery Start work on Total Carbon Footprint (TCF) framework. Measurement programme to plan partners. Create C0² reduction targets for all key actions. progress. Identify and develop key research projects. Establish a plan identifying and prioritising research. Start work on TCF and complete action- specifi c targets.

Communications, Identify and develop alignment with other plans and strategies. Communications MCC, press and media Engagement and group set-up. groups, universities, Develop plan website to maximise shared good practice, ideas Learning Chamber of Commerce, and contributions. Communications plan AGMA. and website in Develop communication plans for stakeholder groups and annual operation. events programme. Templates in place and Create templates for individuals and organisations to show how in use. their plans contribute to this plan. Create visible public promotions so people can follow progress on carbon reduction.

Management Establish Steering Group. In place. MCC, Manchester of the Plan Board, partners. Develop Plan Co-ordination and Support Team. In place. Hold 2010 Stakeholder conference to review and develop plan. Completed.

051 MAKING IT HAPPEN – NEXT STEPS

Over the coming years, we are going All the actions in the plan will require to continue to develop our plan to further development. Where we need keep pace with local, national and to work together, we will start by international developments: as our building on existing partnerships, experience of tackling climate change where relationships and understanding grows, our plan will grow with it. are already established.

We are going to set up an annual Some actions lend themselves to action Stakeholder Conference to review by individuals and neighbourhoods and progress, consider changes and organisations, without city-wide improvements and agree targets for the co-ordination: as different organisations coming year – this will be an important and residents take them up, it is way of celebrating achievement and expected that they will make their own maintaining partners’ ownership of the plans – and we will develop the overall plan across the city. The Council will plan as a tool to help make this happen. provide for the co-ordination of the plan and will set up a small group of This plan sets out our priorities for stakeholders to steer the process. the future: a set of shared priorities for individuals, business and public One of the priorities for 2010 will be agencies right across the city. If we to encourage organisations in the city invest together in collective action on to endorse the principles of the plan and climate change, our city can emerge to discuss and agree what their stronger. The lives we lead, the way we contributions to delivering it can be. work, our travel, the shape of our city: Having endorsed the plan on behalf of all this will change but if we are the city at its launch, in 2010 the City prepared and work together, we can Council will develop their own delivery ensure that we play our part and ensure plan to outline what the Council’s own that our city is ready for change. contribution to delivery of the actions will be. A common template will be We can secure a certain future. developed to enable organisations and And we will. individuals to identify what actions they intend to take and how they contribute to the overall actions for the city.

052 Published by Manchester City Council on behalf of the city of Manchester, December 2009.

This document has been produced using a combination of carbon neutral and FSC-approved papers. It has been printed using vegetable-based inks.