Public Document

GREATER MANCHESTER GREEN CITY REGION PARTNERSHIP 2020/21

DATE: Friday 16 October 2020

TIME: 9.00am

VENUE: Microsoft Teams Live Event

AGENDA

1. INTRODUCTION AND APOLOGIES (CHAIR) (3 MINUTES) 2. CHAIR'S ANNOUNCEMENT AND URGENT BUSINESS (CHAIR) (5 MINUTES) 3. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST (CHAIR) (2 MINUTES)

To receive declarations of interest in any item for discussion at the meeting. A blank form for declaring interests has been circulated with the agenda; please ensure that this is returned to the Governance & Scrutiny Officer at the start of the meeting.

FOR AGREEMENT

4. TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING DATED 24 JULY 1 - 14 2020 (CHAIR) (5 MINUTES) 5. PROGRESS REPORT - 5 YEAR ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN (YEP) (MARK 15 - 26 ATHERTON, GMCA) (10 MINUTES) 6. CHALLENGE GROUP UPDATES (CHALLENGE GROUP CHAIRS) (15 27 - 32 MINUTES) ORDINARY BUSINESS

7. FUTURE PLANNING 7.A ENERGY MASTER PLANNING PRESENTATION (ENWL/CANDENT) (PETER 33 - 46 EMERY/PAUL BIRCHAM, ENWL LTD (15 MINUTES)

7.B LOCAL ENERGY PLANNING (GMCA) (SEAN OWEN, GMCA) (15 47 - 52 MINUTES)

8. COMPREHENSIVE SPENDING REVIEW & FUNDING BIDS UPDATE (MARK 53 - 60 ATHERTON, GMCA) (10 MINUTES) BOLTON MANCHESTER ROCHDALE STOCKPORT TRAFFORD BURY OLDHAM SALFORD TAMESIDE WIGAN

Please note that this meeting will be livestreamed via www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk, please speak to a Governance Officer before the meeting should you not wish to consent to being included in this recording. FOR DISCUSSION - TRANSPORT DEEP DIVE

9. GREATER MANCHESTER CLEAN AIR PLAN (MEGAN BLACK, TfGM) (15 MINUTES) 10. 5 YEAR TRANSPORT PLAN - UPDATE (NICOLA KANE, TfGM) (15 MINUTES) FOR INFORMATION

11. GREEN SUMMIT 2020 REVIEW (MARK ATHERTON, GMCA) (5 MINUTES) 61 - 66 12. GREATER MANCHESTER HOUSING PROVIDERS - BUILD BACK BETTER 67 - 72 COMMITMENT (ROBIN LAWLER, NORTHWARDS HOUSING) (5 MINUTES) 13. DATES AND TIMES OF FUTURE MEETINGS

All meetings will be held virtually at 10.00 am on:

 Monday 25 January 2021  Friday 12 March 2021

For copies of papers and further information on this meeting please refer to the website www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk. Alternatively, contact the following Officer:  [email protected]

This agenda was issued on 8 October 2020 on behalf of Julie Connor, Secretary to the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Churchgate House, 56 Oxford Street, Manchester M1 6EU

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Agenda Item 4

MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE GREATER MANCHESTER COMBINED AUTHORITY HELD FRIDAY 24 JULY 2020 AT 10.00AM VIA MICROSOFT TEAMS LIVE VIRTUAL MEETING

PRESENT:

Councillor Andrew Western GMCA Environment Portfolio & Chair (Trafford Council) Councillor Alan Quinn Waste & Recycling Committee (Bury Council) Councillor Angeliki Stogia Transport Committee (Manchester City Council) Councillor Derek Antrobus Planning & Housing Commission (Salford City Council) Alison Mckenzie-Folan Lead Chief Executive, GMCA Louise Blythe BBC Academy (Chair Communications & Engagement) Paul Auckland Electricity North West (Substitute for Peter Emery, Chair Energy Innovation) Robin Lawler Northwards Housing (Chair Low Carbon Buildings) Carly McLachlan University of Manchester (Chair 5YEP Forum) Anne Selby Wildlife Trust (Chair Natural Capital) Phil Korbel Cooler Projects (Vice-Chair Communications & Engagement) Stuart Easterbrook Candent Gas (Vice-Chair Energy Innovation) Angela Needle Candent Gas Will Swan Salford University (Vice-Chair Low Carbon Buildings) Mark Easedale Environment Agency Hisham Elkadi Salford University Andy Gibson University of Manchester Sarah Price Health & Social Care Partnership Darryl Quantz Health & Social Care Partnership Carl Moore Homes England

OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE:

David Shewan Parity Projects Helen Telfer Environment Agency

OFFICERS IN ATTENDANCE:

Mark Atherton GMCA Matt Berry GMCA Megan Black TfGM Jenny Hollamby GMCA Sarah Mellor GMCA Hayley James GMCA Sean Owen GMCA Megan Rogers GMCA Lee Teasdale GMCA

BOLTON MANCHESTER ROCHDALE STOCKPORT TRAFFORD BURY OLDHAM SALFORDPage 1 TAMESIDE WIGAN

GMGCRP/21/20 INTRODUCTION AND APOLOGIES

The Chair opened the meeting and welcomed everybody present. It was explained that the meeting was being held virtually and was being livestreamed to the public in accordance with new Local Government (LA) regulations allowing virtual meetings to take place during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Chair also brought the Partnership’s attention to the virtual meeting etiquette guide, which was circulated prior to the meeting.

Apologies for absence were received from Patrick Allcorn (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), Hayley Crane (Northwards Housing), Peter Emery (ENW, substitute Paul Auckland), Bernard Magee (Siemens), Simon Nokes (GMCA), Kristina Poole (Public Health England), Chris Oglesby (Bruntwood), Councillor Oliver Ryan (Tameside), Lee Rawlinson (Environment Agency, substitute Mark Easedale), Nalin Thakkar (Manchester University) and Simon Warburton (Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM)).

The Chair welcomed Alison Mckenzie-Folan to her first meeting of the Partnership as the new Green City Region Portfolio Lead Chief Executive, taking over from Eamonn Boylan.

GMGCRP/22/20 TO NOTE THE APPOINTMENT OF CHAIR AND AGREE PARTNERSHIP TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR 2020/21

A report was introduced that set out the proposed governance arrangements for the Green City Region Portfolio for 2020/21.

It was proposed that the existing structure was largely maintained, as it appeared to be working well. The main change from last year (paragraph 2 of the report) was that it was intended to move ahead with establishing a Green City Region Board for Portfolio Lead Elected Members from the ten Districts to focus on LA items and support their recent climate emergency declarations.

The terms of reference for the Partnership were unchanged and the Chairs and Vice-Chairs of the Challenge Groups were proposed to be maintained.

It was agreed that Carly McLachlan, the Chair of the 5 Year Environmental Plan (5YEP) Forum from the University of Manchester be added to the proposed Green City Region Partnership for the 2020/21 Municipal Year and her name spelt correctly on the governance diagram.

Resolved/- a) That the appointment of the Chair, Councillor Andrew Western, Trafford, of the Green City Region Partnership for the 2020/21 Municipal Year be noted. b) That the Partnership approved the revised terms of reference for the Partnership for the 2020/21 Municipal Year (Annex 01) and Governance Structure (Annex 01a).

Page 2 c) That it was agreed to maintain existing Chair and Vice-Chair arrangements for the Challenge Groups: Natural Capital, Low Carbon Buildings, Energy Innovation, 5YEP Forum and Communications/Behaviour Change, subject to their agreement and review at their next meetings. d) That the Partnership agreed that the terms of reference for the Challenge Groups for the 2020/21 Municipal Year would be reviewed at their next meeting and finalised with the Director for Environment, GMCA and the Portfolio Lead Chief Executive. An example of the Challenge Group terms of reference were attached at Annex 02 of the report. e) It was noted that a new Chair and Vice-Chair would need to be found for the Sustainable Consumption and Production Challenge Group and it was agreed that Suez would be approached in the first instance. f) The intention to establish in parallel a Green City Region Board for the ten District Portfolio Leads was noted. g) That Carly McLachlan, the Chair of the 5YEP Forum from the University of Manchester be added to the proposed Green City Region Partnership for the 2020/21 Municipal Year and her name spelt correctly on the governance diagram.

GMGCRP/23/20 CHAIRS ANNOUNCEMENTS AND URGENT BUSINESS

Whilst there was no urgent business, the Chair advised that the Area Director for the Environment Agency, Lee Rawlinson, was moving role. The Partnership thanked Lee for his valuable work with the Green City Region Partnership and the work with the Environment Agency to support the Partnership’s ambitions. It was agreed that the Partnership would send Lee a letter thanking him for his work.

The Chair reported that the Defra Secretary of State, George Eustice, had this week written to MPs advising them that Greater Manchester would be one of the five pilot areas to trial Local Nature Recovery Strategies. It was explained that the strategies were one of the new flagship measures in the Environment Bill. They would combine local knowledge with expert information and advice to plan for more co-ordinated, practical and focussed action to support nature recovery and the nature recovery network across the country. Government would be investing over £1m this year in five Local Natural Recovery Strategy areas to prepare for future implementation nationwide. It was noted that Greater Manchester would receive about £140k to support this work, which needed to be completed by March 2021.

Resolved/-

That the Environment Agency’s Area Director be sent a letter of thanks from the Partnership.

GMGCRP/24/20 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

There were no declarations received in relation to any item on the agenda.

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GMGCRP/25/20 TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING DATED 18 MAY 2020

Resolved/-

That the minutes of the last meeting dated 18 May 2020 be approved as a correct record.

1. Arising from minute GMGCRP/13/20, it was reported that the Green Summit 2020 would take place on 24 September 2020 with online activities on the three days preceding.

2. Arising from minute GMGCRP/17/20, it was noted that the Greater Manchester Strategy (GMS) key messages for the Green City Region Portfolio were to be discussed later on the agenda.

3. Arising from minute GMGCRP/19/20, it was explained that positive feedback had been received from the launch of the 5YEP Annual Report.

GMGCRP/26/20 GREATER MANCHESTER COVID19 RECOVERY PLAN - ENVIRONMENT THEME

The Chair raised the broader Recovery Plan and wanted to ensure the Partnership’s objectives and ambitions as a Green City Region were reflected across the plan. It was envisaged that a report would be considered at a future meeting once timescales were known.

Consideration was given to a report that provided an update on the development of the Greater Manchester COVID19 Recovery Plan (Environment Theme) and next steps. Attached to the report at Annex 01 was the Greater Manchester COVID19 Recovery Plan: Environment. It was noted that the current draft was a work in progress and comments on the plan were welcomed.

It was explained that a sub-group comprising of the Chair and a number of Challenge Group Chairs met following the last Partnership meeting to provide feedback on the emerging Recovery Plan.

The Partnership’s comments were noted as:

 A Member highlighted the next steps and skills development and asked if this was embedded across the board? It was reported that work was taking place with the GMCA skills team and there was an emerging action plan for green skills, which would be shared at a later date. It was a priority to encourage people who might fall out of work because of the pandemic to return to work quickly but it also looked longer term at the sort of jobs, opportunities and apprenticeships that might be made available through emerging programmes that potentially could be funded through the fiscal packages that Government had announced. It was a broader look at skills across the board. The Director of Environment, GMCA would compare the Skills Theme with the Environment Theme to identify overlaps.

Page 4  The Chair of the 5YEP Challenge Group from the University of Manchester enquired about delivery of the COVID19 Recovery Plan and asked what was the difference to give it impetus to happen such as political buy in and resource. It was explained that this was about fiscal stimulus. The political buy in was already in place but work was needed across the sectors to ensure that businesses and people were prompted to think about their behaviour and to take advantage of the changes that were presented to them.

Resolved/- a) That a report on the broader Recovery Plan and the green skills elements in particular, would be considered at a future meeting. b) That the progress made in developing the draft Greater Manchester COVID19 Recovery Plan (Environment Theme) be noted. c) That the Partnership noted the expected next steps.

GMGCRP/28/20 COMMUNICATIONS GREEN CITY STRATEGIC NARRATIVE

The Assistant Director of Communications, GMCA, led Members through the work that had been undertaken to develop a Strategic Communications Narrative and key messages for the Green City Region Portfolio of the GMS. It was described as an off the shelf product that could be used as a starting point and provide consistent messaging. Sections 5.1 and 5.2 of the report provided some very positive messages to take forward.

The Chair of the Communications Challenge Group from the BBC, who had been involved with this work reminded the Partnership about the journey and conversations about key messages on working together, being able to speak on each other’s behalf and how this was articulated. There had been an amalgamation of the separate work so that the Partnership could be confident that the work presented today encompassed all aspects of the Green City Region’s ambitions.

It was reported that Manchester City Council had approved the use of the Manchester Bee as a green bee, which was an excellent logo for the Green City Region Partnership.

The Chair thanked the Challenge Group and the Assistant Director of Communications, GMCA for their work and commented that the overarching narrative Today, Tomorrow and Together was a very powerful message.

Resolved/- a) The Partnership agreed the Green City Region Strategic Narrative provided at Section 5 of the report. b) That the proposed next steps be noted.

Page 5 GMGCRP/28/20 PROGRESS REPORT - 5YEP REPORT

The report of the Director of Environment, GMCA provided the usual update on progress of delivery the 5YEP and the work of the Green City Region Partnership for the first quarter of 2020/21.

Furthermore, the report set out initial plans for the proposed Greater Manchester Green Summit to be held on 24 September 2020. A discussion took place about Member’s appetite for engagement in and sponsoring the event. Challenge Group Chairs were requested to produce a ten minute pre-recorded introduction to their theme.

The main points referred:

 After a delay to the start, a grant offer letter for the Local Energy Market project was anticipated imminently.

 ENWL and Candent had produced a draft Energy Masterplan as part of their contribution to the Partnership’s work. The document would be presented to the Buildings and Energy Challenge Group in August 2020 and then brought to the Partnership’s October 2020 meeting for consideration.

 The University of Manchester had recently secured funding to support the development of a carbon assessment tool to support financial decision making.

 Work had commenced on a new Green City Region website, which would be completed in advance of the Green Summit.

 Work had been progressed through the pandemic largely unchanged. Some of the physical projects such as rooftop photovoltaic (PV) and helping people to insulate their homes had paused but most of the Challenge Group work had continued. Attendance at the Challenge Groups had almost doubled since moving to virtual meetings and online meetings would continue moving forward.

 TfGM was continuing work on the Clean Air Plan. Further work was being carried out on walking and cycling investment, building up the bee network, zero emission vehicles to support Districts to update their fleets and electric vehicle charging infrastructure. The timescales for consulting would be considered by the GMCA at its next meeting.

 It was noted that a Chair and Vice-Chair of the Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) Challenge Group were needed and a review of the Group was taking place. Although well attended, more organisations were needed around the table to make change happen. The SCP action plan would be produced within the next three months.

 In terms of the natural environment, it was reported that the Environment Fund had been awarded to Lancashire Wildlife Trust. Biodiversity net gain plans had been updated to governance and guidance that could fit into the Nature Recovery Network and also supported the GMSF.

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 The merging thoughts about the Green Summit 2020 were contained in the report. The Summit would be held virtually, over four days from 20 to 24 September 2020. The first three days would be online activity and events, broken down by theme and the fourth day would be the main live event. There was a role for the Challenge Group Chairs and for all partners around the table; people who wanted to be more involved on a personal or organisational level, were asked to contact the Director of Environment, GMCA. The Partnership was looking for sponsors, key programmes and projects in Greater Manchester that exemplified the work of the Partnership. Members were asked to express their interests.

Resolved/- a) That the Partnership noted the progress outlined in the report and latest position set out in the dashboards attached at:

 Annex 01 (Environment Team Performance Overview)  Annex 02 (5 Year Environment Plan Performance) b) That the emerging Plans for the Greater Manchester Green Summit 2020, Appendix 1 be noted.

GMGCRP/29/20 CHALLENGE GROUP UPDATES (CHALLENGE GROUP CHAIRS)

The Chair advised that the deep dive theme for this meeting was Low Carbon Buildings.

The purpose of the report was to outline the progress made by the 5YEP Challenge Groups in developing their key priorities through Task and Finish Action Groups.

The presentation that accompanied the report provided an updated overview of the Challenge Group priorities and how these were being delivered.

 Energy and Innovation Challenge Group

The Director of Environment, GMCA provided an update, the main points referred:

 The Innovation Agency, which was part of the Energy Transition Region Programme being led by the universities had been established into a group. The three universities in Manchester were working together to develop a proposal, which could be submitted as a bid for funding into some of the emerging innovation rounds coming forward. The Energy Innovation Agency’s key aim was to accelerate the deployment and adoption of next generation or cutting edge technologies that would help achieve the 5YEP; it was about closing the innovation gap.

 Work with UK100 and other organisations was underway about innovative finance mechanisms, this was about upscaling the programmes in place and how to find suitable finance models that would allow the acceleration of decarbonisation of buildings and more energy generation locally.

Page 7  The Go Neutral Programme would continue and was finding opportunities for putting PV on unused or meanwhile land, such as car parks.

 Attention was drawn to the Greater Manchester wide solar PV offer, the pandemic had reduced the ability to install PV cells onto people’s roofs and some people who had signed up had dropped out due to financial pressures. Not as much would be achieved as previously reported but it was reasonably substantial; nearly 1 megawatt of PV.

 Sustainable Consumption and Production Challenge Group

The Partnership received an update, which was noted as:

 SPC Circular Economy report would be brought to a future meeting.

 Research was being undertaken and more bids had been submitted by University partners to look at how best circular economy models could be adopted.

 There was a concern that whilst there was a lot of research being undertaken there was less in the delivery space.

 Behaviour change campaigns would consider what messages would be most attractive to different people and businesses. The Communications Challenge Group would utilise intelligence to add value to these behaviour change campaigns.

 Natural England had completed the Wetland Restoration Pilot on behalf of Defra. The Tree and Woodland Strategy had been completed by the City of Trees. It was envisaged this would attract Government funding. The Natural Course project was progressing well. Work was taking place with Bury Council to look at invasive weed removal from riverbanks, which would be considered at a future meeting.

 Communications and Behavioural Change Challenge Group

The Chair of the Communications and Behaviour Change Challenge Group provided the following up date:

 During lockdown, the Group and considered a number of proposals particularly updating key messages to work with Coronavirus. Members were thanked for their help getting the right people around the table, which had pushed the dynamic and grown the depth of the work the Group was able undertake. Communications leads from partner organisations were encouraged to continue to engage to provide expertise and share best practice. To ensure carbon neutrality, partnership working was paramount.

 Transport Update

TfGM’s Head of Logistics and Environment, provided the following highlights:

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 In March 2020, Government published its Decarbonising Transport Setting the Challenge document. A draft Greater Manchester response had been prepared and was set out as an Appendix to the report that would be considered on 31 July 2020 by the GMCA.

 The Government had put out a call for ideas about a plan to decarbonise transport; the consultation was open to 31 July 2020. Members were encouraged to express their views.

 In terms of the roadmap to deliver a zero emission bus fleet, it had previously been reported that TfGM and some of the Greater Manchester bus operators had secured funding for ultra-low emission busses. Within the Clean Air Plan there was a need to replace approximately 500 buses that could not be upgraded to clean emissions standards. Greater Manchester was looking to secure £5m funding for buses and cycling as announced in the March 2020 budget. Discussions were underway with the Department for Transport.

 Amey was the new provider for the Greater Manchester Electrical Vehicle (GMEV) infrastructure under the brand B.EV. The first phase of work would start to upgrade the existing 120 fast chargers and the installation of 24 new rapid chargers. There was more information available on the TfGM website.

 5YEP Implementation Plan Forum

The Chair of the 5YEP Implementation Plan Forum reported:

 The Forum had considered the following key areas; COVID Recovery Plan, received a presentation from the Energy and Innovation Agency, the Greater Manchester Environment Fund and the structure and format of the Green Summit.

 The following would be taken forward; the links of the different domains of the COVID Recovery Plan and offsetting reporting in terms of the Greater Manchester Environment Fund.

 Low Carbon Buildings Challenge Group

The Vice-Chair of the Low Carbon Building Challenge Group provided the following update:

 It was reported that the retrofit accelerator was being fed in to proposals at a national level. The accelerator was presented to the Clean Growth Minister as a direction of travel. Work was also taking place with the UK Green Building Council on their Accelerator Cities Project.

 The skills work led by GMCA, supported by the Growth Company and CITB, pathways were being considered in terms of upskilling, reskilling and education to deliver a substantive programme.

Page 9  Regarding public sector retrofits, there was an ongoing piece of work with the public non-domestic stock. TfGM had already done some work on each of their buildings.

 Natural Environment Challenge Group

 The report contained within the agenda pack was noted.

Members raised the following questions:

 A Member suggested that clean air would only be achieved if an integrated public transport system was adopted like London’s Oyster system. TfGM noted the Member’s comments.

 A question was raised about the active travel temporary measures and when they would become permanent. The Chair explained that some funding had been received for the temporary measures. However, the latest funding was for more robust changes. All Districts were considering this individually; working with the Cycling and Walking Team to understand what changes could be made permanent. A number of different initiatives would be introduced by Districts over the coming months. A fuller update would be provided at the next meeting.

Resolved/-

That the Partnership noted the progress in developing the Mission Based Approach and the associated Challenge Groups and Task and Finish Group activity.

GMGCRP/30/20 ACHIEVING NET ZERO CARBON IN NEW DEVELOPMENT REPORT AND PRESENTATION

The Environment Agency provided a short summary and presentation of the research undertaken by Currie & Brown/Centre for Sustainable Energy in support of the draft GMSF Policy for all new developments to achieve net zero carbon by 2028.

The Partnership was asked to provide comments. The main points referred:

 A Member enquired about the link to the UK Green Building Council and the link to the Policy Play Book contained within the report and asked if houses were being built on LA land, building contractors must achieve the 19% baseline for net zero carbon. Bury was looking to build 500 to 600 houses and the Member suggested that these should go above and beyond the 19% and embrace new ways of building. Modular homes were recommended as the way forward in Greater Manchester, which could also provide job opportunities. In response, there was already a number of local plans that exceeded building regulations; the GMSF would set the overall approach and bring consistency across Greater Manchester.

 The Chair thanked the Environment Agency for the useful presentation.

Page 10 Resolved/-

That report be noted.

GMGCRP/31/20 PUBLIC BUILDINGS ASSESSMENT AND MARKET TESTING REPORT AND PRESENTATION

As the Twelvetrees Consulting representative had submitted apologies for the meeting, the GMCA’s Regional Energy Lead provided a short summary of the project work that was underway to support the decarbonisation of the public estate across the Greater Manchester City Region.

Comments were sought from the Partnership, the main points referred:

 The Chair thanked the Officer for a helpful presentation and the amount of work that had been undertaken to get the Partnership to this stage.

 A Member asked how this work would be translated into action. It was also asked if this work would create an opportunity for Greater Manchester to share part of the £1b Public Estates Decarbonisation Fund that was announced in the Chancellors Statement and if there was any news on how this would be allocated. Discussions with BEIS had suggested there would be a competitive process for funding in early autumn. Ambitious proposals were being sought for programmes to invest in rather than individual buildings.

 Regarding the pie diagram, contained within the presentation, a question was raised about schools not being heavily represented and how this was being handled. It was explained that schools did form around 50% of the public estate and a second programme would be developed to take across schools. Main stream schools would be the focus at first; this could then be broadened out to academies to ensure all areas were captured. Funding had been announced for upgrading schools and a programme would be provided in autumn.

Resolved/-

That report be noted.

GMGCRP/32/20 DOMESTIC RETROFIT FOR A CARBON NEUTRAL FUTURE - ANALYSIS

The report, introduced by Parity Projects, provided a short summary of the project work currently underway to identify realistic pathways to net zero carbon housing by 2038.

The main points referred:

 A question was raised about PV and solar panels. It was suggested there could be a shortage as they were built in China; could they be procured elsewhere. In terms of PV, it was asked if the apex of a house had been considered for battery storage. It was also asked when onshore wind would become part of the equation as Government had relaxed its ban. In response, it was explained that the global shortages could become issues in the Page 11 future, but not immediately. It was difficult to predict future prices under current circumstance. It was suggested that, over the next ten years, different PV solutions could become radically cheaper such as thin film technologies. Batteries were expensive at the moment however it would be interesting to see how systems to support to the use of the intelligent batteries to large stocks of housing to protect the energy grid would happen. More clarity would be provided in time. Actions to be taken in the next five years to build Greater Manchester’s position could include hydrogen into the gas grid. In the short term the grid could be used to manage excess electricity. New buildings needed to be developed being mindful of research trials and low regret actions that would put Greater Manchester in a better position over the next five years.

 A Member asked if hydrogen plants would need to be built across the country. There was insufficient steer from the Government to know what the future would look like. Research suggested that electrification was likely to be a little cheaper but it was hard to predict. However, there was a need to move away from gas. This was an opportunity for Greater Manchester to lead the way and demand the steer needed from Government.

 The Cadent representative added that without electrification or hydrogen ingress, zero carbon could not be achieved. Ellesmere Port was the first location being considered for a methane reformation plant that would create hydrogen at scale for industrial decarbonisation. There was a proposal emerging to build a hydrogen pipeline that would take hydrogen to nearby industrial customers and enable it to be blended into the current gas distribution network for Liverpool and Manchester. The plan so far, considering the safety and technical work being undertaken, suggested that the current gas distribution network could take hydrogen for domestic use; blends up to 20% without changing any appliances could be achieved. Government was being lobbied about a hydrogen ready boiler mandate.

Resolved/-

That report be noted.

GMGCRP/33/20 RETROFIT ACCELERATOR PROPOSAL UPDATE PRESENTATION

The University of Salford provided a presentation on the retrofit accelerator.

The main point referred:

 A Member enquired about laser scanning for insulation and if this could be used for retrofit. It was explained that there were solutions available to provide a digital model, which would engineer internal or external wall insulation. Nationally, there would be huge amount of investment in retrofit on both the research and delivery side. However, there was a concern about the funding being underutilised in Greater Manchester. There were many different ways of retrofitting and technical solutions were available; it was envisaged that future investment would be steered in the right direction.

Resolved/-

That report be noted. Page 12

GMGCRP/34/20 IMPACT OF THE URBAN PIONEER

The Partnership received a presentation about the review of the outcomes from the 3 Year Urban Pioneer Project and next steps.

The main points referred:

 The Chair intended to share the information with Leaders to make them aware.

 The Environment Agency was thanked for their leadership, it had put Greater Manchester at the forefront of work on natural capital nationally and it was the testament of the hard work by the Environment Agency working in partnership with the Natural Capital Group to deliver.

Resolved/- a) That the Partnership noted the progress and impact of the GM Urban Pioneer. b) That the Urban Pioneer Evaluation Report and Annex be noted. c) That the Partnership considered and noted the next steps for the legacy assets and recommendations of the work. d) That the Partnership would raise awareness of the summary report and key programme highlights with GMCA Executive.

GMGCRP/35/20 GREATER MANCHESTER ENVIRONMENT FUND

The report and presentation provided by the Director of Environment, GMCA provided an update on the development of the Greater Manchester Environment Fund and next steps.

The main point referred:

 A Member asked if there would be a pitch to Government in the Comprehensive Spending Review. It was explained that a number of opportunities were being considered, which could support the development of the fund. The Heritage Lottery, who had initially helped develop the fund, had to step back as they anticipated Greater Manchester would be bidding to them. The Green Recovery Fund with £40m of funding available on a competitive basis to support environmental projects was also being considered. The GMCA’s Director of Environment was happy to consider the development of the fund with Comprehensive Spending Review. However, other more suitable mechanism might be available.

Resolved/- a) The Partnership noted the progress made in developing the Greater Manchester Environment Fund. Page 13 b) The Greater Manchester Environment Fund overview presentation provided at the meeting and as an Annex to the report be noted.

GMGCRP/36/20 DATES AND TIMES OF FUTURE MEETINGS

That all meetings would be held virtually unless otherwise stated on:

 Friday 16 October 2020 at 9.00 am  Monday 25 January 2020 at 10.00 am  Friday 12 March 2020 at 10.00 am

It was agreed that the 25 January 2020 meeting be moved forward to late December 2020 in light of the upcoming purdah period.

Resolved/-

That the meeting on 25 January 2020 be reorganised for December 2020.

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GREATER MANCHESTER GREEN CITY REGION PARTNERSHIP

Date: 16th October 2020

Subject: Progress Report 5 Year Environment Plan

Report of: Mark Atherton, Director Environment, GMCA

PURPOSE OF REPORT

The report provides the usual update on progress of the Green City Region Partnership for the second quarter of 2020/21.

RECOMMENDATIONS:

The Partnership is recommended to:

 Note and comment upon the progress outlined in this report and latest position set out in the dashboards attached at: a. Annex 01 (Environment Performance Overview) and b. Annex 02 (5 Year Environment Plan KPIs).

CONTACT OFFICERS:

Contact Officer: Mark Atherton, GM Director of Environment [email protected]

Page 15 1.0 OVERVIEW OF PROGRESS

The updates at Annexes 05a (Environment Team Performance Overview) & 05b (5 Year Environment Plan Performance) contain a summary of key achievements during the last quarter across the areas within the 5 Year Environment Plan. There are a number of key successes to be highlighted, set out below:

Energy  The GM LEM project commenced in July, enabling funds to be allocated and the procurement of LAEP partner to begin.  Solar Together GM phase 1 is expected to be completed this quarter delivering 1MW of generation and storage and leveraging £1.1m of investment. Phase 2 was not commenced due to the impact of Covid-19 on phase 1.  The Decarbonisation of Heat Research (DEEP) final report was produced, which identified 37 projects/schemes and led to continued discussions with BEIS on Phase 2.  Soft market testing was completed across 9 districts and 75 sites for renewable energy projects. A cost benefit assessment and options analysis for taking this work forward is now being undertaken.  The Energy Innovation Agency concept has been developed, leading to a business case being completed with 3 universities, SSE Enterprise and GMCA. The Agency concept was launched at the Green Summit.  Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Strategy released by Manchester Metropolitan University during the GM Green Summit 2020.

Buildings  Position statement on RAB funding was agreed with ENWL and used to lobby Government through Energy Efficiency consultation to the Select Committee.  The Connected for Warmth Scheme (successor to the GM Warm Homes Fund) began this quarter and installed 33 new central heating systems in GM Homes.  Retrofit delivery model - A demographic study is underway to understand what type of retrofit proposition will be accepted by the mass population across the region.  Decarbonising of Public Estate (DoPE) soft market testing has been completed. Reports have been shared with asset owners in readiness for the £1bn Public Sector Decarbonisation Fund, announced in August, with a focus on reducing carbon emissions associated with heating buildings.

Transport  GM walking and cycling investment plan – Key pop up lanes are already in place/underway include the A56 in Trafford, A635 in Tameside and Liverpool St in Salford; The GM Bike Hire project has made good progress with a formal Invitation to Tender has now been issued with four operators in the running; Awarded £1m from London Marathon Charitable Trust to encourage more cycling especially in BAME communities.

Page 16  GM Clean Air Plan public consultation commences on 8 October 2020. For more details and to respond to the consultation visit www.CleanAirGM.com.  Be.EV launch website launched at be-ev.co.uk  Early measures Project - 3 rapid charging devices installed and operational.  GM continuing discussions with Government to secure funding from the £5 billion of new funding for buses and cycling announced in the March budget. (Budget 2020 suggested c. £2 billion/4,000 zero-carbon buses nationally).  32 buses have been upgraded to electric by Stagecoach and 162 retrofits completed through Clean Bus Technology Fund (CBTF) with a further 118 planned to complete by March 2021.

Sustainable Consumption and Production  Tender drafted for Local Levers/Procurement research.  Spend data on purchasing of single-use plastics (SUPS) in catering consumables and disposables commissioned received. Supplier mapping on the purchasing of SUPs has commenced.  Study on the introduction of source segregated organics collections across the conurbation complete. Further modelling required to provide an in-depth evidence-based response to the second round of Resources and Waste Strategy (RaWS) government consultations next year. This will quantify the financial, resource and environmental impacts of the collection systems proposed, should they be placed in secondary legislation.  Work on outline food strategy has re-commenced through GM Food Board. Home composting campaign 'Let's compost now' launched in August 2020 (R4GM).

Natural Environment  GM announced as one of 5 areas across England to pilot development of Local Nature Recovery Strategies (LNRS) over the next 7 months.  Final GM Peatland Restoration Pilot approved by Defra and will feed into the forthcoming England Peat Strategy.  Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) Action Plan finalised and shared with LPAs with key priorities identified. GMEU consulted on 35 applications delivering BNG in past 18 months including more than 150 ha of habitat creation and £300,000 secured through off-site contributions.  IGNITION - Phase 1 works (small-scale Nature Based Solutions (NBS)) of the Living Lab commenced in September, with Phase 2 (large-scale NBS) due to start installation in October.  The GM Environment Fund is due to be established as a Charitable Company Limited by Guarantee in the next 6 months to address the requirements of the Charity Commission. Work to develop the Investment Strategy and pilot projects is underway.  Natural Environment Toolkit launched in the run up to the Green Summit. My Wild Garden campaign sign-ups for 2020 have been just over 1000 and unlikely to hit target of 5000 in 2020.

Page 17  Flood risk policy has been drafted to manage flood risk and the water environment in new development through the GMSF.

Communications  Virtual GM Green Summit 2020 delivered 21st - 24th September. 5465 visitors to the Summit, 10,077 site sessions and, on social media, Green Summit posts were seen 372,000 times. (See separate report for further details).  Carbon Literacy developed LA toolkit and launched at the Green Summit. Blue Light version also to be released shortly.

2.0 KEY ANTICIPATED ACTION IN THE NEXT QUARTER

2.1 As a priority, the following activities will be delivered in the next Quarter:

Energy supply  Local Arear Energy Plan (LAEP) partner to be contracted, with phase 1 district level plans and stakeholder engagement commenced.  DEEP Phase 2 to commence up until April 21, with a focus on outline business cases for several projects/schemes.  Next steps decisions on public assets for energy generation to be taken following soft market testing.  Continue to lobby government for on shore wind. Previous on shore wind studies will be revisited and where viable projects development commenced.  Commence the delivery of the Energy Innovation Agency as the first step to deploying an Smart Energy Transition Region

Buildings  Demographic study on retrofit to be completed which will compliment the stock condition modelling being undertaken across the region.  Encourage and support the Public Sector of GM to maximise the forth coming Public Sector Decarbonisation fund (£1bn announced in August).  LAs to be approached regarding current procurement processes associated with energy to assess current uptake of renewable tariffs.  DoPE work to be continued with a view to using the data sets to identify opportunities to reduce carbon emissions from the most carbon intensive buildings across LAs.

Transport  GM walking and cycling investment plan – Planning and design for 55 miles of protected routes and 140 junctions to be implemented in 2021. Funded by the Mayor’s Challenge Fund, all of Greater Manchester’s 10 districts will begin to benefit from new routes, with the first Bee Network signage expected to be installed in Summer 2021

Page 18  Results of CleanAirGM consultation to be analysed and further work underway to assess impact of COVID on programme/assumptions prior to FBC.  EV Strategy to be completed.  Early measures Project - rapid charging devices installed on LA sites to be operational with third party sites by end March 2021.  TfGM to undertake a market sounding exercise to investigate potential procurement models for the 23 buses and related infrastructure they were awarded funding to.  Undertake stakeholder work on GM Freight strategy and roadmap.

Sustainable Consumption and Production  Local levers/procurement tender to be released in November 2020  Complete spend data analysis on SUPs and prepare recommendations linked to how consumables are likely to be disposed of at end of life.  Finalise indicative survey questions for resource mapping and commence contact with initial cohort of 10-15 large cross-sector organisations in GM to inform approach for mapping of resource flows.  Further modelling undertaken to identify and quantify the many and varied ‘whole system’ impacts of the waste collection models identified in the RaWS (namely twin stream recycling and a weekly kerbside sort system both with weekly separate food waste). This analysis will inform the GMCA’s response to the forthcoming round of further consultations due in January/March 2021.

Natural Environment  Final Nature Recovery Network map to be produced by the end of October.  NE to identify key priorities in BNG Action Plan to deliver over next 6 months and agree with Planning Officers BNG Group.  IGNITION - Pipeline of sites to be analysed by Jacobs and an investment strategy to be developed by Environmental Finance. Construction of the Living Lab to continue, due for completion in December/January. Planning for official launch to continue, provisionally scheduled for March/April 2021.  Planning and engagement to commence on a local authority-facing NBS Evidence Base report, tailored to departments within LAs interested in investing in NBS.  Investment Strategy to be considered by GMEF Advisory Group in November. Progress Stage 2 of GRCF and other bids. GMEF website to be progressed.  Work with GMCA research team to link GIS analysis into GM Infrastructure Programme.  Updated flood risk policy to be implemented in GMSF publication.

Communications  Commission development of new Green City Region website to be launched in January 2021.  Toolkits to be utilised to move Carbon Literacy to an online version which can be delivered as blended learning. Page 19

3.0 IDENTIFIED RISKS AND EMERGING ISSUES

3.1 Officers and sub-groups have identified a number of risks to existing, and particularly future, programme delivery. Mitigation of these risks, as far as possible, will be managed by the responsible Accountable Body.

In terms of the priorities set out in the 5 Year Plan, the following areas remain flagged as “red” (see Annex 01 - Environment Performance Overview).

Key risks:

 Failure of the 5 Year Environment Plan to achieve a step change in reducing carbon emissions. The challenge has been shown by the recent release of data for 2018, which showed a smaller reduction of 2.3% in estimated emissions (3.7% reduction in 2017). The data lag in the trajectory to the 2020 Five Year Plan target has increased with actual performance lagging by 23%.  Failure to meet ambitious recycling and waste diversion targets. Current household waste recycling rate is 48%. Unverified figures for 2019/20 show no increase in recycling rate, remaining at around 48%. With diversion from landfill increasing to over 98%. Measures continue to be implemented to increase recycling rates at HWRCs and household kerbside recycling to deliver against 2025 target.  Failure to deliver the aims of the IGNITION project. This is being managed through the governance arrangements in place for the project.

Work programme issues:

 The decarbonisation of GM’s homes through deeper whole-house retrofit. This is being mitigated by the publication of a Retrofit Report to set the priorities and framework for action and, as part of that, the development of proposals for a Retrofit Challenge Group. GM has also joined a consortium, led by the UK Green Buildings Council and including West Yorkshire, London and the West Midlands and funded by Climate-KIC to develop proposals for city-led retrofit. A Retrofit Accelerator tender is due to be released to gain consumer and demographic insight across GM. This will be utilised to compliment the retrofit/stock condition modelling in order to propose a Retrofit Accelerator proposition to the GM market. Additionally, the GM skills team are producing a Skills Action Plan to support the varying areas of retrofit.  Delay in delivery of the GM Resilience Strategy. The Resilience Strategy is under review in light of Covid-19, and a one-year living with Covid plan is being drafted.

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4.0 RECOMMENDATION

The Partnership is recommended to:

 Note and comment upon the progress outlined in this report and latest position set out in the dashboards attached at:

a. Annex 01 (Environment Performance Overview) and b. Annex 02 (5 Year Environment Plan KPIs).

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2038 Carbon Target Costs Resources Overall Delivery Red Green Green Amber

Priorities/KPIs Key Risks RefPriorities (2024) Status Risk Event RiskMitigation Plan Post Risk Energy Reduce CO2 emissions that are produced by the energy we generate to Failure of Environment Plan to achieve a step Red Regular reporting to LC Programme Group, LC Hub Board and Amber power our buildings, transport and heat - shifting to renewable sources. ↑ Amber change in carbon emissions. WLT.

Buildings Reduce CO2 emissions that are produced by the energy we generate to Level and depth of retrofit required to meet our Red Focus on retrofit accelerator proposals as way of overcoming Amber power our buildings, transport and heat - shifting to renewable sources. ↑ Amber overall ambitions is highly challenging. these barriers in a coordinated way. SCP Promote economic and resource productivity, eliminate waste and increase Failure to meet recycling and diversion targets. Red New contract in place. Waste composition will assess feasibility Amber business opportunities through innovation. ↔ Amber of achieving targets. Waste and Resource strategy to be developed.

Natural Protect, maintain and enhance our key natural assets (air, land, water and Failure to deliver the aims of the IGNITION project Red Regular reporting to LC Programme Group, LC Hub Board and Amber Env. biodiversity). ↔ Green and attract private investment. WLT. Climate Deliver robust action on climate adaption to protect vulnerable GM Resilience Strategy delayed. Red GM Resilience Strategy is being reviewed in light of Covid-19, Amber Change communities, our economy, key infrastructure and our natural environment. ↔ Green and a one-year living with Covid plan is being drafted.

Transport Improve our air quality and reduce C02 emissions that are produced by the Decarbonising freight transport and shifting freight to Amber Refreshed working draft of GM Freight Strategy includes critical Green way we, and the goods we use, travel within our city region. ↑ Green rail and water transport. importance of environmental issues and how policy can assist

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GM CO2 Emissions (kt CO2) Waste and recycling diverted (excludes Wigan) GM EV Device Count as at 13/07/2020

20,000 GM estimated emissions 100% )

2 data for 2018: 11,883 kt CO , down 282 (-2.3%) 90% 18,000 2 compared to 2017 80% (12,165 kt). The 16,000 reduction is smaller than 70% that seen between 2016 14,000 and 2017, when 60% GM emissions data for 2017: 12,165 kt CO2, down 469 kt (-3.7%)estimated emissions were 50% emissions emissions estimates (kt CO

2 12,000 down 469kt (-3.7%) over the year. GM is behind 40%

GM GM CO the anticipated trajectory 10,000 towards the 2020 Greater 30% 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 Manchester Strategy and 8,000 GM Five Year % of GM household waste recycled % of GM household waste diverted from landfill Environment Plan target 6,000 of 7,100 kt; the 2018 Recycling rate (2018/19) is 47.9% up 0.8% from 2017/18 against a target target position is 9,700 kt, of 55% for 2024. Landfill diversion rate (2018/19) is 94%. Unverified with actual performance figures for 2019/20 show no increase in recycling rate, remaining at Estimated CO2 emissions (actual data) 2020 target trajectory lagging this by 23%. around 48%. With diversion from landfill increasing to over 98%.

Supporting indicators 86.9% of GM lodgements have an energy efficiency 4,951 plug-in vehicles registered at end 162 buses retrofitted to date through 459,929 trees planted in GM since 2016 rating of D or above (EPC/DEC) in Q2 2019. This is a Q1 2020. Increase of 51% from 2018. clean bus technology fund 1.5MW additional local renewable energy slight decrease from Q2 2018 of 0.7%. 3 rapid charging devices installed and 32 full EVGM buses EV Device deployed Count by as Stagecoach at delivered - Solar PV operational This page is intentionally left blank 5-Yr Environment Plan KPIs

5-Year Environment Plan Priorities Ref KPIs (2024 Opportunity) Status Delivery Delivered In development E1 Increase local renewable energy (electricity) generation, adding at least a further ↑ Amber GM Solar Together 1.5MW delivered through GM Solar PV Phase 1 21.4MW in development 45MW by 2024. ERDF solar energy projects E2 Decarbonise how we heat buildings, adding at least a further 10TWh of low carbon ↑ Amber Heat Pump Accelerator: AoR 37 projects identified under DEEP phase 1 heating by 2024. DEEP project delivery E3 Increasing the diversity and flexibility of our electricity supply, adding at least a further ↑ Amber LEM project GM LEM project commenced in July 20 45MW of diverse and flexible load by 2024. B1 Reduce the heat demand from existing homes with retrofit measures installed on a ↑ Red LAEP, ECO, Warm Homes Fund, Reporting on retrofit is from ERDF projects and self-reporting scale of 61,000 homes per year, achieving 57% reduction in heat loss. HAES from stakeholders. B2 Reduce the heat demand from existing commercial and public buildings with a 10% ↑ Amber DoPE Soft Market test DoPE soft market test completed. reduction by 2025. MCC Re:Fit contract 86.9% of GM lodgements have an energy efficiency rating of D or above Increase in energy certificate ratings D or above. Heat Pump Accelerator: AoR (EPC/DEC) in Q2 2019. Overall we outperformed the national average by more than three percentage points in the Q2 2018 data. B3 Reduce the heat demand in new buildings. TBD Measures on reducing heat demand in new buildings will be included in revised GMSF. SCP1 Producing goods and services more sustainably, moving to a circular economy. 38% ↔ Green CE Resource Flow Mapping SCP Framework drafted reduction in industrial emission by 2025. SCP Framework Work commenced on CE Mapping Project delivery: REDUCES, CircBe, Transforms 3D, RE3 SCP2 Becoming more responsible consumers - limiting any increase in waste to 20%. ↔ Green Waste prevention campaigns Currently there is a 9% increase in household residual waste yr on yr (this is Commenced LA single-use plastic spend review Public Sector Plastic Pact within target). Plastic Free GM/Refill scheme GM Refill pilot launched in 2019. 'Grab your Cup' reusable pilot delivered in Jan 2020. SCP3 Managing our waste as sustainably as possible to achieve a recycling rate, 55% by ↔ Amber GM Waste Strategy 47.9% recycling rate (Household exl Wigan) for 2018/19. Unverified figures 2024, and 65% by 2035. Sustainable Procurement for 2019/20 show no increase in recycling rate, remaining at around 48%. With diversion from landfill increasing to over 98%.

Page 25 Page SCP4 Reduce unnecessary food waste. ↔ Amber Input to GM Food Strategy Work commenced on outline food strategy Food pilot (commercial) NE1 Managing our land sustainably, including planting 1m trees by 2024. ↑ Green Nature Recovery Network GM Final GM Peatland Restoration Pilot report approved by Defra and will feed Peatland Restoration Pilot into the forthcoming England Peat Strategy. Tree and woodland strategy 459,929 trees planted against 1 million target by 2024.

NE2 Managing our water and its environment sustainably. ↑ Green Natural Course Phase 3 47km of water body enhanced in 2016-2018. Target of 542km by 2027.

NE3 Achieving a net gain in biodiversity for new development. ↑ Amber Biodiversity Net Gain Guidance & BNG Action Plan finalised and shared with LPAs with key priorities NE to identify key priorities in BNG Action Plan to deliver Action plan development identified. over next 6 months. NE4 Increasing investment into our natural environment. ↑ Amber IGNITION project IGNITION project underway. GMEF investment strategy Investment strategy to be developed by Environmental NE5 Increasing our engagement with our natural environment. ↑ Amber Natural Environment Toolkit Natural Environment Toolkit launched September 2020 Finance. Urban Pioneer CC1 Embedding climate change resilience and adaptation in all policies. ↓ Amber Policy development including Resilience Strategy in development - currently differed for 6 Resilience Strategy months. CC2 Increase the resilience of and investment in our critical infrastructure. ↑ Green Greater Manchester Infrastructure Briefing for additional GIS analysis complete. Strategy FloodGIS mapping risk policy in GMSF Flood risk policy has been drafted T1 By 2040 increase the use of public transport and active travel modes to support a ↔ Green Increase use of sustainable modes of Current ratio of journeys made by car vs sustainable modes of transport is reduction in car use to no more than 50% of daily trips made by Greater Manchester transport 39/61 against a target of 50/50 for 2040. Planning and design for 55 miles of protected routes and 140 residents with the remaining 50% made by public transport, walking and cycling. 28.5% of all trips made by cycling/walking in 2017/18 up from 27% in junctions to be implemented in 2021. 2015/16. T2 Phase out of fossil-fuelled private vehicles and replace them with zero emission ↑ Green Phase out of fossil-fuelled private 5,090 plug-in vehicles registered at end Q2 2020, 3% increase from Q1 (tailpipe) alternatives and implement a charging infrastructure to support expansion of vehicles and replace them with zero 2020. 56% increase from 2018. Early measures Project - rapid charging devices to be 200,000 EV vehicles in our city-region by 2024. emission (tailpipe) alternatives Be.EV launch website at be-ev.co.uk Implement a charging infrastructure to GM Zap Map data as of 13/07/2020: 4 ultra rapid charges (-), 58 rapid installed on LA sites to be operational with third party sites by support expansion of 200,000 EV charges (+2), 442 fast devices (-4) and 29 slow devices (-). end March 2021. vehicles Early measures Project - 3 rapid charging devices installed and operational.

T3 Tackle the most polluting vehicles on the road. (Up to 200,000 low carbon vehicles by ↑ Green Clean Air Plan 162 buses retrofitted to date through Clean Bus Technology Fund. Full Retrofit grants are due to commence in November, using the 2024). Bus retrofit reporting to be aligned with Clean Air Plan. £15.4m awarded from JAQU in March 2020 T4 Establish a zero emissions free bus fleet. 100% of all buses are zero emissions ↑ Amber Zero emissions bus fleet 3 zero emission buses in TfGM fleet to-date. Stagecoach deployed first of 32 GM to continuing discussions to secure funding from the £5 (tailpipe) by 2035. full EV double deck buses. billion of new funding for buses and cycling TfGM investigating potential procurement models for the 23 buses and related infrastructure they were awarded funding to. T5 Decarbonising freight transport and shifting freight to rail and water transport. ↑ Amber Delivery of freight roadmap Refreshed working draft of GM Freight Strategy developed This page is intentionally left blank Agenda Item 6

GM GREEN CITY REGION PARTNERSHIP

Date: 16th OCTOBER 2020

Subject: CHALLENGE GROUP UPDATES

Report of: Mark Atherton on behalf of Challenge Group Chairs

PURPOSE OF REPORT

The purpose of this report is to outline the progress made by the 5 Year Environment Plan (5YEP) Challenge Groups in developing their key priorities through Task and Finish Action groups.

The accompanying presentation provides an updated overview of the Challenge Group priorities and how these are being delivered through Task and Finish Groups.

RECOMMENDATIONS:

The Partnership is asked to:  Note the progress in developing the Mission Based Approach and the associated Challenge Groups and Task and Finish Groups activity.

CONTACT OFFICERS:

Mark Atherton: [email protected]

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1.0 BACKGROUND

The 5YEP Challenge Groups have now all met at least five times and have established key priority areas to be addressed by the Task and Finish Groups. Their progress is being supported and monitored under the Mission Based Approach, as set out in the Five Year Environment Plan and Local Industrial Strategy.

2.0 COMMUNICATIONS AND BEHAVIOUR CHANGE

 Key Messages T&F has discussed how partners in the Green City Region can “speak with one voice” when communicating action which supports the Five Year Plan. The symbol of the Green Bee was agreed as the most appealing symbol of the Green City Region to businesses and individual carbon generators and we now have permission to use the symbol from Manchester City Council. The group is working with the GMCA Comms team to create a joined up narrative which gives sensitive consideration to the environment post-Covid messaging.

 Case Studies T&F group will ensure we have powerful stories which appeal to our target audiences. Challenge group members have started to feed in case studies and a framework is being agreed for recording and collation. Partner case studies will be featured on the new Green City Region website (due for launch September 2020) and represent the broad range of environmental work carried out across the region making an impact on the Five Year Environment Plan.

 Talent and Ambassadors T&F led by the BBC and GMCA has identified influential spokespeople who will speak on behalf of and be supportive of GM Green City work. Care is being taken to ensure that spokespeople reflect the diversity of the region and feature people who have an appeal across all audiences and sectors.

 Behaviour Change T&F led by the Carbon Literacy Project, has looked at best examples of behavior change in GM, identified key gaps and looked at target groups. Carbon Literacy training, focused around communicating the climate emergency, is pending for all Communications Challenge Group members.

 Covid-19 key messages sub group has been set up to discuss some of the urgent messaging regarding Covid-19 recovery and how the messaging will be executed.

 Green Summit sub group to be established to review the 2020 summit and start preparation for the next green summit in 2021.

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3.0 ENERGY INNOVATION

 Energy Innovation Agency (EIA) T&F, led by SSE Enterprise and the three universities was launched at the Green Summit. When complete, the EIA concept will provide the governance framework and act as the gate keeper at the center of a Smart Energy Transition Region.

 Heat Pump Accelerator T&F has now met, developed and provided via Evergreen Energy and Clean Air Solutions an Assignment of Rights proposal, while also feeding into the wider skills action plan.

 Decarbonised Heat assessment phase 1 has now been completed. This was led by Aecom and funded by BEIS and has identified 37 heat related schemes which each need to be deployed to meet our ambition of carbon neutrality by 2038. Phase 2 of the project is expected to commence Mid October and operate through to April 21, with an aim of delivering outline business cases for several of these schemes identified in phase 1.

 Solar PV activity across the region. Currently we are aware of 7+MW of planned solar PV installs through the Energy Systems Catapult ERDF funded project Unlocking Clean Energy in Greater Manchester. The GM Solar Together homeowner project is now completing the final installs, with cr1MW of generation and storage capacity installed. This generated over £1.1m of resident investment and benefit.

4.0 LOW CARBON BUILDINGS

 Retrofit Accelerator (RFA) T&F led by Salford University, has developed the concept outlined in the Retrofit Strategy. The discussion paper outlining the approach and required work packages has been presented internally within GMCA obtaining approval to commission a study into consumer insight focused on demographics, complimenting current stock condition modeling. The next phase of development and delivery has begun following the findings. The RFA proposal provides the umbrella for wider task and finish groups, bringing these together to form individual work packages with in the RFA.

 Skills T&F led by GMCA, supported by Growth Co and CITB completed a skills workshop with challenge Group members, providing a gap analysis and identifying areas of focus across retrofit. From this a skills action plan has been completed to support the regions wider aspirations and how this can support Covid-19 recovery plans.

 Public Buildings T&F led by GMCA has completed a soft market test with 4 organisations to understand the differing approaches to large scale public retrofit across the public estate including all 10 districts, GM Fire and GMP. Please note that TFGM have already completed a separate investment grade audit of number of the own buildings. Discussions are now being had with the districts on how these recommendations will be taken forward.

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5.0 NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

 GM Tree & Woodland Strategy (All our Trees) T&F led by City of Trees - The Trees for Climate initiative is a five year programme and City of Trees is awaiting a decision from the Government on their application for funding to support the delivery of 1,000 ha of new woodland. City of Trees has engaged with its partners to develop a programme of 140 ha of new woodland creation schemes for 2020/21. Partners have been urged to come forward with new planting sites for years 2 to 5. City of Trees is in the process of implementing policies and procedures to resume volunteer activity in line with Government CV guidance. Based on the Citizen Forester model a strategic approach is being developed for the long term management of trees and woodland planted as part of the Trees for Climate initiative.

 DEFRA GM Peatland Restoration Pilot T&F led by Natural England and GMCA – final report on the GM Peat Pilot Report redrafted following feedback, and to incorporate NE and MMU State of the Bog modelling of upland peat condition. Final report now approved by Defra and will feed into the forthcoming England Peat Strategy. LinkedIn communications campaign, around tone of peatland restoration messaging, with Creative Concern to be delivered autumn 2020.

 Natural Course T&F EA and GMCA have undertaken an evaluation survey to understand the take up of natural capital tools, developed through Natural Course & Urban Pioneer, including accounts and ecosystem services opportunity mapping. To date, 23 online respondents have completed the survey with 8 detailed follow up interviews. Results are being used to inform future support and use of the tools. City of Trees have completed work at Dales Brow, Swinton, to create a SuDS scheme that provides water quality and flood risk mitigation benefits. Groundwork has received final plans for removal of the weir at the Meeting of the Waters site on the River Tonge in the Croal catchment. Consultants are working on the development of a project portfolio for improvement projects along the River Irk.

 Biodiversity Net Gain T&F, led by Natural England has finalized production of the BNG Action Plan which has been shared with Local Planning Authorities and key priorities identified. GMEU have been consulted on 35 applications that are delivering Biodiversity Net Gain in that past 18 months including more than 150 ha of habitat creation and £300,000 secured through off-site contributions. Evidence of Biodiversity Net Gain viability has been shared with officers and discussion ongoing to overcome challenges. The Green Summit included an update on Biodiversity Net Gain and the Draft Environment Bill. Training for members and officers is being organised via a virtual webinar.

 Nature Recovery Network T&F – In August this year Greater Manchester was announced as one of 5 areas across England to pilot the development of Local Nature Recovery Strategies over the next 7 months in advance of these being rolled out across the Country as part of the Environment Bill. The Defra Environmental Land Management System Test initial work is work focussing on the production of Nature Recovery Network mapping by GMEU which will be used to inform discussions with farmer / land managers. A Natural Page 30

Solutions Advisor has been appointed to carry out these discussions and identify potential test sites.

 GM Environment Fund T&F - Update paper taken to the Combined Authority meeting on 25th September with all recommendations approved. Lancashire Wildlife Trust and Environmental Finance work programmes have been aligned and funding opportunities identified including Green Challenge Recovery Fund and a portfolio of shovel ready projects developed by environmental NGOs. Solicitors have been appointed to establish the GM Environment Fund as an independent charity and limited company.

 IGNITION T&F - Survey launched to understand post-COVID attitudes to parks and willingness to pay for improvements. On Funding Stream 1 (surface water banding charge drop), groundtruthing of financially feasible sites has continued with findings being analysed by Jacobs. Environmental Finance have been procured to advise on the investment strategy for the pipeline of sites. An Evidence Base of NBS benefits has been published, with a Local Authority-facing report in development. Comprehensive review of future funding streams took place in September, with an action planning session taking place in October. Finally, Phase 1 works (small-scale NBS) of the Living Lab commenced in September, with Phase 2 (large-scale NBS) due to start installation in October.

 Environment Vision – Natural Environment Toolkit Launched in the run up to the Green Summit with resources including the ‘showcase film’ and animations being used as part of social media. The Nature GM website has been updated to include the campaign including tips on how people and businesses can play their part. My Wild Garden campaign sign ups for 2020 have been just over 1000 and unlikely to hit target of 5000 in 2020. Uncertain why there is a reduced uptake from public but suspect the need to enter email / postcode is a barrier.

 Social prescribing T&F - carried out two workshops to develop a bid for funding from additional sources (DEFRA/NHSE and the Dream Fund). Initial explorations with sustainabilty leads are also being undertaken around further inclusion of biodiversity in the GMHSCP Green Plan.

6.0 SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION

 Procurement policy drivers/interventions is working to identify carbon hotspots, priority sectors and contracts to target. It will look at `redlines’ to include in contracts e.g. carbon neutral travel to work, local supply chain and good employment charter. The last meeting of the SCP challenge group focused on embedding circular economy and climate change ambitions within procurement.

 Public Sector Plastic Pact will develop a common approach for targeting single use plastic consumables and plastic packaging across GM public sector and hence, remove inconsistency, and inform the development of authority led plastics strategies across GM.

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 Food - work to look at supply chains is about to commence with STaR and AGMA Procurement to explore procurement avenues within catering and schools and work has resumed to create a Greater Manchester Food Strategy.

 Circular Economy resource flow mapping has commenced with University of Manchester to capture material flows within the City Region.

7.0 5 YEAR ENVIRONMENT PLAN IMPLEMENTATION FORUM

 Covid 19 Recovery Plan (Environment Theme) – reviewed and commented upon the draft Action Plan. Questioned how/whether the other themes of the wider GM Recovery Plan were being assessed for their environmental impact.

 Review of Challenge Group Activity – received presentations and provided feedback on: o Energy Innovation Agency o GM Environment Fund

 Green Summit – provided feedback on progress made in Green Summit Planning including content, structure and format.

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Cadent / ENWL Agenda Item 7a

16th October 2020 Peter Emery Chief Executive

1 Agenda

Summarise the Cadent / ENWL Carbon Pathways for GMCA Page 34 Page Explain how ENWL will use this work as the basis for it’s RIIO-ED2 Business Plan to be negotiated with Ofgem Page 35 Page GREATER MANCHESTER 2038 A DECARBONISATION PATHWAY

3 / ©2020 NAVIGANT CONSULTING, INC., N/K/A GUIDEHOUSE INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTRODUCTION AND CONTEXT

• Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) has set itself an ambitious target of becoming fully Strong Ambition decarbonised by 2038, 12 years ahead of the national target of 2050. • It has set a carbon budget of 91m tCO2e remaining before 2038

• Reaching its target will require GMCA to trigger monumental changes across all sections of society. Need for Action • Triggering these changes needs to start now Page 36 Page • Given the limited timeframe, there is no time to hit Undo and Redo . GMCA needs to get it right the first time.

• GMCA, as the governing body for the 10 districts making up Greater Manchester (GM), has already invested Solid Foundation substantially in research and strategy development for meeting its carbon-neutrality goal.

Role of Grid • Cadent Gas and ENWL are operators of critical energy infrastructure and knowledge partners for GMCA. Companies • Create a common view on how to reach carbon-neutrality by 2038

• Cadent and ENWL have engaged with Navigant, a Guidehouse company, to develop a balanced scenario and decarbonisation Comprehensive pathway to 2038 for Greater Manchester, based on Navigant’s work leading to ENA’s Pathways to Net Zero report. Pathway • There is still large uncertainty on how heat decarbonisation will be delivered and therefore the approach is based on the most likely outcome based on our experience and understanding of latest thinking.

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Pathway actions illustrate the need to act now to achieve the 2038 decarbonisation target

S1: Stimulate development of local renewables Led by, or under the responsibility of, GMCA D25: Create incentives for EE in industry D14: Create incentives to switch buses to BEV GMCA to influence/collaborate with key stakeholders D13: Implement the Bee Network D2: Incentivize and promote H2-ready devices GMCA to monitor/be aware of D1: Enforce mandatory building codes

Page 38 Page K8: Conduct detailed building stock inventory K7: Form a shared planning and monitoring hub S17: Include H2 storage in spatial planning K3: Leverage policy and regulation sandboxes S4: Upscale incentivizing rooftop solar PV S8: Assess options for offsetting NG imports K2: Decarbonise GMCA's own operations D18: Stimulate shift to sustainable public transport S7: Realize full potential of local generation S11: Manage impact of NG imports K1: Engage with all of society to bring about change D5: Enforce all-electric ready for new buildings D21: Introduce a scrappage scheme ICE vehicles D24: Apply the zero-emission zone to HGVs

K4: Influence national policy development K10: Plan with BEIS for long-term supply of biofuels D8: Expand retrofitting of buildings for low-carbon heat D11: Complete upgrading of building stock K5: Establish innovation and scale-up agency D6: Mainstream building retrofits for low-carbon heat D22: Complete public EV charging network S12: Accelerate conversion Carrington K6: Build-out transition workforce D19: Expand the EV charging network D23: Ensure whole bus fleet is decarbonised D12: Continue switching devices to 100% H2 K9: Create detailed gas network planning for H2 D20: Decarbonise at least 50% of bus fleet S9: Coordinate procurement of smart solutions D33: Capture remaining emissions from industry D3: Scale up building insulation and upgrading trials S5: Expand behind-the-meter storage S18: Coordinate H2 switching residential gas grid S13: Continue network reinforcement D15: Coordinate development of bus charging S15: Coordinate switching industry to H2 D9: Start converting H2-ready devices to H2 S19: Move green H2 production to demand centres D16: Plan for network of 100K public EV chargers S16: Plan for H2 storage capacities D10: Expand the use of demand side technologies D17: Create blueprint for HGV refuelling D7: Start deployment of B2G and V2G D31: Accelerate H2 switching in industry S2: Design and trial Local Energy Markets D28: Supply industry with H2 from HyNet D32: Continue industrial equipement replacement S14: Coordinate H2 supply with HyNet D29: Make industry H2-ready S10: Continue network reinforcement D4: Pilot BEMS for in-home optimisation D30: Continue electrification in industry D26: Select decarbonisation options for industry S6: Enable Demand Response at scale D27: Start electrification of industry S3: Expand LV monitoring

*) Descriptions of pathway actions have been shortened. See full report for more details.

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Buildings Transport Industry Electricity (excl. heat and transport) 20 19TWh 0.3 18 16.7TWh 16

14 12.7TWh Page 39 Page 12 12.4 10

18.2 TWh 8 <4.2TWh 4.5TWh 6 12.6 4.36TWh 0.4 0.8 9.3 4 0.6 8.3 0.6 3.3 0.9 2 4.3 3.1 2.9 1.4 0 0.5 2018 2038 2018 2038 2018 2038 2018 2038 Electricity Natural gas Electricity Hydrogen Electricity Natural gas Electricity Hydrogen Other Biomethane Oil Hydrogen Other Note: “Other” includes coal and oil. Note: Chart excludes aviation. Note: “Other” includes coal, oil, biomass and bio-LPG.

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Short-term Actions 2018 2038 (18.9TWh) (16.6TWh) 20 2038 res. heating mix • Insulation of domestic properties (at 18 4% 15% least 2 EPC level improvement for all) 16 4.2 • Retrofit of public estate

Page 40 Page • Streamline policy framework 14 47% 34% • Lobby for national policy direction 12 2.4 Electric heat pumps • Embed detailed energy planning 10 Hydrogen boiler

TWh • Pilot BEMS Hybrid heating system 8 District heating 13.9 6 10 4 1 2 3.4 Research 0 Electricity Natural gas Other Electricity Hydrogen • Large scale technology trial

Domestic Commercial Domestic Commercial

Note: “Other” includes coal and oil.

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2018 2038 Short term actions (12.7TWh) (4.2TWh) 9

8 • Plan for passenger vehicles being 7 electric 6 • Roll out 100k charge points Page 41 Page 5 • Integrate into planning policy • Trams and trains will be electric TWh 4 8.1 • Decarbonise bus fleet 3 0.2 • Scrappage scheme for ICE vehicles 2 • HGVs will be mainly hydrogen – plan 2.3 2.2 1 0.2 1.9 0.4 refuelling strategy 0.6 0.4 0 0.2 0.2 • Implement Bee Network and CAZ Cars Buses Trams & LCVs HGVs Cars Buses Trams & LCVs HGVs Trains Trains

Oil Electricity Electricity Hydrogen Bio-CNG/LNG

*) Excludes 5.5TWh of demand from the aviation sector

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2018 2038 Short term actions (5.45TWh) (3.36TWh) 3.5

3.0 • Incentivise energy efficiency 0.3 • Engage industry to enable 2.5

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2.0 0.2

TWh 1.9 1.5 0.4

0.3 Research 1.0 1.9 0.1 1.0 0.1 0.2 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.7 • Hydrogen enablement 0.4 0.3 0.3 • Carbon capture and storage 0.0 High Low Space heating High Low Space heating temperature temperature temperature temperature processes processes processes processes Electricity Natural gas Other Electricity Hydrogen Other

Note: “Other” includes coal, oil, biomass and bio-LPG.

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Electricity and hydrogen form the backbone of GM’s future energy supply. Locally produced renewable energy accounts for 10% of electricity demand. The remainder is imported from the decarbonising national grid.

2038 Greater Manchester Energy Supply Evolution of renewable electricity generation

20.0 2.5

18.0 Power imports from 16.0 National Grid result in Page 43 Page 2.0 2.2-12.3Mt CO2 in 0.1 14.0 2038 (depending on 2.0 FES scenario) 12.0 1.5 0.8 10.0 16.7 TWh +425%

8.0 TWh 6.0 12.0 1.0 0.1 4.0 6.5 2.0 0.8 0.5 0.9 0.0 0.9 Hydrogen Electricity Other fuels 0.2 Blue hydrogen Green hydrogen Solar PV Wind 0.1 0.0 Waste Others National Grid Imports of biofuels 2018 2038 Note: An estimated 7.2TWh of National Grid electricity can be generated at Carrington station located within GM. All other forms of electricity are produced locally. Solar PV Wind Hydro Waste Biomass

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Modelling Approach Main Assumptions Key documents

• Navigant’s modelling for the balanced scenario in • Grid-connected buildings will be heated either 1. Pathways to Net Zero, ENA ENA’s Pathways to Net Zero report forms the basis through hybrid heat systems or boilers fuelled by for the work presented here. hydrogen, depending on building insulation level, 2. Quantifying the implications of the Paris Agreement type and size. for Greater Manchester, Tyndall Centre for Climate • Demand and supply per sector or energy carrier Change Research were estimated using a bottom-up approach • Off-grid buildings switch to purely electric heat leveraging local data and analyses reflected in pumps 3. Greater Manchester’s Plan for Homes, Jobs and the various strategy and policy documents Environment, GMCA • EPC data on GM’s 10 districts can be scaled to 4. Greater Manchester’s Spatial Energy Plan, GMCA • 44 Page I case where (insufficient) local data was available, model full building stock national level data was scaled down to the GM level. • Energy consumption for each mode of transport was 5. Decarbonising Greater Manchester’s Buildings • Based on the demand and supply analysis, a calculated using the fuel mix used in the analysis 6. 5 Year Environmental Plan for Greater Manchester balanced scenario, key actions and timings for done for the ENA 2019-2024, GMCA Greater Manchester in 2038 was created. • Energy demand in industry was assessed using 7. Greater Manchester low-emission strategy • Key stakeholders from GMCA, Cadent, ENWL, BEIS data on fuel mix for industrial processes academia and HyNet were interviewed to validate 8. Greater Manchester Local Industry Strategy • Hydrogen supply from HyNet is able to meet demand assumptions, input documents and provide additional 9. Developing networks for the future, Cadent local insights from the GM area, enabling a demand-driven strategy 10. Distribution Future Electricity Scenarios, ENWL • Over 60 key actions for GMCA and its key stakeholders were identified that make up the 11. Future Energy Scenarios 2019, National Grid pathway to a decarbonised Greater Manchester in 2038

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• Consult and agree with GMCA on the Carbon Pathway – ongoing

• Include feedback and any additional information from; • 10 GMCA Directors of Place • TfGM Page 45 Page • Incorporate the output into our 2020 DFES (Distribution Future energy Scenarios) published in Nov 2020

• Use the Nov 2020 DFES as the basis for our RIIO-ED2 Business plan (2023 – 28) • Draft submission to Ofgem (July 2021) • Final submission to Ofgem (Dec 2021) • Business plan effective 01/04/23

• DFES updated annually / Pathways to be updated every two years

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GM GREEN CITY REGION PARTNERSHIP

Date: 16th OCTOBER 2020

Subject: LOCAL ENERGY PLANNING

Report of: Sean Owen, Head of Low Carbon, GMCA

PURPOSE OF REPORT

The purpose of this report is to outline the progress made in commissioning the production of Local Area Energy Plans for the Greater Manchester region and our individual 10 districts.

RECOMMENDATIONS:

The Partnership is asked to:  Note the progress made in commissioning the production of Local Area Energy Plans

CONTACT OFFICERS:

Mark Atherton: [email protected]

Page 47 1.0 BACKGROUND

1.1 As part of the Local Energy Market project, funded by Innovate UK, GMCA is about to let a contract to produce a Local Area Energy Plan for the Greater Manchester region and our individual 10 districts.

2.0 LOCAL AREA ENERGY PLANS

2.1 The objectives of this commission are to:

 Produce a Greater Manchester wide Local Area Energy Plan, which utilises and builds on existing evidence and activity from network operators, Transport for Greater Manchester, the 10 districts and GMCA.

 To inform and raise awareness across the region’s many actors, consumers and residents, of how the region/districts can transition to carbon neutrality through the use of local area energy planning.

 To identify energy opportunities to meet NPPF paragraph 151 `to b) consider identifying suitable areas for renewable and low carbon energy sources, and supporting infrastructure, where this would help secure their development.’ Regard should also be given to the Planning Practice Guidance for Renewable and Low Carbon Energy (Paragraph 005) and the proposals should be of sufficient detail to enable a strategic allocation within the next iteration of the GM Spatial Framework.

2.2 To achieve the objectives, the commission requires the following to be included:

I) A Greater Manchester scale Local Area Energy Plan, consisting of. a. Regional level plan – to 6-digit post code level b. 10 individual district level plans – to 6-digit post code level II) Multi vector, encompassing. a. Energy Networks (Gas and Electric master plans) b. Generation and Storage c. Decarbonisation of Heat d. Low Carbon Vehicle refuelling /charging e. Diversity and felicity requirements (constraints) f. Building stock detail III) Be visually enabled a. Inclusive and accessible to all – Network Operators, Planners, Developers, residents and businesses

2.3 The commission will identify specific known local and national data to support the modelling, drawing upon current and past Greater Manchester region activity including, but not limited to: a) Network Strategic Energy Master planning b) TfGM EV study

Page 48 c) GM Housing Stock Condition Modelling d) EPC and DEC data e) Demographic data to support consumer usage f) GM Growth data (New Build) g) BEIS HDDP project data h) Mapping GM https://mappinggm.org.uk/

2.4 The commission will:  Include a defined and agreed red-line boundary and scope relevant to the Greater Manchester boundary.  Produce a Stakeholder Engagement Plan with specific measures to cultivate the necessary support for the proposed GM LEAP throughout the Greater Manchester area including public sector, social landlords, businesses, NGOs and other relevant local groups.  Provide a high-level assessment and quantification of low carbon project interventions available now and in the future provided at the city region, district and 6-digit post code level.  Quantify the level of investment required and carbon savings achievable by the identified interventions, the opportunities, high level risks and barriers to their delivery.

3.0 THE PROGRAMME

3.1 The LAEP programme is divided into 6 stages:

Stage 1: Stage 2: Stage 3: Stage 4: Stage 5: Review and Stage 6: Data collection Phase 1 LAEPs Phase 2 LAEPs Phase 3 LAEPS Baseline activity Final Reports completed completed compleed completed to date

Stage 1: Set the objectives - Review and baseline assessment of work completed to date Current and existing modelling/ studies identified within this brief and more broadly are reviewed, engaged and included to prevent unnecessary duplication, while informing next stages.

Stage 2: Data collection – Engagement and review of GM and national datasets All required stakeholders are engaged in a timely fashion ensuring relevant parties remain informed and able to input where required. Subsequent data is collected under NDA with clear GDPR processes adhered to at all times. Any data collected will be destroyed at the end of the commission unless otherwise agreed.

Stage 3, 4 and 5: Phases 1, 2 and 3 of LAEP completion – all 10 districts along with a regional view

Page 49  Integration and trade-off between gas, heat and power and their associated networks.  Consideration of the energy supply chain, including energy production, storage and use with options to build, upgrade or decommission assets. This incorporates energy networks as well as building fabric and heating systems.  The ability to understand the spatial relationships between buildings, transport and the networks that serve them, so that costs and benefits are correctly represented for the area being analysed.  Spatial granularity to 6-digit post codes.  Pathways produced showing changes in each decade up to 2040.  Identifying the most cost-effective decarbonisation measures, taking into account local demographics, needs and requirements creating confidence in progressing in the near term, whilst providing a view out to 2040 to ensure long term resilience when making near-term decisions to mitigate the risks of stranded assets;  Making planning policy recommendations for Local Plans  Identifying where further evidence is required to enable planning for the medium to long term  Demonstrate an understanding of the shift of demand between energy networks and how this influences the cost of delivered energy, as the cost of building and maintaining the networks is spread over different quantities of energy.  Ensure all of the LAEPs are visually available, accessible and inclusive to a range of parties, including: Network Operators, Planners, Affordable Warmth Officers Developers, residents and businesses.  Greater Manchester utilises the Mapping GM https://mappinggm.org.uk/ site to visualise and present a variety of data sets and enable future data schema updates.

Stage 6: Final reports The final report should include and provide Informed, analysed and appropriate combinations for local energy choices across, o Generation, o Storage, o Fabric and Heating Systems upgrades o Low Carbon Transport and. o Diversity / Flexibility in different places. With further detail and analysis across the following areas.  Targeting of building retrofit schemes, public, commercial and domestic.  Costs and impacts of low carbon gas, including hydrogen pathways, on local energy systems.  Identified low carbon heating sources, suitable to supply networks in local areas, inclusive of waste heat.  Identified locations for generation, storage and low carbon transport infrastructure  An understanding of the archetypes and uses of non-domestic buildings, along with the options and costs to decarbonise them, taken from the parallel GM Accelerating Retrofit commission.  An evidence-based, Whole Systems approach to support future network and building choices

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3.2 It is proposed that the first GM Districts to have Local Area Energy Plans produced will be Salford, Manchester and Bury. The former to cover the central urban conurbation and the latter to build upon the Energy Path Network modelling completed previously with Bury.

3.3 It is anticipated that the first Local Area Energy Plans will be produced by April 2021.

4.0 RECOMMENDATIONS

4.1 The Partnership is asked to: o Note the progress made in commissioning the production of Local Area Energy Plans

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GREATER MANCHESTER GREEN CITY REGION PARTNERSHIP

Date: 16th October 2020

Subject: COMPREHENSIVE SPENDING REVIEW & FUNDING BIDS

Report of: Mark Atherton, Director Environment, GMCA

PURPOSE OF REPORT:

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of Greater Manchester’s low carbon ambition to develop a Smart Energy Transition Region as part of our submission to Government as part of the Comprehensive Spending Review.

The paper also outlines related funding bids that Greater Manchester has either secured or, subject to approval, intends to bid for.

RECOMMENDATIONS:

The Partnership is recommended to:

 Note and comment upon the Smart Energy Transition Region concept submitted as part of Greater Manchester’s Comprehensive Spending Review proposals (Annex 01)  Note that Greater Manchester has been successful in attaining £4.7m for delivery of Phase 1 of the Green Homes Grant (Local Authority Delivery) and,  Note that, subject to approval, GM intends to bid for funding under the Public Buildings Decarbonisation Fund and will consider a bid into the Social Landlords Demonstration Fund if requested to do so by GM Social Landlords.

CONTACT OFFICERS:

Contact Officer: Mark Atherton, GM Director of Environment [email protected]

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1. BACKGROUND 1.1 Greater Manchester submitted ambitious plans to Treasury, ahead of the Comprehensive Spending Review, which included five priorities:

 Delivering a London-style transport system in Greater Manchester within this Parliament, including radically improved bus services, investment to support our Clean Air plans, and local control of rail stations.  A GM Learning and Work Budget, a distinctive new approach to work and skills which improves value-for-money, aligns disjointed Government initiatives and helps people get into, and on in, work.  Our ‘Living Well at Home’ model for social care reform; which could be the basis of a new national settlement and which delivers true integration with the NHS and a ‘new deal’ for users and staff.  Innovation GM; our plan for achieving a big uplift in investment in innovation and R&D (especially translational R&D) which levels us up to the golden triangle.  A GM Infrastructure Programme (GMIP) which delivers an extensive pipeline of transport, housing, digital and low-carbon infrastructure which will create liveable, sustainable and well-connected places.

1.2 Embedded throughout these proposals, like a golden thread, is the concept of developing a Smart Energy Transition Region to deliver the carbon neutrality ambitions within the GM 5 Year Environment Plan.

2. SMART ENERGY TRANSITION CONCEPT 2.1 The Smart Energy Transition Region proposal forms part of Greater Manchester’s CSR2020 submission to Government. It is predicated on the knowledge that, to achieve our city region’s carbon neutral by 2038 targets, we need to:

 Rapidly scale up the systemic decarbonization of our buildings, energy and transport systems using best available technologies  Accelerate the development, testing and commercialization of energy innovations of next generation technologies, finance mechanisms and processes to overcome the barriers to adoption.

2.2 We need to transition our energy system as a whole towards greater decentralization, decarbonization and digitization within a regulatory sandbox/testbed. Local Area Energy Planning will be essential to delivering this transition efficiently, working intensively with energy network providers, regulators, academics and asset owners to balance future energy supply and demand and co-design our future local energy system.

Page 54 2.3 The concept proposes the establishment of a strategic regional energy body for Greater Manchester, convening the diverse energy system operators, regulators, innovators and infrastructure assets owners to address the market failures in delivering a carbon neutral local energy system. It is only at the local level that a future decentralized energy system can be effectively co-designed and delivered to optimize the generation, storage, distribution and use of low carbon energy. 2.4 The concept has arisen from the work undertaken by the Green City Region Challenge Groups. Some of the initiatives proposed have already been developed and launched (Energy Innovation Agency) but require scaling; others are still in development (Retrofit Accelerator). Underpinning the CSR submission is the utilization of Government Funding which has already been announced to stimulate initial activity whilst seeking longer term finance to establish a robust pipeline of projects to give confidence the businesses to invest in upskilling their workforce. Details of the Smart Energy Transition Region Concept are provided at Annex 01.

3. GOVERNMENT FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENTS

3.1 As part of the Government’s summer fiscal announcements, the Chancellor announced a £3bn package of investment to support retrofit of buildings:

o Green Homes Grant – £2bn will be spent on grants for homeowners and landlords to spend on energy efficiency and low carbon heating measures o Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (schools, hospitals, prisons, MoD) – primary focus is on decarbonizing heat £900m o Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund Demonstrator - £50m to pilot new approaches to retrofitting social homes 3.2 Green Homes Grant - £1.5bn of this will be distributed by a voucher scheme and £0.5bn would be delivered through for a Green Homes Grant to be delivered by English Local Authorities in two phases:  Phase1 – bids for a share of £200m to be submitted by 1st September and delivered by 31st March 2021  Phase 2 – bids for a share of £300m – from April 2021, procurement mechanism to be determined later GMCA has successfully bid for £4.7m of Phase 1 funding to be delivered by March 2021. 3.3 Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme - The scheme aims to halve carbon emissions from the Public Estate by 2032, through the deployment of energy efficiency and heating measures, excluding gas powered boilers and Combined Heat and Power (CHP). Greater Manchester is likely to submit a significant proposal to this scheme, based on the decarbonizing public estate work conducted with Districts, GM Police, Fire and NHS over the last 6 months. Page 55 3.4 Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund Demonstrator (SHDF Demonstrator)- to start the decarbonisation of social housing over 2020/21, and to support green jobs as part of the COVID-19 Economic Recovery Plan. This £50 million programme will support social landlords to demonstrate innovative approaches to retrofitting social housing at scale. It will mean warmer and more energy efficient homes, a reduction in households’ energy bills, and lower carbon emissions. GMCA has held discussions with GM Social Landlords about the opportunity to bid into this scheme and begun to collect data on what the scope and scale of such a bid would be. GMCA will consider a bid into the Social Landlords Demonstration Fund if requested to do so by GM Social Landlords.

4. RECOMMENDATIONS

4.1 The Partnership is recommended to:

 Note and comment upon the Smart Energy Transition Region concept submitted as part of Greater Manchester’s Comprehensive Spending Review proposals (Annex 01)  Note that Greater Manchester has been successful in attaining £4.7m for delivery of Phase 1 of the Green Homes Grant (Local Authority Delivery) and,  Note that subject to approval, GM intends to bid for funding under the Public Buildings Decarbonisation Fund and will consider a bid into the Social Landlords Demonstration Fund if requested to do so by GM Social Landlords.

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ANNEX 01

Greater Manchester – Smart Energy Transition Region Proposal for CSR 2020

The Concept

The Smart Energy Transition Region proposal forms part of Greater Manchester’s CSR2020 submission to Government. It is predicated on the knowledge that, to achieve our city region’s carbon neutral by 2038 targets, we need to:

 Rapidly scale up the systemic decarbonization of our buildings, energy and transport systems using best available technologies  Accelerate the development, testing and commercialization of energy innovations of next generation technologies, finance mechanisms and processes to overcome the barriers to adoption. We need to transition our energy system as a whole towards greater decentralization, decarbonization and digitization within a regulatory sandbox/testbed. Local Area Energy Planning will be essential to delivering this transition efficiently, working intensively with energy network providers, regulators, academics and asset owners to balance future energy supply and demand and co-design our future local energy system.

Greater Manchester has the scale to deliver systemic change and is the most appropriate level to take a multi-infrastructure approach to investment, linked through to skills and supply chain development and translating R&D excellence into economic growth. We are known for our innovative culture and the strength, depth and longevity of our partnerships, exemplified by the unique `Mission Based Approach’ to achieving our carbon neutrality targets.

Achieving net zero emissions is challenging for any global conurbation. In the lead up to UK’s shared presidency of COP26 in 2021, it is essential that UK cities can demonstrate viable pathways, supporting both the levelling up of our economy and our ambitions to make the UK a scientific superpower.

The Proposal

We want to establish a strategic regional energy body for Greater Manchester, convening the diverse energy system operators, regulators, innovators and infrastructure assets owners to address the market failures in delivering a carbon neutral local energy system. It is only at the local level that a future decentralized energy system can be effectively co-designed and delivered to optimize the generation, storage, distribution and use of low carbon energy. We will utilise existing Innovate UK funding, under our Local Energy Market project, to deliver 10 Local Authority Area Energy Plans over the next 18 months.

Greater Manchester has many existing demonstrator projects, delivered with commercial partners and academic expertise, that address the twin challenges of increasing energy efficiency and innovating local generation and storage. It is clear that we need to adopt a more systemic approach to scaling up our demonstrators and bring them together. New, innovative systems and technologies and may require regulatory pilots. Working with our 3 universities and private sector partners we have already established an Energy Innovation Agency with seedcorn funding. Our aim is to establish a singular test bed/ sandbox which will enable innovation, service design and deployment to be accelerated at scale. Page 57 Additionally, we would welcome working with the proposed Centre for Zero Carbon metrology (National Physical Laboratory) to create the measurement skills and innovation capabilities needed by industry, academia and government to realise disruptive, sustainable and green economic growth.

We will initially seek to utilize existing Government funding pots to stimulate change, using the levers under local authority control (transport, public buildings and social homes) before broadening our approach to include wider infrastructure types. However, local supply chain businesses require confidence to invest in training and expanding their workforce that only comes from the surety of sustained decarbonisation policy and funding. We are also proposing an expansion to our existing business support offer to stimulate eco-innovation in their products and services and ensure they are ready to capitalise on GM's accelerated transition to a net zero carbon economy.

Our proposal envisions a focus on overcoming the existing barriers to decarbonisation including: upskilling of the supply chain, creating innovative finance mechanisms and creating trusted services and propositions which are attractive to consumers. We will work with our universities and private sector partners to accelerate skills development (linked to `Retrain to Retrofit’) to address the local skills deficit, including: skills levels 1-6, quality/technical assurance, new propositions and tools as part of a wider retrofit and skills academy approach (co-ordinated by Energy Systems Catapult). This would ensure GM is one of 5 regional hubs under a national approach.

The Model

Detailed Proposals – all of these proposals are contained within our overall submission to the Comprehensive Spending Review Page 58 Ref. Programme Description 1 Smart Energy Establishing a role for GMCA as a strategic regional energy body, with a role in addressing market Transition failure in energy systems through engagement with regulators, network operators and providers. Region A model which establishes a systemic approach to managing local energy supply and demand, supports the accelerated deployment of best in class technologies with scaled up programmes of energy generation and buildings retrofit programmes into one singular test bed /sandbox, enabling innovation, service design & deployment to be accelerated at scale. 2 Public Part of our wider GM Infrastructure Programme, bidding for existing Government funding to Building establish delivery mechanisms before sustaining four longer term retrofit programmes to catalyse Retrofit the market and drive the deployment of energy efficiency and local generation (incl solar PV, 3 Social Housing Thermal Heat Pumps, Community Storage, Smart Controls, BEMs etc) in: 4 Domestic • The top 100 energy consuming public buildings. (Rented) • c.15,000 social homes 5 Domestic • c.12,000 PRS homes (Owner • c.3,000 privately-owned homes in a pilot to demonstrate an innovative funding/delivery model Occupied) 6 Heat and Investing in the enabling grid connections to support sustainable land development for generation Energy and storage assets and the electrification of transport. A new programme to drive local clean Programme energy generation and storage (heat and energy) via low carbon heat networks, low carbon heat energy generation and the opportunity to stimulate the supply chain at scale, targeting public sector assets initially and broadening out to those assets over which the public sector has influence -health, schools, retail etc. 7 Low Carbon This includes a Low Carbon Investment Fund feasibility pilot. Building on GM’s experience of Investment running similar funds, establish a new Low Carbon GM fund which seeks to learn from the past Feasibility experiences of investing in low carbon initiatives and develop a framework which is truly Fund innovative with the focus as much on delivering and catching savings, as investing funds. The primary focus is on development and feasibility finance to de-risk projects and potentially seek wider investment opportunities. 8 Retrofit and This will overcome barriers to scale up of retrofit and energy generation, including a sustained Skills revenue programme to create trusted delivery and finance models for local consumers to drive Accelerator local retrofit market uptake,

9 Energy Working with 3 GM Universities and private sector partners to establish a vehicle to accelerate the Innovation trialing and adoption of emerging clean growth technologies, responding to innovation Agency gaps/needs of local customers. 10 Circular Widen and extend the current net zero circular economy business support offer to ensure all Economy businesses, (incl. in foundational economy), have the ability to benefit directly from and Business contribute to GM's accelerated transition to a net zero carbon economy by 2038.This will help Support companies reduce their carbon emissions, avoid costs and access new markets, increasing resilience and productivity. 11 Electric Initially establishing the role of increased electrification of transport for the local energy system, Vehicle including the scale up of charging infrastructure. Wider activity linked to our Clean Air Plan Infrastructure delivery includes infrastructure and funds to support upgrade and replacement of buses, commercial vehicles, taxis and PHVs. 12 Digital Having invested £28M in a city region wide full fibre network, this will leverage the 1,500+ full Infrastructure fibre connected end points -including urban traffic control signals and other assets -to develop a smart technology platform. This has three immediate elements: to enable improved traffic and people movement, to provide free public connectivity & enabling intelligent energy management across the public estate using smart technology embedded in public buildings.

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GM GREEN CITY REGION PARTNERSHIP

Date: 16th OCTOBER 2020 Subject: GREEN SUMMIT 2020 REVIEW Report of: Director of Environment, Mark Atherton

PURPOSE OF REPORT To provide a post Green Summit review, including the organising Team’s experience of delivering the first large scale, GMCA virtual summit and provide recommendations to enable future delivery of impactful, virtual events.

RECOMMENDATIONS: The Partnership is asked to:  Note the recommendations and provide feedback on their own experience of this year’s virtual event.  GMCA will commence planning and development of Green Summit 2021 with the assistance of experts on the Communications Challenge Group, in line with the aims of COP26 taking place in November.

CONTACT OFFICERS:

Mark Atherton: [email protected] Sarah Mellor: [email protected]

Page 61 1. BACKGROUND

1.1 Due to the current pandemic, circumstances dictated that the format of year’s Green Summit event was to go virtual. Planning had already commenced for a live event to take place in-conjunction with the GM Youth Combined Authority at the Bridgewater Hall on 29th September.

1.2 Consequently, it was agreed in June by the Mayor and the GMYCA, to begin planning a four-day virtual event, with the added challenge of the planning team working from home. Four days would ensure that enough time would be dedicated to feedback progress against the Five Year Environment Plan and provide the capacity for all Challenge Group and Five Year Plan Forum partners to be part of this year’s event.

1.3 The aims of this year’s event were to: demonstrate the work achieved by partners from the last 12 months; highlight work to be commenced over the next year and announce important project work which has been successfully funded within the city region.

2. CONTENT PROCESS AND PRODUCERS

2.1 It was agreed that each day would feature a Five Year Environment Plan Theme alongside further sessions which would promote the region’s environment work on a national and international stage.

2.2 The Environment Team were keen to continue planning the event with the involvement of the GM Youth Combined Authority, ensuring the voices of young people were being listened to and that content was relevant and amplified our young ambassadors. Monthly meetings took place with North West Youth Focus to ensure that lines of communication with the YCA remained open during lockdown and that agreed objectives were being actioned.

2.3 To ensure that the event featured content which was relevant to delivery of the Five Year Plan and promoted the unpaid work of the many partners who are members of the many Challenge Groups and forums involved in delivering action across the region, the Environment Team invited content contributions via Challenge Group meetings and a proforma ‘brief’ in July. The team were pleased to report that we were overwhelmed by the generosity of partners in returning such rich content and their additional offers to ensure inclusion in the event.

Page 62 2.4 The event featured 47 external speakers on live Q&A panels and over 40 hours of filmed content from over 100 contributors. Most content is subtitled and will be available for viewing on the event website until the end of December. After this date, relevant content will then be transferred over to the refreshed www.gmgreencity.com website creating a lasting online legacy of the event.

2.5 An open invitation was given to partners to put forward sessions and spotlight content which represented the work undertaken. Partner organisations nominated the best people they had to speak on the given topic. The event planning team therefore had less control over the content/speakers than in previous years.

2.6 Careful consideration is given every year to reflect the diversity of the region’s population. However, it continues to be a challenge to curate an agenda which both truly reflects the hard work of our partners with the rich diversity of our region’s population.

3. PROCUREMENT OF DIGITAL EVENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY

3.1 Due to size of the event to be undertaken, and the relatively ‘new’ nature of delivering online events, it was deemed necessary to seek a specialist organisation which could provide the expertise to deliver the hosting and development of the event microsite alongside ‘live’ features of the Green Summit.

3.2 GMCA Communications & Engagement Team procured `Make Events’ during July. This set- in place an extremely challenging timeline to procure filmed content from partners in good time for it to be uploaded on to the event website and produce a dynamic programme within agreed dates.

4. COMMUNICATIONS AND ENGAGEMENT

4.1 GMCA Communications and Engagement Team were tasked with developing a communications plan and executing channels of engagement. Two press releases were produced: launching the event and the week prior to the event with a social media assets pack was created.

4.2 The Green City Challenge Groups and other partners were called upon to support the event’s communications by channelling messages through their networks with Green Summit social media assets. This channel provides the ‘trusted’ endorsement of the partners supporting the event, as well as access to a wide range of databases and social media networks.

Page 63 4.3 The Green City Region subscribers list comprising over 1300 members, all received an early notification to the event as well as a final email promoting the registration link to the event.

4.4 The majority of social media messages regarding the event were channelled by the Environment Team through the @GMGreenCity Twitter account. Due to the pandemic, access to the GMCA @GreaterMcr and Mayor’s Twitter accounts was limited. Feedback from the event has been very positive. Throughout the four days we had 5465 visitors to the Summit, 10,077 site sessions and, on social media, Green Summit posts were seen 372,000 times.

4.5 The GMCA Engagement Team will be analysing the registrant data to breakdown sectors and demographics of the event’s audience and identify areas for targeting for future events.

4.6 The Environment Team are planning to continue to utilize the content provided by partners by migrating this across to the planned GMGreenCity.com website and developing a communications plan to highlight themes and relevant content.

5. SPONSORSHIP

5.1 Additional funding to support the event proved to be a challenge this year. With an unexplored format and limited opportunities to promote a brand, sponsorship revenue was limited to two ‘Headline’ sponsors: Electricity North West Ltd and the University of Manchester and Royce Institute. Suez UK, kindly sponsored Wednesday, the Waste & Resources and Building day.

6. GREEN SUMMIT SESSIONS

6.1 All days featured an inspirational keynote address and special workshops produced by the GM YCA. There were also brief updates from the Challenge Group Chairs across all themes. The days concluded with live Question and Answer sessions with questions submitted throughout the day via the event platform and social media ensuring as much two-way engagement as possible.

6.2 Monday 21ST September – Natural Environment and climate adaptation The sessions featured during Monday helped GMCA and stakeholders look ahead to the changes and challenges that the Environment Bill will bring forward – including a keynote speech by Emma Howard Boyd (Chair, Environment Agency). The day showcased some of

Page 64 the key projects partners are carrying out across the region to engage people across GM in their natural environment. The day concluded with an engaging Q&A with key environmental leaders across GM, hosted by a high-profile weather presenter.

6.3 Tuesday 22nd September – Green Transport and Energy The day was split between the two themes of green transport and energy and had an additional four external webinars. Two webinars hosted by MIDAS featured the themes, ‘Future Mobility – Accelerate your transport innovations in Greater Manchester’ and ‘Energy Investment Opportunities: Powering Green Energy Solutions in Greater Manchester’. Anthesis and Electricity North West hosted a view from the future and Made to Move hosted ‘Where next for cycling in Greater Manchester?’. The keynote address came from Greater Manchester's Cycling and Walking Commissioner, Chris Boardman and the day featured two live Q&As.

6.4 Wednesday 23rd September – Waste & Resources and Building The day’s content was split between the two themes, and commenced with a keynote address from the CEO of Suez Recycling and Recovery UK, John Scanlon. The day featured two MIDAS hosted webinars around the themes ‘Sustainable Construction’ and ‘A Circular Plastics Economy for GM’. The Carbon Literacy Project hosted a webinar ‘How to engage your people on climate action’ and the Growth Company hosted a panel discussion around ‘what a green city region means to SMEs and why should they care’. Showcase project sessions were produced by partners Eunomia, University of Manchester, University of Salford, UKGBC. GM Public Health and Social Care and a new, retrofit project ‘Retrofit Get In’ which is retraining unemployed theatre workers in retrofitting.

6.5 Thursday 24th September – Build Back Better The majority of sessions taking place on this day were ‘live’ and so featured the element of risk and reality of guests joining the zoom sessions on time and coping with any technical issues. The day was launched by a welcome address from the Mayor which was closely followed by our headline speaker Professor Brian Cox, in conversation with the Mayor and a member of the GMYCA. There was a live ‘Build Back Better, the journey to a green recovery’ hosted by the Mayor and featuring high level speakers from a range of sectors including the UK’s High Level Climate Champion, Nigel Topping. Lunchtime launched the GM Local Energy Market project featuring films from all partners and a live Q&A session. The main event for the afternoon was an International Mayors panel, hosted by Deborah Seward, Director of United Nations Regional Information Centre (UNRIC) featuring Mayors from Boston, Barcelona, Porto, Oslo and GM.

7. FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS

The lessons learnt so far include:

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7.1 Joint procurement of a digital event management company ensuring clarity of the brief and plenty of time to ensure information governance compliance (for attendee registrations);

7.2 Full visibility and input of the communications and engagement plan – ensure all target audiences are communicated via a variety of channels, online and ‘off-line’ including groups and organisations not usually part of the sector, using social media channels which are not usually used and associated with the combined authority eg. Instagram and TikTok;

7.3 Four days proved to be a challenge to produce a full day of dynamic content on limited resources. It was also difficult to ensure consistent engagement levels. A one day event, with a mix of live and pre-recorded content and 20-minute sessions may be more suitable for this media, with most high-profile sessions booked for either first thing in the morning or early evening to ensure a live viewing audience.

7.4 Ensure all partners are aware of content format guidelines to ensure compliance with accessibility guidelines and provide time to ensure transcription and subtitling. Review the file sharing platform for submitting content over 15MB – Huddle proved to be time consuming and available by invite only.

7.5 Agree and lockdown the programme two weeks prior to the event in order to produce and promote widely in good time.

7.6 Continue to seek inspirational environment ambassadors from the region who represent people from a black and minority ethnic background and whose actions and work reflect the aims and aspirations of the 5-Year Environment Plan for Greater Manchester.

8. RECOMMENDATIONS

8.1 The Partnership is asked to:

 Note the recommendations and provide feedback on their own experience of this year’s virtual event.  Note that GMCA will commence planning and development of Green Summit 2021 with the assistance of experts on the Communications Challenge Group, in line with the aims of COP26 taking place in November.

Page 66 Agenda Item 12

Build back better and greener for Greater Manchester The social housing sector’s response to COVID-19 for Greater Manchester

Page 67 About us Greater Manchester Housing Providers house one in every five people across the region, owning more than 250,000 safe, decent and affordable homes and have built more than 8,000 new homes in the last five years. Made up of 25 housing providers, we contribute £1.2bn in GVA to the Greater Manchester economy and support more than 28,000 full-time jobs across local communities. Our GM Commitment We are committed to providing the future homes that people can truly afford and that meet everyone’s needs. Over the next three years we have firm plans to deliver over 7,500 new homes, investing over £1.2bn into the local economy creating nearly 1,000 jobs. However, we have the ambition and capacity to do more. Greater Manchester, like the rest of the country, has a housing crisis. Not enough homes are available for the people that need them, in particular affordable homes for those who need them most. The Coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the need for a safe place for people to live as well as the risks associated with those living in overcrowded conditions. We have the capacity to provide a further 5,000 homes in the next three years, creating a further £800m boost to the local authority and creating more than 600 further job and training opportunities.

Page 68 Over the next three years we will:

Deliver over 3 in every 4 pound7,500 in GM new homes

Investing 3 in every 4 pound£1.2bn in GM into the local economy

Creating nearly 3 in every 4 pound1,000 in GM jobs Previously abandoned Joan Lestor House in Salford was repurposed and transformed in 2019 into nine social Pagerent homes 69 by GMHP member, Salix Homes. Together we can do even more Deliver over We want to unlock the Build back better and greener forward capacity to release: GMHP Members have the capacity to build back better and build back greener. In addition to the £1.2bn investment we have committed in the next three year, Social Housing Providers have an additional £800m to invest where conditions allow. A total potential £2bn investment in the local economy and local jobs. 600 additional job opportunities Working together we can do even more:

pilot green technologies to decarbonise new and exsisting homes 5,350 new affordable train local people in these new skills homes make more public land available for social and affordable homes unlock regeneration through remediation and infrastructure investment £870M boost to the region’s revitalise our town centres with a high quality residential economy offer explore new methods of construction including building an MMC factory

Page 70 227,000 the number of new homes needed across Greater Manchester over the next New homes in pipeline To be completed 2020/21 1,736 To be completed 2021/22 3,582 To be completed 2022/23 2,207 Total investment £1.25bn

Forward capacity 2021/23 Proposed no. new homes 5,350 Proposed investment £870m

Jobs created: Number Pipeline jobs 870 Potential jobs 600

The Edwin Street development in Stockport, by GMHP member Stockport Page 71 Homes Our ambition to deliver

Where can I get more information? www.gmhousing.co.uk @gmhousingPage 72