Worcestershire Partnership
Worcestershire Climate Change
Strategy Action Plan
Version 1: 2013
This Action Plan has been developed by the Worcestershire Partnership Climate Change Task Group to aid the implementation of the County
wide Climate Change Strategy.
It has been contributed to by Partners across the Climate Change Task Group and wider. The Action Plan includes current activities as well as
aspirational actions still under development.
It will be reviewed and updated regularly, as set out in the Worcestershire Climate Change Strategy.
For more information, or if you would like to include actions which are delivering the key objectives of the Worcestershire Climate Change
Strategy, please contact:
Liz Harris
Sustainability Officer (BEC)
[email protected]
01905 765519
Action
Lead Agency and
Resource requirement
other partners
(secured/required)
Section 4: Community Engagement and Empowerment
Wychavon Intelligently Green
Award scheme:
Develop and launch the award
scheme (open to businesses,
community groups and schools)
to recognise and showcase
good practice
Joint Municipal Waste
Management Strategy for
Herefordshire and
Worcestershire 2004 – 2034:
Wychavon District
Council
Transition Evesham
Vale
Pershore Transition
Group
Sponsors
WCC
Sponsorship from Wychavon
businesses/organisations
(required)
Investigation into setting up a
community composting initiative
in Worcestershire
Warmer Worcestershire:
Home energy efficiency
partnership to raise awareness
and empower individuals to
improve the energy efficiency of
their homes
Target/Monitoring/Measure
Deadline for nominations:
th
30 May 2014
Awards Ceremony: July
2014
Measure: amount of
nominations for awards
Funding
Officer time
Ongoing.
Distribute 15, 000 Home
Compost Bins to households
in Herefordshire and
Worcestershire between
2011/12 – 2013/14
Distribute 35, 000 Home
Compost Bins to households
in Herefordshire and
Worcestershire between
2014/15 – 2020/21
Amount of compost bins sold
WCC
Officer time
Funding (required)
Location (required)
March 2014: Preliminary
research currently being
conducted
WCC, WC, WFDC,
WDC, RBC, BDC,
MHDC
Warmer Worcestershire
network
Act on Energy
Public Health
Local contractors
Green Deal Partner
Home Improvement
Funding (required)
Ongoing, with key projects
between October – March
Monitoring dependent on
individual projects
Community engagement
sessions held
Community engagement
measured by number of
sessions held per district
Training for frontline staff
Target: to hold 5 training
sessions
Deliver waste prevention
campaigns, including:
home composting scheme
Master Composters scheme
WRAP's Love Food Hate Waste
initiative
Community Composting:
Timescale and key
milestones
Monitored by reviewing number
of awards distributed after each
round
Local Food Strategy:
Investigating the potential for a
Worcestershire local food
strategy, which would engage
with community groups, schools
and individuals to promote the
benefits of buying local and
growing your own to reduce food
miles and associated carbon
emissions and to improve
resilience to climate change in
the natural environment and
agriculture industry
Community Renewables
Programme:
Provide support to community
groups in setting up their own
renewables projects
Green Deal Communities
funding:
To deliver solid wall insulation
on an area basis and to raise the
profile of the Green Deal through
working with community groups
Agency
Age UK
Fire service
WCC
Various stakeholders to
be identified, which
include:
Transition groups
Countryside Service
Malvern Hills Food
Alliance
Public Health
District Councils
Federation of City
Farms and Community
Gardens
Officer time – required/some
secured
Funding ?
th
TBC
8 November 2013
"Growing Worcestershire"
Stakeholder meeting to map
out what is already
happening in
Worcestershire, identify
opportunities and barriers
and to contribute to a vision
and strategy for
Worcestershire
rd
23 March 2014 "Growing
Your Own" public event at
Bishops Wood
Spring 2014 (TBC)
"Growing Worcestershire
Strategy". The launch of a
draft strategy to a wider
group of stakeholders
including businesses, social
services, community groups
etc
WCC
Interested community
groups
Relevant District
Councils
Officer time
Funding?
Ongoing
WCC; District
Councils
Act on Energy
Green Deal delivery
partner
Community Groups
Dependent on funding from
DECC (required)
Delivery by December 2014
Community groups made
aware of national opportunities
for funding and supported to
develop project ideas
Measured by number of
community groups who receive
funding
Number of Green Deal Plans
Number of solid wall installs
(target 985 properties)
Choose How You Move
Redditch:
Delivery of smarter travel
choices: (see Section 7 action)
University of Worcester
communications action plan:
WCC
Redditch Borough
Council
Currently funded until 2015
Ongoing
University of
Worcester
Delivery of the action plan to
promote communication with
internal and external interested
parties and respond
appropriately to reasonable
requests for information about
our environmental performance,
for example by working closely
with and supporting student
groups such as People and
Planet and the Environment and
Conservation Society to raise
awareness of environmental
issues and to use press
evaluation to measure
awareness of the University’s
sustainability drive in the local
community and within the higher
education sector, etc
Transition Malvern Hills:
Run various events and
initiatives to inform and engage
Malvern residents about the
issues relating to peak oil and
climate change and to empower
the community to take action to
reduce their carbon footprint.
Including:
Malvern Repair Cafe
Measure of:
total vehicle km travelled
change in travel mode, e.g. car
use, cycling, walking
reduction in carbon emissions
Increase student sign-up to
participation by 10% on
2011/12 levels
Increase number of Green
Impact teams to over 20 in
2013-14
Increase the student
awareness of the University’s
sustainability activities from
(baseline year 2011) to 50% in
the 3 years
Transition Malvern
Hills
Volunteers
Twice yearly events
Measures: attendance and
repairs completed
Venues; volunteers
Various talks both about the
Transition movement in Malvern
Hills and wider global subjects
Garden Share – allowing people
who want to grow their own food
but haven’t got suitable land to
use other peoples gardens
Malvern Hills Transition Food
Alliance strategy:
Development of the strategy,
which aims to act as a one –
stop resource for all relevant
stakeholders to encourage the
growing, production, cooking,
sharing and eating of
food grown, raised or made
within a 25-30 mile radius of the
Worcestershire Beacon.
Transition Malvern
Hills
Malvern Hills District
Council,
Abundance-Malvern
Ledbury Food Group
Stakeholders to be
identified
Funding (some secured,
other may be required at a
later date)
Ongoing – various times
throughout the year
Measures: attendance
Ongoing
Measures: people participating
in the scheme
?
?
Section 5: Raising Awareness of the Issue of Climate Change through Education Settings
University of Worcester:
Embed inclusion of sustainability
principles in the curriculum and
support research in relevant
areas
University of
Worcester
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Launch level 5
sustainability elective in
September 2014
Run workshop to
disseminate Green
Academy and other UW
initiatives to the sector in
May 2014
Launch Learning for
Sustainable Futures
project December 2013
Establish new
sustainability in the
curriculum action plan
for 2014-2018 by August
2014
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-
Monitor evaluate and
disseminate the impact of
susthingsout.com and
wordpress VLE for the
sustainability elective by
May 2014
Review skills progression
framework from
volunteering to paid
employment for
sustainability mentors July
2014
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Eco Schools Programme:
Facilitating the engagement of
children and young people in the
Eco Schools Programme,
including trial of Mentor School
programme to aid dissemination
of Eco Schools work throughout
the County
WCC
Schools participating in
the Mentor School
Programme
Officer time
Funding
Recruit and train student
volunteers under the
Green Impact
programme as Green
Impact Project
Assistants December
2013
Recruit new academic
members to EC
December 2013
Review skills
progression framework
from volunteering to paid
employment for
sustainability mentors
July 2014
Ongoing
Measured annually:
Amount of Green Flag schools
(target 30% of all
Worcestershire Schools)
Amount of schools engaged in
the Eco Schools programme
(target 80%)
Section 6: Health and Wellbeing
Improving Health and Wellbeing through Carbon Reduction
Warmer Worcestershire:
Deliver projects through the
Warm Homes, Healthy People
fund to improve energy
efficiency and health outcomes,
including:
- boiler servicing/repairs for
off gas households
- emergency heaters
- referrals for other services
- doorstep services
WCC, WC, WFDC,
WDC, RBC, BDC,
MHDC
Warmer Worcestershire
network
Act on Energy
Public Health
Local contractors
Energy suppliers
Home Improvement
Agency
Age UK
Funding (required) - No
Warm Home, Healthy People
funding for 2013/14.
Delivering projects with
remaining funding from the
previous year
Ongoing
Number of cold weather
referrals
Number of referrals for other
services e.g fires safety check
Number of emergency heater
loans
Flu jab clinics attended Target
to attend 18 flu jab clinics
during October 2013
-
park home insulation
scheme
Malvern Hills Fuel Poverty
Reduction Policy:
A commitment to reduce levels
of fuel poverty in Malvern
ECO/Green Deal Programme:
Deliver improvements to
households to increase thermal
comfort of homes and aid
delivery of the cold weather plan
whilst increasing energy
efficiency and reducing
household bills in the long term
Fire service
Malvern Hills DC
Partners as appropriate
for each project
WCC, WFDC, RBC
BDC, WDC, WC,
MHDC, Act on Energy
Green Deal Provider
On going
Contract with delivery
partner (required)
To be included once KPI's are
agreed; likely to include:
Total value of all ECO funds
secured
Improving Health and Wellbeing through Carbon Resilience
Local Food Strategy:
Investigate the potential for a
Worcestershire food strategy
and its impacts on the health
and wellbeing of Worcestershire
residents (by securing a local
food supply at property level and
through the diversification of
agriculture) (see action listed in
Section 4)
WCC
Various stakeholders to
be identified, which
include:
Transition groups
Countryside Service
Malvern Hills Food
Alliance
Public Health
District Councils
Federation of City
Farms and Community
Gardens
Malvern Hills Transition Food
Alliance Strategy:
(see section 4)
Section 7: Infrastructure
Infrastructure for a Low Carbon County
Code for Sustainable Homes:
Wychavon District
Reduction in households in fuel
poverty (figures available from
DECC)
Ongoing
Work with Registered Social
Landlords to explore
opportunities for using new
construction methods to deliver
Code for Sustainable Homes
level six dwellings:
Choose How You Move
Redditch:
Delivery and possible expansion
of smarter travel choices
programme: possible expansion
of project (dependent on
funding) to improve cycling
facilities and infrastructure in
Redditch, e.g. a new 'cycle hub',
adult cycle training etc
Development of the Electric
Vehicle Infrastructure
Council
Registered Social
Landlords
WCC
Redditch Borough
Council
Currently funded until 2015.
Will have to secure funding
for any further work/delivery
in different district
WCC
In process of accepting grant
fund of £450, 000 for
Department for Transport
Need to secure 25% private
match funding
WCC – Sustainable
Schemes/Public
Health
Staff time
Funding
WCC
Worcester City Council
Highways Agency
Public transport
operators
Funding (secured)
Improve provision for Electric
Vehicle Infrastructure, including
the development of a charge
point network
Worcestershire Cycling Strategy:
Research into the development
of a cycling strategy for the
County (very early stage)
Worcester Transport Strategy:
Phase 1 outcome: "greater
levels of travel by sustainable
modes" including rail station
improvements, key corridor
improvements (including
Already supported Rooftop
Housing Group to secure
funding for an affordable
housing scheme to code
level six. Will act as
exemplar good practice.
Work has started and due
for completion 2014.
Ongoing
First allocation of fund
(£187, 400) needs to be
spent by March 2014
Second allocation of funding
will be confirmed in
December 2013/January
2014 and must be spent
during 2014/15
Ongoing
2012 – 2016
Measure of:
total vehicle km travelled
change in travel mode, e.g. car
use, cycling, walking
change in carbon emissions
Amount of electric vehicle rapid
charge points installed
TBC
improvements to public realm to
increase walking and cycling),
real time information systems,
improved infrastructure for
walking and cycling
ECO/Green Deal Programme:
To improve energy efficiency of
homes through capital work and
reduce CO2 emissions
Joint Municipal Waste
Management Strategy for
Herefordshire and
Worcestershire 2004 – 2034:
Delivery of the Strategy to
reduce household waste sent to
landfill and increase recycling
Joint Municipal Waste
Management Strategy for
Herefordshire and
Worcestershire 2004 – 2034:
WCC; All District
Councils
Green Deal Provider
Act on Energy
Delivery of the plan by
enhancing cycling provisions on
and between campuses,
evaluating bike loan scheme,
research into a car club scheme
etc
To be included once KPI's are
agreed; likely to include:
Total value of all ECO funds
secured
Total amount of measures
installed
CO2 ?/SAP rating?
Monitoring of targets, e.g.:
Reduce residual waste
collected at kerbside by 10%
from 9/10 levels by 2014
WCC
WCC
Contractor
Construct and commission an
energy from waste facility, to
export energy back to the grid
and reduce waste to landfill
University of Worcester Green
Travel Plan
Contract with delivery
partner (required)
University of
Worcester
Funding
Ongoing:
Obtain planning and
environmental consents for
development 2011 – 2012
Council and Contractor to
agree financial model 2011 –
2013
Construct and Commission
facility 2013 – 2016
Start Delivering Waste 2013
- 2025
Monitor progress of project
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20% reduction in the
percentage of staff
travelling by car alone to
work by 2018 - i.e. a
reduction from 55% in 2012
to 44% by 2018;
20% reduction in the
percentage of students
travelling alone by car to
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Local Transport Plan 3
Delivery of the Worcestershire
Local Transport Plan 3 (2011 –
2026), specifically the
Environment Objective:
cycling policy
Smarter choices policy (see
Choose how you move action)
Transport and Climate Change
policy
Walking and public realm policy
'Connecting Worcestershire'
WCC
Other partners as set
out for specific projects
Dependent on specific
projects in the plan
Dependent on specific
projects in the plan
WCC
£3.35 million was allocated
2Mbps available across
the University by 2018 - i.e.
a reduction from 24% in
2011 to 19% by 2018;
10% reduction in the
percentage of students
travelling alone by car
between their home
address to term time
address by 2018.
Fleet and Business Travel
targets
5% reduction in the carbon
emissions from fleet
vehicles by 2018 from a
baseline of 36.9 tonnes
CO2;
- 5% reduction in the carbon
emissions from car hire by
2018 from a baseline of
41.1 tonnes CO2.
- 20% reduction in the
carbon emissions in the
use of personal cars for
business travel (‘Grey
Fleet’ vehicles) from the
2011/12 baseline level.
Dependent on specific projects
in the plan
Local Broadband Plan:
Delivery of 'Superfast
Worcestershire' – Local
Broadband Plan to connect 90%
of business premises in
Worcestershire and 90% of
Worcestershire residents to
Superfast Broadband.
Supporting sustainable transport.
Waste Core Strategy:
Delivery of the Strategy with an
aim to reduce waste production
in Worcestershire, encourage
waste management in line with
the waste hierarchy and to
manage waste as a resource.
Objectives to deliver the
Strategy include:
To base decisions on the need
to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions and to
be resilient to climate change;
Set targets new waste
management facilities must
meet to be permitted
development;
Any proposals for new landfill
sites must include: landfill gas
management
systems, with energy
recovery where
practicable unless
exceptional
circumstances are
clearly justified by the
applicant
Amongst other relevant
objectives and policies.
All District and City
Councils within
Worcestershire
Local Enterprise
Partnership
WCC
to Worcestershire by
Broadband Delivery UK
(BDUK)
Local authority allocation
of up to £8.5 million and
private sector investment
(sought).
Worcestershire December
2015
Superfast available to 90%
of Worcestershire
December 2015
Post implementation
review January 2016
Minerals Local Plan (under
consultation):
WCC
Second consultation ends
st
31 January 2014
Objectives include:
Ensure mineral operations are
resilient to and mitigate the
impacts of climate change.
Criteria for mineral working will
potentially include:
Water efficiency of working and
processing – some processes
can be water resource intensive.
Efficiency could be improved
through promoting a reduction in
water demand and maximising
water re-use and the use of
“grey” water.
Energy efficiency of working and
processing - some processes
can be energy intensive.
Efficiency could be improved
through promoting energy
efficiency in the design and
operation of any buildings and
plant associated with the mineral
working. There is potential to
deliver between 10% and 46%
reductions in energy
demand across different areas
of the aggregates sector if all
sites operated at current levels
of ‘good practice’
Sustainable transportation – the
merits of road, rail, water or
other alternative modes of
transport will be a consideration.
Draft policy framework
consultation during Summer
2014
Consultation on national
requirements and legislation
of the Minerals Local Plan
during Winter 2014
Submit to the Secertary of
State; compliance checks
Winter 2014 – Summer 2015
To Cabinet for a decision on
adoption of the Plan in
Winter 2015
Infrastructure for a Climate Resilient County
Flood Risk Management
WCC
Funding (secured from
SEA and HRA consultation:
TBC in Strategy
Strategy:
Development and
implementation of the Strategy
to identify flood risk in the
County.
Criteria for mineral working will
potentially include:
Flood risk – national policy
identifies sand and gravel
workings as water-compatible
development and other minerals
and working processes as less
vulnerable. However all
proposals would still need to
consider impacts both on and off
site, and ensuring site safety
during flooding events.
Policies could address the
design of operations, including
the use of flood resilient
construction for site buildings,
storage of waste and chemicals
outside of the areas of highest
risk and minimising risk from
plant equipment through making
sure it can either be moved out
of areas of risk or is secure.
Phasing of extraction may also
be a consideration in minimising
the risk of the workforce being
cut off by rising water
Surface Water Management
Plan:
Development and
implementation of the Plan to
indentify surfacing flooding
'hotspots'
Establishing the Sustainable
Environment Agency
All District Councils
Severn Trent Water
Internal Drainage Board
DEFRA)
October – February
Publication of Strategy:
Summer 2014
WCC
Environment Agency
All District Councils
Severn Trent Water
Internal Drainage Board
Funding (secured)
Publish version 1: December
2013
WCC
Funding (required)
Awaiting confirmation from
Amount of SUD's approved
Urban Drainage Approval Body
Resilience to severe weather
and future climate change
embedded in the development of
strategic sites
Minerals Local Plan (under
consultation):
Staff (required)
WCC
Officer time
Central Government: due
October/November 2013 Will
be ongoing commencing
from April 2014
Sept 2013: Undertaking
preliminary investigations
Ongoing
Further development of the
planning for climate resilient
infrastructure work
Resilience of each site
considered
Utilise mineral restoration to
enhance climate change
resilience of the county.
Section 8: Economy
Building our Low Carbon Economy
Resource Efficient
Worcestershire:
Small to Medium Sized
Enterprises support programme,
offering grant funding to improve
their resource efficiency (energy,
water, reduce waste) as well as
networking and advice
opportunities to reduce their
environmental impact
Local Environment and
Economic Development
Toolkit:
WCC
Chamber of Commerce
ERDF funding (secured)
WCC funding (secured)
Targets to be achieved by
2015:
120 businesses assisted
60 grants awarded
450t reduction in CO2
emissions
10% reduction in energy costs
in 60 businesses
WCC
LEP
Environment Agency
Natural England
Officer time
LEED Toolkit (secured)
Phase 1 report tbc: October
2013
Completion of each phase and
alignment of the economic
growth plan
Phase 2 tbc
Use of the Toolkit to inform and
develop the LEP's economic
growth plan
ECO/Green Deal Programme:
Project began Autumn 2012
Official launch March 2013
Ongoing to June 2015
Phase 3 tbc
WCC, WFDC, RBC
BDC, WDC, WC,
Contract with delivery
partner
To be included once KPI's are
agreed; likely to include:
To strengthen local green
economy and supply chain
MHDC, Act on Energy
Green Deal Provider
x number of jobs created
x number of jobs in the supply
chain created or protected
x number of accredited Green
Deal local businesses
Building our Climate Resilient Economy
Building business' resilience to
severe weather events in the
County
Investment in Community
Energy Schemes:
WCC
Sustainability West
Midlands
Environment Agency
Transition Evesham
Vale
Others to be identified
Officer time
Ongoing
Business resilience workshop
held by April 2014
Required resources to be
identified as project
proceeds
2013 – 2020
Key milestones:
1. Discussions with
established facilitators and
authorities in this field
2. Identification of shortlist
of potential developments
3. Detail studies and
definition of one or more
initial targets for
implementation
4. Identification of modus
operandi and key facilitators
5. Sourcing of launch
finance
6. Implementation
Success will be determined by
the existence of one or more
operational community energy
developments at the end of the
project period.
Capital funding has been
agreed for implementation of
the plan (subject to business
case approval for specific
projects).
Start: 2012/13
End: 2016/17
Key Milestone: Annual
carbon emissions figures
Target: Reduction in carbon
emissions from our buildings
and fleet by 30% by 2017
(compared to 2010/11).
Will monitor carbon emissions
against yearly target.
Transition Evesham Vale are
investigation into potential
candidates for community
energy developments in the Vale
of Evesham.
Section 9: Public Sector
Leading the way on Carbon Reduction
Wyre Forest Carbon
Management Plan:
Implementation of the Plan
through a range of projects,
such as office rationalisation
(including a new BREEAM
Excellent rated headquarters),
heating and lighting upgrades,
vehicle fleet improvements (such
as electric bin lifts and fuel saver
packages) and behaviour
Wyre Forest District
Council
change.
Wyre Forest Climate Change
Strategy and Annual Action
Plan:
Development and delivery of the
Strategy to deliver the
Worcestershire Climte Change
Strategy within Wyre Forest. It
will focus on key areas where
Wyre Forest District Council and
district partners can have the
most impact within current
resources. The strategy is under
development but main themes
are likely to be:
- Energy efficiency and
affordable warmth
- Green economy
- Infrastructure and planning
- Healthy and resilient
communities
University of Worcester
Carbon Management Strategy:
Wyre Forest District
Council
Worcestershire County
Council
Warmer Worcestershire
Network
Act on Energy
Public Health
Wyre Forest Affordable
Warmth Group
Wyre Forest CAB
Wyre Forest Cycle
Forum
Kidderminster and
Bewdley Transition
groups.
Will be indentified for specific
projects in the final action
plan.
New strategy/action plan to
be developed by November
2013. Strategy to cover the
period to 2020, with delivery
through an annual action
plan.
To be set for specific activities
in the action plan.
University of
Worcester
Dependent on individual
projects
5% p.a. reduction in carbon
emissions in Scopes 1 & 2,
against a 2008-09 baseline,
from 2010 to 2015
a 3% reduction p.a. against
the 2008-09 baseline from
2015 to 2020
40% reduction in emissions by
2020 compared to 2008-09
levels.
Monitored against annual
targets
WCC
Staff time
Funding for projects (£1
million spend – to – fund
available for some projects)
2011 – 2016
Target: 30% CO2 emission
reduction target by 2016
Measure annual reduction in
CO2 emissions
Measure CRC spend
WCC
Staff time
Funding
16 + installations complete
most of which are on
schools with paybacks in the
Measured by amount of
renewable energy generated
Implementation of the Strategy
to reduce the University's carbon
emissions
Worcestershire County
Council Carbon Management:
Implementation of the Strategy
to reduce the County Councils
carbon emissions
Worcestershire County
Council Renewable Energy
Strategy:
Assess feasibility of and install
as appropriate low carbon
energy generation on County
Council estate and associated
properties
Worcester City Council
Carbon Management Plan:
Implementation of the Plan to
reduce CO2 emissions, cost
savings and mitigation against
rising energy prices, create and
embed a low carbon culture
across the Council, improve
energy management across the
Council and lead by example
through projects such as
upgrading lighting, office
rationalisation and installation
and analysis of AMR data.
Internal County Council Travel
Plan:
Developing and implementing
the County Hall Campus Travel
Plan, incorporating improving
provisions and management of
cycling facilities, pool
cars/bikes/bus tickets, real time
information about public
transport – to reduce car use to
County Hall Campus
Malvern Hills District Council
region of 6-8 years. FY
12/13 generation: 11,209.00
kWh.
Wildwood: 50 kWp, 6 yr
payback, c£60k cost with a
£10k annual return.
Feasibilities and
assessments for PV
completed for all libraries – 4
look promising
Reviewing scope on farm
estate
2012 - 2017
Progress reported to Carbon
Management Board every 6
months
Yearly progress report
published internally and
externally alongside GHG
emissions report
Income generated by
renewable energy
Worcester City
Council
Officer time
Funding (dependent on
projects – some already
secured, some required)
WCC
Funding (may be secured
through the business case)
Officer time
Plan agreed
Begin roll out of plan 2014
Mandatory staff survey every
October
Monitoring of car park use
Malvern Hills District
Officer time
Implemented from 2012 to
Monitoring of CO2 emissions:
Monitoring of CO2 emissions:
target to reduce emissions by
25% by 2016/17 from the
baseline 2010/11
Energy Efficiency Plan:
Council
Funding (dependent on
projects – some already
secured, some sought)
2017
Bromsgrove District
and Redditch Borough
Councils
Act on Energy
LSP
Officer time (required)
Funding may be required to
implement some actions in
the plan
2010 – 2013 (To be
reviewed when possible)
WCC
Officer time
Funding may be required to
implement some actions in
the plan
To be reviewed annually
Bromsgrove District
and Redditch Borough
Councils
LSP Organisations
Officer time
2010 - 2013
Delivery of the Plan to reduce
energy use and associated costs
and reduce carbon emissions of
corporate sites through a
programme of energy efficiency
projects including voltage
optimisation of sites, fleet route
optimisation and awareness
campaigns
Climate Change Strategy for
Bromsgrove District and
Redditch Borough Councils:
Review existing Plan and
implement through the Climate
Change Strategy Action Plan by
delivering key themes:
Energy; Renewable Energy;
Water; Waste; Transport; Green
Economy; Open spaces and
biodiversity; Sustainable new
development; Public health; food
target to reduce emissions by
30% by 2017 from the baseline
2010/11
Individual projects monitored at
quarterly meetings; Energy
Efficiency Plan monitored
reported quarterly to Senior
Management Team.
KPI's include:
% of projects completed, on
track or delayed
Annual % CO2 reduction
Annual % energy use reduction
Monitoring of individual actions,
including:
CO2 emissions reduction target
of 6% by 2013 and 12% by
2020
Ensuring Climate Resilience
Resilience Action Plan:
Review and implement the
internal Worcestershire County
Council internal action plan
Climate Change Strategy for
Bromsgrove District and
Redditch Borough Councils:
Review and implementation of
the plan to ensure adaptation is
considered in all service areas
and develop adaptive capacity
Use of LCLIP/SWIMS to
monitor effect of severe
weather events on service
areas
Section 10: Natural Environment
The role of the Natural Environment in Climate Resilience
Worcestershire Green
Infrastructure Strategy (in
draft):
Delivery of the Strategy to
improve and increase
Worcestershire's Green
Infrastructure, through:
New development such as
housing and employment,
e.g. To increase the proportion
of Green Infrastructure to 40%
on all strategic development
sites
Land management initiatives
such as agri-environment and
woodland grant schemes, e.g.
To increase woodland cover
from 3% to 11%
To increase local wildlife sites in
positive management from 30%
to 45%
o
Will measure the n of sites with
40% Green Infrastructure
WCC
GI Partnership
Funding/support from private
developers (required)
Potentially funding from the
next round of ERDF
(required)
WCC
Woodland Trust
Forestry Commission
Funding from the England
Woodland Grant Scheme
(secured)
Ongoing
Target achieved by 2020
Will measure % cover.
Can also provide ha per year
increase
WCC
Funding from agrienvironment grant schemes
(required)
40% by 2015
Will monitor every year through
data supplied by Natural
England
Officer time
Ongoing
Up to date record of the impact
of severe weather events on
Council services
40% by 2020
Ongoing
Minerals extraction and
restoration
Infrastructure developments
such as transport, renewable
energy and water related
projects
Section 11: Delivery and Monitoring
Worcestershire Local Climate
Impact Profile:
Maintained and updated to
monitor severe weather events
WCC
in the County and their impacts
on Council services
Severe Weather Impacts
Monitoring System (SWIMS):
Research the potential of using
the SWIMS system within
Worcestershire County Council
and partner organisations
Sign up to Climate Local
Worcestershire County Council
will sign up. District Councils
may also want to sign up as
individuals if not already done
so.
WCC
To be identified
Officer time
Trial until October 2014
Test functionality and
usefulness of the tool with LRF
Severe Weather Group
partners
WCC; District
Councils
Officer time
Sign up by end of 2013
Yearly report will need to be
submitted to Climate Local