Camden Sustainability Partnership Board
12th January 2011
Green Action for Change:
Camden’s environmental sustainability
delivery plan (2011-2020)
Timetable
Stage
Board/body/venue
20th Jan
Public consultation opens
2nd Camden Green Summit
Date
Maria Fidelis School
29th Jan
20th Feb
Public consultation closes
Consider revised draft plan
CSPB – 3rd meeting
1st Mar
Adoption
Cabinet
6th Apr
Launch
tbc
Tbc April
Vision
“Everyone taking responsibility to make Camden a green,
sustainable, low carbon and low waste borough, bringing a
better quality of life and economic and social benefits for
us and future generations.”
Focus areas
• Reducing Camden’s carbon emissions
• Adapting to a changing climate
• Managing and reducing waste
• Improving air quality
• Enhancing biodiversity & green spaces
Key goals
• Reduce carbon emissions from 2005 levels by:
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10% by 2012
40% by 2020
80% by 2050
• Reduce residual household waste from 2008-09 by:
3% by 2012
10% by 2020
• Significantly more people taking steps to reduce their own
environmental impacts
Delivery plan headings
• Leading by example as a council
• Creating the foundations for success - planning,
infrastructure and capacity
• Empowering our communities
• Working with businesses, institutions and the
voluntary community sector
• Working with schools
• Improving homes and supporting households
Leading by example as a council
• Carbon management programme
• Greening our fleet
• Sustainable procurement
• Sustainable design and construction
• Increasing recycling as % of overall waste
Creating the foundations for success
Planning policy, green infrastructure and green economy:
• Clear and coordinated approach to Green Deal and
retrofitting
• Expansion of decentralised energy networks
• Feed-in Tariff projects
• Establish baseline/profile for our green businesses, review
skills needs and develop training programmes, bring
green businesses together through green economy
networking events
Empowering our communities
• Review and share practice from Camden
Communities Green Fund
• Provide tools and guidance to communities
• Create a network of green champions
Working with businesses, institutions and the
voluntary community sector
• Camden Climate Change Alliance: practical
support, recognition, knowledge sharing,
networking
• Work with other business networks to enable joint
projects
• Review opportunities for promoting green issues
through VCS commissioning
Working with schools
• Identify investment for school buildings
• Explore setting up a revolving energy fund
• Strategic guidance to schools to manage their
own impacts
• Coordinate the Sustainable Schools Forum
• Promote sustainable travel
• Provide recycling and composting schemes
Improving homes & supporting households
• Continue to promote Small steps advice service
• Deliver Small steps home energy visits
• Cavity wall and loft insulation
• Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation
• FITs projects
• Affordable warmth
Consultation questions
• Are these the right issues?
• Do we have the right areas of focus for these?
• Are the indicators and targets appropriate?
• Are the proposed actions right?
• Who should be involved?
• How can the council support each sector?
• How can people contribute?