Creating a Low Carbon City
with a
High Quality of Life for All
Bristol’s Experiences
Local Agenda 21
into Action
Local
Agenda 21
Ambitious Aspirations
Develop Sustainable Communities with:
• Zero Waste
• Carbon Neutrality
• Sustainable Transport
• Thriving Biodiversity
• And more!
Easy Recycling for All
2003 – Existing Kerbside Dry Recycling
2006 – Food waste collections, universal recycling
and tighter residual control
2011 – Improved recycling services and
Mechanical and Biological Treatment
2013 – Gasification and Pyrolysis plant
Continuous citizen communication and engagement
Household Waste - Performance
500
450
Waste Per Capita Kg/Yr
400
350
Targets
300
250
200
Recovered
Recycled
Landfilled
150
100
50
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Household Waste - Performance
Sustainable Transport Strategy
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Redesign the city centre
Enhance bus services
Create a cycling culture
Develop new rapid transit and rail services
Enable smarter choices for active travel
Redesigning the City Centre
Before
Future
Bristol – The Cycling City
Bristol – The Cycling City
200%
180%
160%
140%
120%
Cycling
100%
Car Use
80%
60%
40%
Cycling Target
Bristol Metro – A £420m investment
Enriching Lives with Wildlife
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Effective site management
Strategic network of sites and corridors
Citizen volunteering and science
Partnership
Climate Change and Energy
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Climate Change and Energy Security Framework
Reduce carbon emissions from 2005
by 40% by 2020 and 80% by 2050
Reduce energy use by 30% by 2020
Sector targets and accountabilities
– Housing
– Business
– Transport
Climate Change and Energy
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Leading by example – Corporate emissions - 32% down
Focus on Fuel Poverty
Home energy efficiency – 25% improvement
Stimulating investment by public and private sectors
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Outstanding green offices and homes
Most energy efficient hospital in England
New Low Carbon Enterprise Zone
Climate Change and Energy
• Demonstration and innovation:
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Renewable energy
- Electric vehicles
Smart metering/ grids - Green Doors
• Council led energy Investment programme - £175m
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Public building energy efficiency and renewables
District heating schemes
Advanced home energy efficiency
Integrated renewable energy
CO2 Performance
3,000
2,500
KtCO2
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
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CO2 Performance – English Core Cities
7
tCO2/Capita/yr
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Industry and
Commercial
Transport
Domestic
Partnership is key
Low Carbon South West
• Green business sector partnership
• Focused on developing the green economy
• Businesses, academia, investors, local
authorities and national agencies
• World leading companies
• Over 3000 network members
Bristol Natural History Consortium
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Public and voluntary sector partnership
Clear focus
Strong members
Powerful citizen engagement
Bristol Community Energy Network
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Community led network
Supported by public and private organisations
Dynamic members
Action based but also sharing and learning
Building the identity and capacity of the sector
European Green Capital Award
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Bristol finalist for 2010-11 and 2014
Entered now for 2015 along with Glasgow
Created real benefits for Bristol
We encourage you to apply – next year!
Benefits
Profile
for city
Public
support
Performance
Political
support
Business
Support
Bristol’s approach
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People, people, people
Robust intelligence and evidence
Ambitious goals and targets to inspire
Phased implementation
Integration into the system and DNA
Celebrated success to generate success
Strong political commitment
Partnership and collaboration
Enabling citizen action
Alex Minshull
Sustainable City Manager
Bristol City Council
alex.minshull@bristol.gov.uk
+44 117 922 4453
www.bristol.gov.uk
www.bristolgreencapital.org