Using
EMS
to
deliver
strategic
Title of PowerPoint presentation
environmental priorities
Joseph Priestley 1733 - 1804
Leeds
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> 700,000 population
550 km2
City charter 1207
EMAS accreditation 2002
> 30,000 staff
2.34m passengers through Leeds Bradford
Airport (2004). Forecast 7m by 2030
• 34,380 ha greenbelt – highest in country
• 7 wards in the 10% most deprived wards in
England
6th Environment Action Programme
• Thematic Strategy on the Urban Environment (2005)
“contributing to a better quality of life through an
integrated approach concentrating on urban areas’ and
to contribute ‘to a high level of quality of life and social
well-being for citizens by providing an environment
where the level of pollution does not give rise to
harmful effects on human health and the environment
and by encouraging sustainable urban development”.
• Managing Urban Europe 25 project
Elements of EMS
Plan
4.2 Environmental
policy
4.3.1 Aspects
identification &
Evaluation of
significance
4.3.2 Legal (and other)
requirements
4.3.3 Objectives
targets and
programmes
Do
4.4.1/2/3 Resources
roles competencies
and communication
4.4.6/7 Operational
control. Contractors.
Emergency
4.4.4/5 & 4.5.4
Documentation
Document Control and
records
Report: Environmental Statement
Check
4.5.1 Monitoring
operations &
performance
4.5.2 (i/ii) Legal
compliance
4.5.3 Non
conformance,
corrective and
preventative action
4.5.5 EMS Audit
4.6 EMS Review
Plan: Environmental
Policy
• Environmental Policy (2006) covering
development, energy & climate change, waste,
pollution, transport, local environmental
quality, procurement, biodiversity, education
and awareness raising
• Local Area Agreement Strategic Outcome
(2007/8): Reduced ecological footprint
through leading the response, influencing,
mitigating and adapting to environmental and
climate change
Plan: Aspects identification &
Evaluation of significance
• Baseline review of strategic
environmental conditions in Leeds
• Essential evidence base for
Sustainability Appraisals (SA) and
Strategic Environmental Assessment
(SEA)
Ecological footprint
Ecological Footprint measures the total quantity of land and sea
area required to produce the food, fibre and minerals we consume,
absorb the waste we produce (including CO2 emissions), and
provide the space for our infrastructure.
 Per capita earth share = 1.8 gha
 World average footprint = 2.2 gha
 Leeds average footprint = 5.37 gha
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Leeds Ecological footprint
Ecological Footprint (gha/capita)
Food and Drink
4%
4%
Energy
9%
21%
Capital Investment
7%
Travel
Consumables
11%
19%
11%
Government and Other
Services
14%
Housing
Holiday Activities
Topic: Water Quality
Chemistry General Quality Assessment Scores – Leeds Rivers
100%
80%
60%
40%
GQA
Class
Description
GQA F
Bad
GQA E
Poor
GQA D
Fair
GQA C
Fairly Good
GQA B
Good
GQA A
Very Good
20%
0%
1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Topic: Municipal Waste
Current methods of disposal and projections for future waste disposal in Leeds
Targeted waste growth scenario versus projection based on historical growth
1000000
Waste
Tonnes
%
Total municipal
waste
374,030
100
900000
Re-use
2984
1
800000
Recycling
68584
18
2.57 million tonnes averted through waste prevention by 2035
Scenario 6 - Leeds Historic Compound Growth
Scenario 4 - Leeds Aspirational High Housing
700000
600000
500000
400000
2039/40
2038/39
2037/38
2036/37
2035/36
2034/35
2033/34
2032/33
2031/32
2030/31
2029/30
202728
2028/29
2026/27
2025/26
2024/25
2023/24
2022/23
2021/22
2020/21
2019/20
2018/19
2017/18
2016/17
2015/16
2014/15
2013/14
2012/13
2011/12
2010/11
2009/10
2008/09
2007/08
300000
2006/07
76
2005/06
284997
2004/05
Landfill
2003/04
5
2002/03
17465
2001/02
Recovery
Topic: Transport Related Air Quality
Air Quality Management Areas and Areas of Concern in Leeds
Topic: Land Contamination
Potentially contaminating historic land uses in southern and western Leeds
Topic: Flood Risk
Environment Agency Flood Zones in Leeds
Floodzone 2 Annual River Flooding Probability of 1% or greater
Floodzone 3 Annual River Flooding Probability of 0.1 to 1%
Topic: Index of Deprivation
Topic: Energy Production and Consumption
800
Energy Consumption
Statistics for Leeds
2003 (estimated)
700
Thousand tonnes of oil equivalent (Ktoe)
600
500
Domestic
Industrial and Commercial
400
Rail
Road Transport
Total renewables/waste
300
200
100
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Coal
Manufactured
fuels
Petroleum
products
Natural gas
Fuel type
Electricity
Renewables
and waste
A summary of CO2 emissions in Leeds 2004
Road Transport
29%
Domestic Other
1%
Rail transport
0%
Aviation
4%
Domestic Gas
16%
Land Use Change
0%
Waste
2%
Domestic Electricity
12%
Industrial and commercial
other emissions
5%
Industrial and commercial
electricity
19%
Industrial and commercial gas
12%
TRAFFIC GROWTH & TRENDS IN LEEDS
100.0
90.0
80.0
70.0
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93
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60.0
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85
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87
 Night-time flows?
110.0
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89
19
91
 Peak spreading
OBSERVED TRAFFIC GROWTH IN LEEDS
INDEX OF CHANGE (1992 =
100)
 5% Annual growth 1985- 1990,
1% since 1990.
YEAR
CHANGES IN MODAL SPLIT
Mode
1998
2005
walk
3%
4%
Train
8%
12%
Bus
25%
26%
Car
64%
57%
MCs and Cycles
<1%
No change
 7% reduction in car usage
 4% increase in train/ bus usage
 100,000 vehicles access central
Leeds (AM peak period)
FUTURE CLIMATE IN LEEDS?
• Long term/seasonal
averages
– Warmer drier summers.
– Milder wetter winters.
– Rising sea levels.
• Extremes
– More very hot days.
– More intense downpours of
rain.
– Increased storm surges.
– Uncertain changes in storms,
possible increase in winter.
Mean monthly maximum temperatures (Bradford, 1908-2006)
25
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DegC
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2003
1999
1996
1992
1988
1985
1981
1977
1974
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1966
1963
1959
1955
1952
1948
1944
1941
1937
1933
1930
1926
1922
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1911
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1908
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Historical data (1908-2006) obtained from the Met Office’s
Bradford weather station
Frequency of warm, very warm and hot days
100
90
80
21 deg C
25 deg C
30 deg C
70
60
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40
30
20
10
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1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
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86
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No. frost days
Frequency of annual air frosts
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Air frost defined as the number of days the temperature the 15minute average temperature fell below 0°C.
20 07/08
20 06/07
20 05/06
20 04/05
20 03/04
20 02/03
20 01/02
20 00/01
19 99/00
19 98/99
19 97/98
19 96/97
19 95/96
19 94/95
19 93/94
19 92/93
19 91/92
19 90/91
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19 89/90
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19 88/89
16
19 87/88
18
19 86/87
19 85/86
Number of Gales by Season
20
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter
10
8
6
4
2
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FLOODING IN LEEDS (15th & 25th JUNE 2007)
Plan: Objectives, targets &
programmes …
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Agriculture: Leeds Food Matters, UDP section 5.5, appendix 5 (2001)
Air quality: Air Quality Action Plan Jan 2004
Biodiversity: Biodiversity Action Plan for Leeds
Contaminated land: Contaminated Land Inspection Strategy 2001
Education & awareness: Leeds Healthy Schools Standard
Energy production/consumption: Regional Energy Plan
Flooding: Strategic Flood Risk Assessment
Forestry: Towards a Leeds Forest Strategy (consultation document)
Greenhouse gases: Leeds’ Climate Change Strategy
Historic Env: Conservation Area Appraisals & Buildings at Risk Strategy UDP
section 5.3, appendices 3 & 4 (2001)
Land use: UDP / Local Development Framework
Landscape & townscape: City Centre Urban Design Strategy, Neighbourhoods
for Living, etc. UDP section 5.3, appendix 3 (2001), Leeds Landscape
Assessment (1994)
Natural resources: Minerals Policies UDP section 5.5, appendix 6 (2001)
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Nuisance: Various statutory tools Environmental Protection Act 1990
Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations
Parks & Greenspace: A Parks and Green Space Strategy for Leeds (consultation
draft)
Permitted processes: Pollution Prevention Control (England and Wales)
Regulations 2000, incorporating; Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control
(IPPC), Local Authority Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (LA-IPPC),
Local Authority Pollution Prevention and Control (LAPPC)
Radioactivity: EA Radioactive Substances Regulation Strategy
Transport: West Yorkshire Local Transport Plan
Transportation noise: Environmental Noise Directive
Waste: Integrated Waste Strategy 2005-2035, UDP section 5.5, appendix 7
(2001)
Water consumption: Yorkshire Water: Water Resource Plan 2005-2010
Water quality: Yorkshire Water: Monitoring Plan 2005-10
Do: Resources roles, competence
& communication / Operational
control
• Need to consider strategic skills such as
partnership working and analysis of
evidence
• Need to influence business and service
planning - programme of improvement
• Need to audit implementation of key
strategies
Upstream Issues
Agriculture, Built Env, Energy, Water, Greenspace, Land Use, Transport
Air quality, Biodiversity, Flooding, CO2, Noise, Waste, Water Quality
Downstream Effects
Check: Monitoring
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National indicators (October 2007)
Overall satisfaction with local area (5)
People killed or seriously injured in road traffic accidents (47)
Congestion – avge journey time during morning peak (167)
Previously developed land that has been vacant > 5 yrs (170)
Access to services by public transport, walking and cycling (175)
Working age people with access to employment … (176)
Local bus passenger journeys (177)
Bus services running on time (178)
Food establishments broadly compliant with the law (184)
Climate change & fuel poverty (185-189)
Waste management (191-193)
Air quality (194)
Cleanliness (195-196)
Biodiversity (197)
School travel (198)
Check: Review & Audit
• Aim to embed within Local Strategic
Partnership and LAA performance
monitoring framework
• Difficult to audit!
Report: Environmental Statement
• Incorporate as part of main reporting
framework. Not separate.
Outstanding issues …
• EMS should be about environmental
improvement. Need to influence
strategic issues
• Audit strategies is really about
auditing expenditure (£). More
environmental bang for buck
• Lead by example and maintain legal
compliance
Outstanding issues …
• How important is legal compliance at a
strategic level?
• Significance – need greater certainty
on critical environmental infrastructure
• Need to understand pressures on local
environment
• Can this be audited / verified?
Thank you
• http://ec.europa.eu/environment/
urban/home_en.htm
• www.mue25.net
• www.leeds.gov.uk
• thomas.knowland@leeds.gov.uk