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Measuring Environmental Impacts

Measuring Environmental Impacts. David Mell Knowledge Manager – NERIP Conversation with NERIP, 7 November 2007. Measuring Environmental Impacts. Problem? What Problem? …. Manufacturing accounting for less. Percentage of North East GVA. Manu- facturing. Public Sector.

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Measuring Environmental Impacts

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  1. Measuring Environmental Impacts David Mell Knowledge Manager – NERIP Conversation with NERIP, 7 November 2007 Ref/Title

  2. Measuring Environmental Impacts Ref/Title

  3. Problem? What Problem? … Ref/Title

  4. Manufacturing accounting for less Percentage of North East GVA Manu-facturing Public Sector BusinessServices Tourism, Transport, Distribution Con- struction Primary Services accounting for more … the shape of the regional economy is changing Ref/Title

  5. Production and Consumption Perspectives Place of Production UK Abroad • Complementary perspectives • Production: Efficiency, technology, etc • Consumption: Behaviour, lifestyles, etc • REAP: Addresses the consumption perspective Consumption Focus Goods and services produced and consumed in UK Imports: consumed in UK, produced elsewhere UK Production Focus Place of Consumption Exports: produced in UK, consumed elsewhere Rest of the World Abroad Ref/Title

  6. UK CO2 Emissions Understanding whether numbers are quoted from a production or consumption perspective is vital Ref/Title

  7. Ecological Footprint The land area required to provide continuously all thenatural resources and services for the consumption of a given population wherever that land might be Measured in global hectares per capita (gha/cap) Ref/Title

  8. W Europe 5.1gha/cap UK: 5.4gha/cap USA: 9.5gha/cap China: 1.5gha/cap Comparative Ecological Footprints • World: • Supply 1.8gha/cap • Demand 2.2gha/cap Ref/Title

  9. The challenge for regional development Ref/Title

  10. Overview of • Resources and Energy Analysis Program • Key outputs • Ecological Footprint (gha/capita) • Carbon Footprint (tonnes CO2/capita) • Based on detailed analysis of how the UK economy works • Has a consumption focus • Can be used to make environmental assessments of policy • Developed by the Stockholm Environment Institute • WWF and SCP-Net are key partners Ref/Title

  11. REAP User Interface NE Footprint = 5.185 gha/cap Final demands of the economy Ref/Title

  12. Footprints can be disaggregated by type of consumption Ref/Title

  13. Using REAP as an interactive database • Explore footprints by geography • Explore components of footprints Ref/Title

  14. North East Household Footprint: Top 10 Sources Ref/Title

  15. Consumption behaviour is measured using over 100 separate variables Ref/Title

  16. We can explore policy options by creating scenarios …. Modify one or more consumption behaviour variables Ref/Title

  17. … and looking at the impacts Ref/Title

  18. Key points • REAP measures impact of consumption behaviour • Outputs: footprint measures (CO2, ecological) • Inputs: consumption behaviour (~100 variables) • Policy scenarios • Views of how consumption behaviour might change in response to policy interventions • Effect of such changes on footprint measures • The holy alliance • Policy wonks and modelling nerds Ref/Title

  19. But does this mean anything in the real world ? • Examples of REAP in action • Evaluation of housing policy: Leeds City Region • Tees Valley Footprint Report • Evaluation of impact of regional strategies on climate change: Y&H Assembly • Up and coming: evaluation of sustainable transport policy • Consumption perspective (REAP) • Influencing individual behaviour • Regional vs local roles • Production perspective • Other tools: REEIO, development of regional environmental accounts (DUBS Model) Ref/Title

  20. Measuring Environmental Impact Regional stages of development • Stage 1: Awareness • Aware of need to engage with tools like REAP and REEIO • Cautious policy users, sometimes frustrated technical users • Evaluations contracted out • Stage 2: Stepping Forward • Policy and technical users starting to work together • Developing evidence base that is influencing key regional documents • Clear home for the evidence base agreed • Stage 3: The confidently capable region • Policy users can frame ideas in terms of “evidence base” • Technical users extending/developing the “evidence base” Ref/Title

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