Walking the talk: Can we do it?
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Chris Crean, West Midlands Campaigns Co-ordinator at Friends of the Earth West Midlands, speaking at a workshop on climate change hosted by the West Midlands Regional Observatory in Birmingham on 20 April 2009.
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- 1. Walking the Talk: Can we DO it? Chris Crean Friends of the
Earth A presentation given at State of the Region: Implications of
Climate Change event, 20 April 2009. This presentation forms part
of the Observatorys ongoing State of the Region dialogue between
policy makers and researchers on the theme of climate change.
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- 3. Walking the Talk CAN we DO it??
- How many planets support life?
- Climate Change, Resource Scarcity & Pollution
- Efficiency, Efficiency, Efficiency
- 4. Climate Change Act 2008 and Copenhagen
- 5. Regional Spatial Strategy
- Planes, Trains and Automobiles
- 6. The Challenge
- Achieving the national targets for reducing greenhouse gas
emissions will be a challenge that must be addressed not only at
the International and national level BUT also through regional
efforts.
- 7. Regional Economic Strategy
- It will mean the West Midlands taking a leading role in the
move towards a lower carbon economy and setting standards that
others will aspire to
- Will it do what it says on the Tin??
- Our challenge is to track and challenge it
- Beware Green Snake Oil salespeople
- Biofuels and Offsetting??
- 8. Regional Funding Allocation #2
- Big Trains v Little trains
- Shrewsbury North West Relief Road
- Hereford Outer Distributor
- Reducing the Need to Travel??
- 9. And Finally!!
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- 15. Multiple dividend
- Not just climate emissions but also helps:-
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- 17. Contact details Chris Crean Friends of the Earth E
www.foe.co.uk/england/west_midlands/contacts.html T Web
www.foe.co.uk/england/west_midlands John Walker Senior Research
Analyst West Midlands Regional Observatory E [email_address] T +44
(0)121 202 3246 Web www.wmro.org Blog
http://wmro.wordpress.com