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Be a leader. Be informed. Be a part ofBC3.

The Business Council on Climate Change.

Climate Action PlanningSteve Messner and Fiona Berry

SAIC

10th

June 2009


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Agenda

1. What is a Climate Action Plan (Fiona)

Examples and content of a CAP

2. GHG Forecasting (Steve)

Looking at future GHG BAU emissions

GHG Reduction Targets (Fiona)

GHG Reduction Strategies (Steve)

Identifying and prioritizing strategies

5. Implementation and Outreach (Fiona)

6. Case Studies (Steve)


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Introduction

What is a Climate Action Plan?

An implementation plan for reducing GHG emissionsfrom an organization/entitys operations.

Follows inventory of emissions (cant manage what you dont

measure) Sets targets for GHG reduction

Outlines proposed GHG reduction strategies

Provides proposed implementation

Can be strategic or detailed, can be proactive or reactive


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Examples

Examples of CAPs

Countries, cities, regions, corporations

Internal or external

Separate or part of wider sustainability initiatives/reporting


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Content of a CAP

1. Introduction Vision/Mission/Objective

Context

2. Overview of GHGInventory/Emissions Profile Past e.g. 1990 level

Present e.g. baseline

Future e.g. projected BAUemissions

3. GHG Reduction Target

4. Methodology/Approach How was it conducted?

Who was involved?

1. Proposed Strategies

Detailed e.g. Berkeley 157pages

High level e.g. Indias eightnational missions

2. Implementation Plan How will you get there and

by when?

3. Appendices Inventory

Existing strategies Other supporting

documentationConsider your audience

Represent informationgraphically

Include case studies


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GHG Forecasting

Understanding

Business As Usual

Timeframes short(2015), medium (2020)and long (2050)

Must tie in with futurebusiness planningfunction

CO2 Equiv. Emissions Forecast

-

2,000,000

4,000,000

6,000,000

8,000,000

10,000,000

12,000,000

Year

Tons

Different business segments can be individually forecastand summarized

Often best to develop GHG indicators for business e.g.,GHG per unit of production or per unit of raw material input


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GHG Forecasting

Scenario planning (energy prices)


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GHG Forecasting

Regulatory planning (AB32, pending federal climate

bills)


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GHG Reduction Targets

Setting your target

Be realistic know your abatement options and costs

Will you be regulated in the future?

Keep track of your actions

Early actions

Early regulatory actions taken by government

Early optional reductions taken by peers

Strategic timing

Stay one-step-ahead of the competition. But if you are two-steps-ahead, you lose the crowd.

- David Bresch, Head of Atmospheric Perils Group, SwissR


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Examples of targets

Reduce GHG emissions by 7 percentin energy and utility customersoperations from 2004 levels by

2008.

Reduce U. S. GHG emi ss ionsby 16 percent per uni t ofproduct ion v alu e f rom 20 00to 20 05.

Achieve an absolute 10 percentreduction in PFC emissions fromsemiconductor manufacturing

processes from 2000 levels by 2005


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EPA Climate Leaders target setting requirements

Corporate-wide (including at least all U.S. operations)

Based on the most recent base year for which data are available

Achieved over 5 to 10 years

Expressed as an absolute GHG reduction or as a decrease in GHGintensity

Aggressive compared to the projected GHG performance for thePartners sector

goal is evaluated against a projected benchmark GHG emissionsimprovement rate for the sector

EPA expects every goal to be markedly better than the projectedbenchmark performance for the sector

Consider regulatory goals e.g. AB32 Scoping Plan, federalclimate change bills


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GHG Reduction Strategies

Brainstorm

strategies

Identify bestpractices

Consider

largest sources

categorizingsources

easy wins

building onexisting initiatives

adaptation aswell as mitigation


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GHG Reduction Strategies

Prioritization evaluation criteria

ROI

implementability

GHG reduction

macro-economic benefits

Compliance spectrum (costeffectiveness $/ton CO2 reduction)

Leadership spectrum

(transformative issue, relate tokey metrics, lending in clean tech- what are the emergingtechnologies)


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GHG Offsets

Standards most likely to be

valid under future cap-and-trade

Climate Action Reserve

EPA Climate Leaders

RGGI

These are based on standardizedoffsets protocols

CDM Many other GHG offsets standards

The Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS)

Gold Standard

CarbonFix Climate, Community, and Biodiversity

Greenhouse Friendly and VER+

These are typically based on more time-consuming project-based protocols


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Implementation Planning

Metrics that will help to track progress of the strategy e.g. kWh saved or producedKey Performance Indicators

Key dates and milestones for implementation of the strategy e.g. energy efficiency on

a facility-by-facility basis, hybrid technologies for each new round of fleet purchases

Key Milestones

The capital cost and payback period for the strategy based on known literature orexperience.

Financial Cost

The estimated annual GHG emissions reductions from the proposed strategy.GHG Emissions Reduction

A high level plan for implementation including actionable itemsImplementation Plan

A more detailed description of the technical elements of the strategy with appropriate

resources.

Strategy Description -

Technical

A general description of the strategy and the topic areaStrategy Description - General

Identify whether implementation will occur over a monthly, annually, bi-annually or

multi-year schedule. Strategies can also be grouped according to short (2010),

medium (2015) and long term (2020) timeframes in line with the GHG inventory,

forecast and set reduction targets.

Implementation Schedule

Year at which the reduction strategy will begin implementation (this may be a historical

date for existing strategies)

Initiation Year

Key roles and responsibilities for implementation of the strategy including division and

key point of contact name and details

Responsible Agency

Title and number of strategyStrategy Title

DescriptionData


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Ongoing Implementation

GHGINVENTOR

Y

Annualupdate

CLIMATEACTIONPLAN

2 or 5year

publicupdate?

Annualinterna

lupdate

?


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Develop Policy and CommunicationStrategy Gain support from senior leadership

Identify change initiators, implementers and opposition

Develop both cross-functional and specialized teams

Create a clear connection between climate change andbusiness strategy

Implement specialized internal programs

Tie performance to rewards and bonuses

Create public recognition through award programs

Encourage employees to plant trees, telecommute, teleconference

Create internal marketing and educational programs

Encourage participation in programs

Offer financial support for low carbon behaviors

Purchase emission offsets


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External Outreach

External outreach is critical to success

Outside groups can provide knowledge,independent perspectives and avenues foradvancing business objectives.

Non-Government Organizations,government, the broader public and the

investment community

External groups sometimes opposeclimate initiatives. Government and tradeassociations were named as the numberone and two sources of resistance.

Federal- or state-level lobbying

The steps in a firms climate strategy have to fit with each other andwith overall strategic objectives; external perception must not bedifferent than internal reality


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Programs & Information

Consider joining a group or participating in a program to helpyou along the way

BC3 www.bc3sfbay.org

California Center for Climate Actionwww.centerforclimateaction.org/

EPA Climate Leaders www.epa.gov/stateply

US Climate Action Partnership www.us-cap.org

ICLEI www.iclei.org

Sustainable Silicon Valley www.sustainablesiliconvalley.org

Online Information Resources

Pew Climate Centre www.pewclimate.org

World Resources Institute www.wri.org


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Case Studies

Compliance driven Sacramento Municipal Utility District

Opportunity driven Bank of America


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Thank You & Discussion

Please contact:

Steve Messner

Ph: 858.220.6079

E-mail: [email protected]

Fiona BerryPh: 510-284-7639

E-mail: [email protected]

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