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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
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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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GHG Reduction Targets
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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GHG Reduction Targets
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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