Dr Sam GardnerClimate Change Policy Officer WWF Scotland

CTA Scotland Conference 2020

Scotland’s Climate Change Act and the role of electric vehicles.

Human activity is causing climate change

The ice is melting……………………..

Cars shuffle along amid thick smoke on the main Moscow-Nizhny Novgorod road

Photograph: Sergei Chirikov/EPA http://www.guardian.co.uk

May 2008: Spain’s annual average rainfall down 40% Barcelona begins shipping in drinking water

Scotland’s Climate Change Act: Leading the way

80% reductions by 2050

all greenhouse gases not just CO2

at least 3% a year reduction (from 2020)

strong interim targets. 42% by 2020

Include international aviation and shipping

a limit on buying carbon credits

consumption reporting

Climate Change Act Scotland

A sustainable transport future for Scotland - a role for electric vehicles?

1. A sustainable transport hierarchy

2. What number of EVs do we need?

3. Where will they be charged?

4. What about power supply?

5. Impacts on urban air quality?

Making the electric avenue a reality

1. Pilot projects: UK and international

2. Driving demand for EVs

3. Emerging business models

4. Integrated transport and energy policy

Questions?

1. What are the opportunities for community transport in a low carbon transport future?

2. How must community transport adapt to be in line with climate change?

3. How can community transport be part of the electric revolution?

Thank you

sjgardner@wwfscotland.org.uk