climate challenge fund carbon monitoring and evaluation | david gunn

Climate Challenge Fund

Carbon Monitoring and Evaluation

David Gunn, Climate Challenge Fund Manager

Aim of the Climate Challenge FundThe Climate Challenge Fund aims to:

• help communities to significantly reduce their carbon emissions

• empower Scottish communities by building the capacity for sustained future reductions

• promote greater awareness of the action Scottish communities can take to reduce their emissions

Role of Keep Scotland BeautifulTo administer the Climate Challenge Fund:

• Support Communities to develop applications

• Present applications to the Grants Panel

• Support Communities as they implement applications

• including CO2 monitoring

• Manage the CCF Community Action and Support Programme

Enabling CommunitiesThe Climate Challenge Fund has made 461 awards to 345 communities totalling more that £32,000,000. These awards empowered communities to take action in the following areas:

increase home energy efficiency 54%the production and consumption of local foods 36%encourage the use of low carbon transport 27%community consultation 26%reducing waste 24%carry out renewable energy feasibility studies 15%eco-refurbishments of community owned buildings 13%Supporting the construction of low carbon new builds 3%

Many communities addressed more than one of these issues.

• Balancing usability, workload and accuracy

• Community estimates of 125,000 tonnes CO2 reduced for 2008-11

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CCF Carbon Monitoring and Evaluation

• Baseline

• Indicators

• Project monitoring

• Conversion factors

• Estimated impact

• Arithmetic………………

Estimated impact = (Indicatorbaseline- Indicatorvalue at project end)* conversion factor

Monitoring versus engagement

How useful is it to expect communities account for their carbon impact?

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Linking reported carbon savings by communities to regional and national carbon accounts

Great idea but…….

No single model has been created that is useable at both community and strategic level

Are communities influencers rather wholly responsible for change?

Contact details

David Gunn

Climate Challenge Fund Manager

Email: david.gunn@ksbscotland.org.uk

Tel: 01786 468779

Web: www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf

WHAT NEXT…….

• Scottish Government’s manifesto commitments• Maintain CCF for life of the Parliament• Create Junior Climate Challenge Fund• Income generation pilots