public sector climate finance lessons and opportunities will dawson, principal sustainability...
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Public sector climate finance lessons and opportunities
Will Dawson, Principal Sustainability Advisor, Forum for the Future
8 November, 2012
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Overview
1. Forum for the Future2. Climate Finance project and lessons learnt 3. Scaling up new energy solutions
who are we?
We are a non-profit organisation working globally with business and government to create a sustainable future
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Existing case studies that we learnt from
1. Aberdeen Heat and Power2. Thameswey Energy in Woking, south east
England3. Milton Keynes Carbon Offset Fund4. Gwent NHS Trust and Honeywell Energy
Performance Contract5. London RE:FIT programme6. Refit West in Bristol
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Pilot development
Advisory Group
Pilot partners
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Climate Finance financial models
SEEDA supported• Regional aggregation fund for community scale investment
with FSE Group CIC• Local share issues with Ovesco in East Sussex and West
Oxford
West Sussex County Council• Energy investment with schools inc. Energy Performance
Contracting
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Opportunities for you
1. Move from a “meeting targets mindset” to a “financial returns mindset”
2. Debt is not always bad - consider prudential borrowing to invest
3. Spread the skills and knowledge across finance and sustainability officers
4. Work in partnership to overcome the “options overload”
5. Innovate your role with the community
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Community Energy Coalition
A group of UK-based organisations that support a dramatic increase in community energy
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Coalition’s activities and plans
1. 2011 - Tour of German to discover community energy
2. February – Lauched our “Vision for Community Energy in 2020” at Chris Huhne roundtable
3. October – “Manifesto for a Community Energy Revolution” launched at roundtable with Ed Davey
4. UK community energy campaign1. Tour of UK communities, particularly Scotland2. Scale up community activity through member
organisations
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Summary
1. There are many opportunities for public sector organisations to promote and benefit from carbon saving investment
2. Getting there requires the right skills and mindset3. Scaling up these solutions through our funding
revolution guide4. Promoting a community approach through the
Community Energy Coalition
