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6.1 The challenge
Leadership to Deliver the West Midlands Low Carbon Future. “Embracing a low carbon economy will be as momentous as the previous industrial revolution, as the shift from coal to oil and from gas to electric light. It has the potential to give us the competitive edge in the new global economy. The scale of the [...]
Read more »6.2 Embracing the low carbon transition
In spite of this, the first requirement to make the low carbon transition is galvanising a committed coherent leadership that combines public, private and third sector as a driving force. Rather than more reports and statistics, we need a greater focus on implementation, going beyond a competition for the largest slice of a shrinking cake. [...]
Read more »6.3 Clear opportunities
Central to the transformation, we need a systemic low carbon retrofit of all our building stock which accounts for nearly 50 percent of emissions. This can reduce our increasing imports of oil, gas and coal, which result in rising bills. Retrofitting and decentralising energy (including electricity and heat incentives) can create jobs and new business [...]
Read more »6.4 Leadership and partnership
The importance of leadership through partnership building of a skilled low carbon economy in the West Midlands should not be forgotten. To facilitate low carbon skill formation a partnership approach should involve three important aspects of partnering in the following areas: Labour Market Intelligence (LMI) Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Return on Investment (ROI) from training [...]
Read more »6.5 An invitation
The Innovation & Investment for a Low Carbon Future Conference will be held on December 3rd 2010 at the NEC. The conference will feature the DESERTEC project and will also deliver Continuous Professional Development workshops and low carbon skill updating. For the programme or register contact Tony McNally (tony@climate-change-solutions.co.uk) Managing Director of Climate Change Solutions [...]
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