1、SKILLS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THE CHALLENGETESS GILLSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONTHE EXTENT OF THE CHALLENGE Climate Change Committee October Report:Sustainable emissions reductions in the UK through implementation of measures to improve carbon efficiency have been very low and largely due
2、 to the recession GHG emissions over the period 2019 to 2019 fell at an annual average rate under 1%.Going forward a step change will be required to achieve deep emissions cuts required through the first three carbon budget periods and beyond:SOME OF THE ACTION NEEDED Make a major shift in the strat
3、egy on residential home energy efficiency,moving away from the existing supplier obligation,to a transformation of our residential building stock through a whole house and street by street approach,with advice,encouragement,financing and funding available for households to incentivise major energy e
4、fficiency improvements.Transport Plans 25%emissions reduction on 2019 levels by 2020:Falling carbon intensity of new cars to 95 g/kmin 2020 from158g/km.240 thousand electric cars and plug-in hybrids by 2019,and 1.7 million by 2020,supported by appropriate charging infrastructure.Roll-out Smarter Cho
5、ices to encourage better journey planning and increased use of public transport across the UK and training drivers in eco-driving.reducing material throughput essential with or without growth evidence of absolute decoupling virtually absent prospects for decoupling fast enough ambitious at bestResou
6、rce inefficiency BEYOND CLIMATE CHANGE Climate change one result from living beyond the worlds resources.Need to also increase resource efficiency and protect bio-diversity Principles of sustainable development set out principlesFive new principlesWe want to achieve our goals of living within enviro
7、nmental limits and a just society,and we will do it by means of a sustainable economy,good governance,and sound science.What are sustainable skills?Skills may just that specific skills needed for example to advise,purchase and install renewables.See Pro Environ LCREE skills paper for e.gs and SW/O R
8、esearch Brief.But there are also far more generic skills/capacities/awareness to initiate,progress and manage change.LCIS and skills Core skills STEM More general skills communication,leadership and management skills to drive culture change or overhaul business practices;Sustainable procurement,envi
9、ronmental and risk management,monitoring;Energy,resource efficiency,product life cycle,carbon auditing and trading.Sustainable Skills Some SDC suggested skills for all learners:Understanding evidence/impacts Systems thinking Understanding change Thinking locally and globally Critical thinking Unders
10、tanding risk and precautionary principleCurrent skille.g plumbingLCREE outputMore water efficiencyNo wider output In work or communitySkill inputLCREE plumbingCurrent skille.g.plumbingOutput More Water efficiencyAdvises clients on Range of measuresActive in communitySD/LCREE inputPlumbing+Done with
11、associated skills setsE.G Resource efficiency-Water Almost a quarter of public water supply is lost through leakage.Over 25%of groundwater bodies in England is at risk from over abstraction.Over 50%of UK water consumption is in the home third flushed down the toilet.Hot water use in homes accounts f
12、or 5%of total GHG emissions Leakages from petrol stations contribute to water pollution in groundwater.Action required by Government,employers and providers;Learner and trade union involvement key;Resource efficiency better approach than low carbon;Supply chains can be used to spread learning and id
13、eas;Public sector procurement importantDelivery-RoundtableDelivery Aldersgate Group All policies e.g.subsidies for wind or LC Regions have corresponding skills strategies;All sectors of economy need development of skills on generic issues.Bin classification of green jobs.Requirement on all employers
14、 to provide skills training in sustainability?Government to lead Government to take co-ordinated approach to making low carbon sustainable skills major focus of skills delivery.Need UK Commission for Employment and Skills to lead.Little way to go their Ambition 2020 World Class Skills report not mention it.South West can lead the way Great opportunity to make real progress and use SW as exemplar when it comes to skills for future society.Lets use today to think big and move from policy to practice.
