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CTA Scotland Conference 2020
Dr Sam Gardner
Climate Change
Policy Officer
WWF Scotland
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
Climate Change Act Scotland
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80% reductions by 2050
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all greenhouse gases not just CO2
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at least 3% a year reduction (from 2020)
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strong interim targets. 42% by 2020
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Include international aviation and shipping
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a limit on buying carbon credits

consumption reporting
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
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