Green Infrastructure Partnership “Metanoia”

• Nick Grayson• Climate Change &

Sustainability Manager

• Birmingham City Council

• October 9th 2012

BIRMINGHAM APPROACH FROM RISK TO ECOSYSTEM CITY MODEL

BIRMINGHAM’S RISK LANGUAGE – CLIMATE CHANGE

BUCCANEER – Birmingham Urban Climate Change Adaptation Neighborhood Estimates of Environmental Risk

BIRMINGHAM’S RISK LANGUAGE – PUBLIC HEALTH

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Lancet July 2012

INTEGRATED POLICY & DELIVERY

Key Partners

Climate Risk

Water

Green Infrastructure

Health & Well Being

Biodiversity

The LEP & Business

Community + Resilience

Planning

Transport & Infrastructure

The 9 piece jigsaw – GIA Partnership

EVIDENCE

POLICY

DELIVERY

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Principle Output & Policy

An Adapted CityPlan for effects of the Urban Heat Island

Green roofs & wallsStreet Canyons ResearchTrees for cooling & thermal insulation

The City’s Blue Network

Develop a Blue Corridor &’Green Streets’ PolicyEnhance and the wider Blue network.SuDS & flood & water managementEnhance water quality & riparian habitat

A Healthy City

Adopt Natural Health Improvement Zones (NHIZ)Introduce sustainable land management principles.‘Be Active’ neighbourhoodsChildhood development

The City’s Productive

Landscapes

Endorse the Birmingham Forest & Tree BondPromote allotmentsFacilitate community food growing, orchards, and woodlands Embed biomass production

The City’s Greenways

Adopt A Walkable CityGreenway networks“Quiet Roads”Permissive access rights

The City’s Ecosystem

Develop an Ecosystem City Model

•Ecosystem Evaluation of Birmingham’s GI and TreesExplore new funding mechanisms & joint partnershipsBiodiversity mapping

The City’s Green Living Spaces

Adopt Integrated Area PlansProtection of natural & built heritageIntegrate public health concernsSustainable tree planting policyIntroduce a Birmingham GI Index

Values Issues Solutions

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INTEGRATED AREA PLANS – CROSS AGENCY

Integrated District Plans

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THE BIRMINGHAM TREE BOND – THE ARGUMENT

Alliant Energy, Iowa, USA, since 1989 have planted more than one million trees.

Their rationale as an energy company? “Healthy trees play a major role in extracting CO2 and reducing carbon emissions from utilities. Trees decrease end-use consumption for cooling and heating.”

THE BIRMINGHAM

TREE BOND

Natural Health Improvement ZonesThe Birmingham Tree Bond would allow the city to pilot Natural Health Improvement Zones – tackling poor air quality, through increased greening;

Natural Health Improvement Zones would be monitored for their direct benefit on air quality but also of population health benefits.

The city will be able to deliver 15 NHIZ’s by 2028.

The Birmingham Tree Bond – will provide an annual fund to support the internationally recognised multiple benefits of urban forestry, so supplying the mechanism to deliver the Birmingham Forest.

Financial make-upThe Birmingham Tree Bond will comprise:-

1% of the annual Energy re- procurement sum,Approximately £250,000;

1% of the annual Community Infrastructure Levy,Approximately £200,000;

The Birmingham Tree Bond annual total £450,000.

Growing Birmingham ForestBy introducing additional tree planting, funded from the Birmingham Tree Bond, the city could increase its tree population to 500,000 by 2028; a 30% increase;

Through the Birmingham Tree Bond the city could grow its Birmingham Forest by 8-10% by 2028;

Birmingham 60% CO2 reduction by 2028.

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Carbon Savings Carbon Tax Savings Energy Cost Savings

•Year One 3,150 tonnes • Year One £37,800 • Year One £672,000

•Year 2028 11,655 tonnes •Year 2028 £186,480 •Year 2028 £ 3,561,250

Renewable Heat Incentive Year One = £ 1,382,500 Renewable Heat Incentive Year 2028 = £ 5,115,250

Combined Income and Savings Year One = £2,092,300 Combined Income and Savings Year 2028 = £ 8,862,980

THE BIRMINGHAM TREE BOND – THE NUMBERS!

Sustainable extraction existing estate = 5,000 tonnes/yr Planting 8,000/yr; yields at 2028 = 18,5000 tonnes/yr

Year One 5,000 tonnes of wood fuel = 17,500,000 Kwh Year 2028 18,500 tonnes of wood fuel = 64,750,000 Kwh

Birmingham as National Pilot:

•Build a new city economy

•Green Bridge Economy Programme

•BCSD-UK & WBCSD- CEV Tool

•TEEB-Eu

“We will put natural capital at the centre of economic thinking; and at the heart of the way we measure economic progress.”

NATURAL CAPITAL COMMITTEE

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Public Sector

Private Sector

Ecosystem City Model