CASE STUDY- AC Flashcards
Where is the AC of study?
UK
what makes UK and AC?
-Has an HDI score of 0.920
— ranked 15th in the world
-Has a GNI of US$ 39,500 in 2019
what are the impacts on river flooding from climate change?
-warming atmosphere has increased probability
-Devastate communities and has significant cost to the economy through business loss and lost working days
-Total cost of 2015-16 floods was. £ 1.3-1.9 million
what were the impacts on coastal flooding from climate change?
-Extreme high sea levels with
1% per year, chance of occurring in 1990 would have increased to 10% per year by 2100
-On high predictions of sea level rise. This could increase to every 20 days by 2100.
-Even if SMP are fully implemented there be 700 properties lost to coastal erosion in next 20 years and further 2000 in 50 years
-Without intervention-5000 properties affected in 20 years and 28,000 in 50 years
what would the property damage be from climate change?
-240,000 homes in high flood risk areas
-Even with management, it’s hard to reduce this number
-Leads to an increased maintenance cost of 20 - 50%
What are the environmental impacts from climate change in the UK?
-1200 ha of protected into title habitat and further 500 ha of freshwater habitat lost due to coastal squeeze in next 5 to 10 years
-Summer, flow of rivers decreases which reduces water availability and quality
-480,000 ha has a great chance of flooding in 2017 by 1%
-Projected to increase to 550,000 by 2050s under 2° C temperature increase
what are the health impacts from climate change in the UK?
-Deaths and illness from extreme hot weather increase
-Aging population are more vulnerable
-if no adaption UK heat related mortality increases by 60% by 20 20, and over 500% by 2080s due to climate change and population growth
-Mild winters decreased cold related death
-Stagnant water and high temperature increased the spread of mosquito borne disease
what are the opportunities that arise from climate change in the UK?
-Extended growing season and improved productivity in agriculture, forestry and fisheries
-This is only a limiting factors such as water availability, soil health and pests and disease are managed
-potential solar energy -already increased from 12 MW in 2006 to over 13,000 MW in 2019
what mitigation strategy is put in place?
-The U.K.’s climate change act of 2008
what did the UKCC act of 2008 target to do
-headline target to cut off 80% of emissions by 2050
-This was amended in 2019, and changed to reach net to 0 by 2050
what were the three strategies to reach the climate change act target
-Carbon pricing
-Low carbon energy support
-Energy efficiency
what did carbon pricing entail?
-the UK government introduced the carbon price support scheme to top up the European carbon price
-Requires UK power generators to pay a minimum carbon price of £18 per tonne until 2021
-In transport sector fuel duty tax on road fuel
-Deadline for ending coal fired power changed from 2025 to 2024 but yet to release how it will be done
what does low carbon energy support entail?
-It drives the uptake of renewables
-Focuses on electricity sector where most cost-effective technologies are available
-Renewal energy in 2019 accounted for 40% of the total
-Small scale household renewable power and heat a supported by smart export guarantee which was introduced in January 2020
-provides houses with solar panels and heat pumps
What does energy efficiency entail?
-domestic sector-Britain’s energy Company obligation 3 (ECO3)
-Requires large energy firms to boost the efficiency of homes
-Driving rollout of smart meters, with the aim to increase awareness of energy usage
-in Businesses polluters pay a climate change levy per unit of energy consumption
What building design adaptions were put in place
protection from flooding and increase energy efficiency
-Legal requirements for new buildings
