Carbon footprints by constituency - Tottenham is ranked 526 out of 646

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Permalink Reply by Hugh on December 4, 2009 at 14:52

Thanks Adam. That's an interesting difference between west and east of the borough. The data shows a 20% reduction overall as you travel east. If we had data by ward, I wonder whether Harringay would end up being closer to the Hornsey average?

The dataset produce by Experian goes down to individual house level. Out of interest, I've asked for data for Harringay & St Ann's wards,

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Permalink Reply by Old-Age-Emporium(OAE) on December 4, 2009 at 15:44

'people who talk most about tackling climate change are the worst polluters' - Experian
All hot air then?

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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on December 4, 2009 at 17:03

Seems to be where the money is, the most smoke goes up the chimney (or more likely out of the exhaust pipe or the jet to Marbella) -

Poorer and greener
But here's the rub. The company has also found that the richest constituencies... are also the most polluting. For example, Chesham and Amersham in leafy Buckinghamshire has the highest level of CO2 emissions per household, while Glasgow North-East has the lowest.

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Permalink Reply by Hugh on December 9, 2009 at 14:52

I've spoken with Experian and they're going to provide me with naps for Harringay & St Ann's.

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Permalink Reply by Hugh on December 22, 2009 at 11:35

Just got the attached documents through from Experian with Haringey data. They're also sending me a big paper map in a tube - though not sure how to share that on here. But if anyone's interested, let me know.

.............which made the timing of this press release excellent (received six minutes after I added the first part of this post:

Muswell Hill in Haringey, London, has won up to £500,000 in a competition to become a blueprint for sustainable living. Muswell Hill is one of the first ten winning locations to benefit from a £10million fund as part of the Low Carbon Communities Challenge. Around a quarter of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions come from heating, lighting and powering electrical appliances in homes. By 2050 this needs to be almost zero if the UK is to cut its emissions by 80%, highlighting the importance of local action.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) launched the competition in July to find communities keen to be at the forefront of moving to a low carbon economy.
Muswell Hill will receive a grant to pay for solar panels to be installed at four schools to generate green electricity. The money will also fund a mobile sustainable learning unit, cycle parking and a community renewable energy company to manage the income from low carbon energy generation. This money will then be ploughed back into the community so all 1,800 residents can benefit from a low carbon lifestyle.

Energy and Climate Change Minister Joan Ruddock said: “We’ve had more than 300 communities register their interest with the Low Carbon Communities Challenge, so there’s a real appetite out there to save energy to help tackle global warming and save money on fuel bills. The ten winning projects will now spend the money on things like community wind turbines, solar panels, heat pumps, insulation or green transport projects to cut emissions. The UK has the most ambitious emissions reduction commitments in the world and communities like Muswell Hill will help to develop the policies we need in the future to make the successful transition to a low carbon economy.”

Haringey Council leader, Cllr Claire Kober, said: “We are committed to cutting carbon emissions in Haringey and are working with businesses and residents to explore what practical measures can be put in place to help us do this. This award will enable us to develop sustainable energy sources in the borough for the benefit of the community and will further help us reach our ambitious CO2 reductions’ targets.”

In return for technical and financial assistance, people in Muswell Hill will work alongside government and contribute to finding low carbon solutions from which the whole country will benefit. Successful outcomes from the project will pave the way for a national roll-out of proven measures.

Sure look like MH have their work cut out according to the Experian data. (I didn't even know there is such a government department as the Department of Energy and Climate Change)

Attachments:

• Haringey CO2 OA emissions Dec 09.pdf, 1.1 MB
• Haringey Wards by Green Segments Dec 09.xls, 49 KB
• Haringey v London Green Segments Dec 09.xls, 93 KB

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Permalink Reply by Milo on January 9, 2010 at 4:10

When are we going to start a campaign to get the council and our representatives to admit that global warming (now called climate change because the earth has actually cooled over the last 10 years, so they cannot call it global warming) is a load of baloney, and quit wasting our money on all these waste of money schemes and increasing our parking permit charges because our cars have a slighly larger engine than the guys next door.

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