Low Carbon Cities Event- Jon attending

I'm going to this event as one of a handfull of Leeds representatives. If you have anything in particular you want me to talk about (e.g. a successful project/ campaign from Leeds) or find out about (e.g. what are poeple in other cities doing to develop CHP networks) then please get in touch jon.holland@leedsvoice.org.uk.

Low Carbon Cities Event: City Wide Opportunities
Core City Event: 5th March 2008, London
A cross-sectoral and community-wide approach to carbon reduction is essential if we are to make a success of the climate change indicators in the Local Government Performance Framework. The Low Carbon Cities Programme (LCCP), co-developed by the Carbon Trust and Energy Saving Trust, is an innovative city-wide approach to carbon reduction. Three cities – Bristol, Leeds and Manchester – are developing plans with outputs which could be utilised by the other core cities and councils in general. The outputs include a city-wide carbon reduction ‘toolkit’; carbon emissions benchmarking software for the city; and other tools and events to enable and drive a true cross-sectoral approach to reducing carbon emissions across a city.

As part of the Programme, we are running two events for all 8 of the Core Cities, to enable sharing of experiences and cross-fertilisation of ideas. The first of these events is being held on Wednesday 5th March at the Holloway Road Resource Centre, Islington, London.

We would like to take this opportunity to invite you to this meeting. The event is aimed at a cross-section of stakeholders from the Core Cities – including the health sector, universities,
transport, housing, businesses and the voluntary/community sector, as well as the City Council itself. Participants should be owners / implementers of strategies within these organisations, and at a suitable level of seniority to influence the direction your organisation takes in contributing to a truly city-wide approach. CEOs and elected representatives will have an opportunity to attend our second ‘all city’ event, which will take place in mid-May.

The meeting is being held in the London Borough of Islington, and we will be hearing from members of their Climate Change Partnership on the progress they have been making in bringing a wide mix of stakeholders together to deliver real partnership action on climate change.

At the meeting you will be able to:
• Discuss the key learnings of the three cities participating in the Programme and
explore how they could impact on your city
• Get inspiration from colleagues in all of the Core Cities, and from further afield
• Work with colleagues to identify city-specific opportunities to work together to deliver
action on climate change
• Learn about technological opportunities and other support programmes that are
already available to cities, and how you can take advantage of them
Places are strictly limited, and so we are looking for a core team of about 7-8 stakeholders
from each city to attend.