1. Stimulating Clean Technologies and Practices for Greenhouse Gas Reductions in North Carolina Douglas Crawford-Brown and Beth Shay and Brian Naess UNC Institute for the Environment and DESE UNC at Chapel Hill

2. People have legitimate needs

3. In consuming that energy, carbon dioxide is released

4. Our best estimate: a 60% reduction is required

5. Which policy?

7. Human society: a curious mix of technology and behavior

8. Some terribly complex math… ST(t) = POP(t) x PCST (t) = POP(t) x PCEEN(t) x RF(t) / EFF(t)

9. Leading to… Change the “goals” of life (PCEEN) Use energy more efficiently (EFF) Improve the release factor (RF) Switch to low carbon energy sources (also RF)

10. What will it take? An infrastructure rivaling that of the petrol industry. This includes technological, political, economic and social structures that won’t spring up overnight.

12. So we stop sending $7 billion per year out of the state $$$

13. And especially avoid solutions that…

14. Without replacing one environmental problem for another

15. Optimizing the system

16. In some cases, it is lack of information, and so…

17. In some cases, it is a lack of technology, and so…

18. In some cases, it is competing responsibilities, and so… (LEED construction)

19. In some cases, it is a lack of examples, and so… (Community Champions)

20. In some cases, it is a lack of local Providers, and so…

21. In some cases, it is a lack of initial capital, and so…

22. In some cases, it is the high initial market cost, and so…

23. Dividing up the causes and solutions Political regions Municipalities Energy sectors Institutions Individuals

24. The North Carolina Legislative Global Climate Change Commission Renewable Portfolio Standards Utilities Commission reform State buildings to be LEED Transition of state vehicle fleet Building code reforms

25. Dividing up the causes and solutions Political regions Municipalities Energy sectors Institutions Individuals

26. Building the community inventory

27. Baseline carbon dioxide emissions inventories for each sector

28. Using one of the main powers of municipal government: planning permission 1 4 3 2

29. Location, location, location

30. Dividing up the causes and solutions Political regions Municipalities Energy sectors Institutions Individuals

31. Transport takes a lead… Residential Commercial Transport Industrial

32. Utilities take a lead… Residential Commercial Industrial Transportation

33. Dividing up the causes and solutions Political regions Municipalities Energy sectors Institutions Individuals

34. UNC-Chapel Hill carbon dioxide inventory

36. Dividing up the causes and solutions Political regions Municipalities Energy sectors Institutions Individuals

37. My carbon dioxide inventory US UK

38. My personal quandry ???

39. The need to be warm…

40. Saint Bernard “Hell is filled with good intentions and desires”