This report from  Manchester: Knowledge Capital and Carbon Captured was commissioned in partnership with the Greater Manchester Energy Group. It uses a stakeholder-led approach to identify different pathways that Greater Manchester might take in responding to the challenge of meeting an 80-90% cut in CO2 emissions by 2050.

The Manchester is my Planet programme brought together local stakeholders from public, private, academic and non-government sectors to co-create three future energy scenarios for Greater Manchester. In all of the scenarios, energy use by consumers is expected to fall considerably – despite incorporating expectations for population growth and increases in the number of household appliances.

Differences in economic growth rates are also plotted in the scenarios. The report suggests that even factoring in strong growth, Greater Manchester can achieve its fair share of CO2 cuts. The collective learning gained through the process, and the resulting report fed the development of the Sustainable Energy Action Plan for Greater Manchester – a coherent strategy for accelerating the development of a low-carbon energy system for Manchester, which in turn was a core supporting document for the Greater Manchester Energy Plan 2011.

The ‘GRIP Scenario Tool’ used in this work was developed by Dr Sebastian Carney, of Carbon Captured, and has been recommended for use by regions and municipalities throughout the EU under the Covenant of Mayors initiative.
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