Panel 2 - full presentation

and Director of ViTAL Living Lab Develop theories and provide tools to respond to the challenges and opportunities we are facing… …WITH YOU…. [...] 36 International Leadership • My work around Cities and EU countries show that we were leaders in terms of Climate Change ambitions and actions • But maybe just due to emission factors? • Since Paris other countries are decarbonising much faster and as ambitous • In the Military context we are still leading- we know- collaborate with US, Japan and Germany • But we are jeopardising this position- g. [...] 39 Why are we doing this? • UK Defence accounts for 50% of government emissions ≈ 1.7 MtCO2e/y • UK Defence occupies 2% of the total land in the UK • ~390K people work for the UK Defence • They want to reach Net Zero by 2040 If we cannot measure it, we cannot manage From Newcastle. [...] 45 Challenges for the Living Lab • Progress for some experiments- remember allowed to fail! • Impact of nationality on delivering research • Complexity of Defence – responsibilities and processes • Multiple problems- want a single solution • High level of turnover of Defence Personnel /decision makers From Newcastle. [...] Increase awareness within RAF of the scale of the challenge, support and reduce the risks of poor decision-making in the here and now 5.