Evidence to the Treasury Committee (January 2007)

posted by Geoff on 1st Oct 2022

1st,Oct

I’m struggling to write something about housing, planning and climate change but I have just found some evidence I sent to the House of Commons Treasury Committee in 2007. Depressingly, I find it harder to write like this now.

Climate, Planning, Economy. 101+

posted by Geoff on 19th Sep 2022

19th,Sep

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Contents #101

#101: Net zero: A good wheeze for the rich
#102: In 2022, climate tipping points get noticed
#103: EcoTowns aren’t Eco
#104: Green belts restrict housing development
#105: Car free housing for affordable homes
#106: It’s hard to persuade people with cars to use buses
#107: Brownfield sites should be nature reserves
#108: The ONS is wrong on land values
#109: Listen to the BBC for Government greenwash
#110: Item 110

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Climate, Planning, Economy. Tips 91+

posted by Geoff on 13th Sep 2022

13th,Sep

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Contents #91

#91: Problems with Garden Cities
#92: The Paris Agreement and the CCC
#93: Car-free living
#94: Starter homes for £20K
#95: Stop the planning racket
#96: Needed: Green and pleasant jobs
#97: Fund Lifestyle R&D by planning gain
#98: Small scale microwave pyrolysis
#99: Tax income from planning gain
#100: Raise VAT rates, subsidise jobs

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Climate, Planning, Economy. Tips 81+

posted by Geoff on 13th Sep 2022

13th,Sep

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Contents #81

#81: No cars in the city
#82: Friends, neighbours and architectural determinism
#83: No more high buildings
#84: Oscar Newman: Look, learn and improve
#85: Five planning policies
#86: Cheap, neighbourly and doesn’t screw the world up
#87: Needed: Enhanced town planning
#88: A new Ministry of Works
#89: Cut methane emissions now
#90: Cumulative climate damage

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Climate, Planning, Economy. Tips 71+

posted by Geoff on 13th Sep 2022

13th,Sep

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Contents #71

#71: Embodied carbon and climate
#72: Food and the remaining carbon budget
#73: Carbon budgets and transport
#74: We are not short of land
#75: Construction and prefabrication
#76: Pollution in the countryside
#77: Pollution in towns
#78: Density and disease
#79: Greenbelts
#80: Economist Lionel Robbins misunderstood science

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Climate, Planning, Economy. Tips 61+

posted by Geoff on 13th Sep 2022

13th,Sep

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Contents #61

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Climate, Planning, Economy. Tips 51+

posted by Geoff on 10th Sep 2022

10th,Sep

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Contents #51

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Would Greta say York Council lies?

posted by Geoff on 10th Sep 2022

10th,Sep

York strategy consultations

The following may not have been considered by the strategy team.

Climate change and inequality

In A Net Zero Carbon Roadmap for York, Professor Andy Gouldson estimated York’s share of the remaining carbon budget for 1.5°C. It was 48 tonnes CO2e per person from the beginning of 2020.

The remaining carbon budget is the amount of greenhouse gases, that humanity can emit while still having a chance to contain global warming within 1.5°C compared with preindustrial levels, as advocated by the Paris Agreement.