Al Gore’s film “An Inconvenient Truth” was released in the UK on 15 September 2006. According to the distributors, United International Pictures, the film has been seen by 125,000 people. By the time the film is released worldwide, the global audience will be around 5 million.
The film will be released as a DVD on 21 November 2006, with a potential worldwide audience of 10-20 million.
On July 27, the Secretary of State hosted an advanced viewing event of “An Inconvenient Truth” at Bafta in London. The 190 attendees included journalists, students, representatives from various local authorities, large membership organisations, representatives from the voluntary and community sectors, environmental groups and key individuals from executive agencies and funded bodies. Feedback suggested the film is likely to be highly effective in inspiring those who watch it to do more to tackle climate change.
The 2006 UK Climate Change Programme contains a package of measures and commitments that will help reduce the UK’s emissions of greenhouse gases to about 23.6 per cent. below base year levels and carbon dioxide emissions to 16.2 per cent. below 1990 levels by 2010. In addition, the recently published Energy Review set out ambitious proposals to get us on course to achieve real progress in emissions reductions by 2020 and put us on the right path to achieving our goal of 60 per cent. reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. The package will deliver between 19 to 25 million tonnes of carbon savings by 2020.
The UK is therefore on course to meet and go substantially beyond its Kyoto target of a reduction of emissions of greenhouse gases by 12.5 per cent. below 1990 levels by 2008-12.
The Government will be reporting on progress with these targets via an annual report to Parliament.
UK greenhouse gas emissions projections take into account the latest population projections from the Office for National Statistics. DEFRA has not made any specific analysis of the impacts of immigration on greenhouse gas emissions.
The successful and unsuccessful bids from local authorities for funding from the Climate Change Fund are set out in the following table:
Local authority 2006-07 2007-08 Total London Royal borough of Kensington and Chelsea 18,450.00 3,550.00 22,000.00 London borough of Lewisham 74,950.00 30,150.00 105,100.00 Greater London authority 229,500.00 187,500.00 417,000.00 London borough of Bromley 30,000.00 30,000.00 London borough of Sutton 73,000.00 75,750.00 148,750.00 South East Crawley borough council 124,747.00 125,949.00 250,696.00 South West Somerset county council 124,900.00 113,600.00 238,500.00 West Midlands Stoke on Trent city council 50,354.00 47,953.00 98,307.00 Shropshire county council 13,000.00 7,000.00 20,000.00 North East Sunderland city council 20,500.00 15,000.00 35,500.00 Yorkshire and Humber City of Bradford metropolitan district council 94,900.00 106,000.00 200,900.00 Kingston Upon Hull city council 42,689.00 68,728.00 111,417.00 East Midlands Derby city council 50,000.00 51,480.00 101,480.00 Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Local Authorities’ Energy Partnership 207,500.00 171,500.00 379,000.00 The Wellingborough Partnership 6,700.00 — 6,700.00 East of England Ipswich borough council 44,098.00 — 44,098.00
Unsuccessful local authorities
London
London borough of Lewisham (2nd application)
London borough of Bexley
Royal borough of Kensington and Chelsea (2nd application)
London borough of Hillingdon
London borough of Ealing
London borough of Havering
South East
Chichester district council
Arun district council
Woking borough council
Bracknell Forest borough council
Elmbridge borough council
Royal borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Hampshire county council
Basingstoke and Deane borough council
Slough borough council
Southampton city council
Eastbourne borough council
Lewes district council
Guildford borough council
Kent county council
Maidstone borough council
South West
Devon county council
Swindon borough council
Penwith district council
Teignbridge district council
Warwickshire county council
Redditch borough council
Malvern Hills district council
North West
Lancaster county council
Warrington borough council
Trafford metropolitan borough council
Carlisle city council
Manchester city council
Liverpool city council
North East
Scarborough borough council
Chester-le-Street district council (two applications)
Yorkshire and Humber
Selby district council
Rotherham metropolitan borough council
Kirklees metropolitan council
Wakefield district council
Harrogate borough council
Leeds city council
City of York council
North Yorkshire county council
East Riding of Yorkshire council
Scarborough borough council
East Midlands
Broxtowe borough council
Nottingham city council
East Midlands Regional Assembly
East of England
Breckland district council
Colchester borough council
Luton borough council
Essex county council
North Norfolk district council
Cambridgeshire county council
We are considering funding a second round of projects in 2007 to focus on changing people’s behaviour but a decision has not yet been taken. Any further rounds will be publicised and announced on our website, www. climatechallenge.gov.uk.