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On 3 September 2019, 海角视频 staged an interactive event as part of our continuing contribution to Zero Carbon Cornwall.

Organised in collaboration with The Eden Project, with support from sponsors Vattenfall, this is the latest in a series of workshops held to develop the county鈥檚 energy plans. It is the first time that we have convened to address this challenge since Cornwall Council declared a climate emergency in January of this year.

Greeting an audience of business leaders, local government and residents assembled at The Eden Project, Duncan Price 鈥� 海角视频鈥檚 Director of Sustainability 鈥� introduced six speakers to set the scene. These experts included Matthew Russell from Swedish power company Vattenfall, 海角视频 energy engineer Lara Balazs and Dr Rebecca Pearce from activist group Extinction Rebellion.

The public still thinks that we鈥檙e just some crazy banner-wavers.

Dr Rebecca Pearce, Extinction Rebellion

鈥淓xtinction Rebellion hasn鈥檛 been around for very long,鈥� says Rebecca. 鈥淎 lot of the public still thinks that we鈥檙e just some crazy banner-wavers, but we are now getting to a point where we realise we are trying to build a movement of movements. I have been really impressed by Cornwall Council. They have told the truth, been open about the problems and come up with a plan.鈥�

The morning concluded with a look at how Cornwall plans to be carbon neutral by 2030, which is 20 years ahead of the government鈥檚 target. A presentation by Mark Holmes 鈥� the council鈥檚 Carbon Neutral Cornwall Manager 鈥� was followed by a pragmatic assessment of how things stand by Steven Jermy from the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership.

鈥淥ne of the things that Extinction Rebellion said is that there鈥檚 a need to tell the truth, and I鈥檓 pretty strong on that,鈥� says Steven afterwards. 鈥淚 think we can get to net zero by 2030. Have we got the technical skills to do it? I鈥檓 99 per cent certain we have. The issues are going to be planning, which slows us down, policy and, probably, infrastructure. If we can make progress in those areas then, yes, I do think it鈥檚 possible. But it鈥檚 not going to be easy. This is the biggest industrial transition that you can imagine.鈥�

I think we can get to net zero by 2030.

Steven Jermy, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership

The afternoon was dedicated to a collaborative strategy game designed to test policies in areas including transport, retrofit and governance. This exercise used role-play to interrogate the realities of effective community engagement, which is absolutely crucial in reducing greenhouse gas emissions on time.

鈥淲e鈥檝e brought impetus and fresh ideas, our technical thinking, our evidence base and a bucket-load of enthusiasm to try something new,鈥� says Duncan Price.聽 鈥淎t the end of the day, this is a climate emergency. We鈥檝e got to do things differently and I very much hope that this approach is something that we can replicate in other regions and cities around the world.鈥�