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REAP provides scenario and modelling and policy assessment on the issue of Sustainable Consumption and Production. Designed by the Stockholm Environment Institute and Centre for Urban and Regional Ecology, REAP uses some of the most sophisticated modelling approaches to understand the material flows, carbon dioxide emissions, greenhouse gas emissions and Ecological Footprint of the UK, regions and local authorities.
Basic functions
REAP is a database of all the footprint data in the UK, updated as new data is released and also a highly sophisticated model for policy and scenario analysis. Using the baseline data the tool provides the following functions (for all local authorities and regions in the UK):
- Footprint data by production sector
- Footprint by household consumption category
- Time series emissions data from 1992-2004 by region
- A comparison tool to compare data across geographies
- A composite region function to join local authorities or regions
- Update data function where baseline data can be changed
- Future scenario creation and analysis
- Evaulation of scenarios and results display
Scenario Functions
The scenario functions in REAP enable a policy maker to answer the "What If" question about the effects of policy on the environment helping to formulate strategies for local, regional and national government.
Scenarios can be created across all areas of consumption, allowing the user to see the effects of changes to consumption on the footprint in the local area over time. For example, users can assess the impact of alterations of:
- Household Energy Demand
- Distance travelled
- Food consumption
Changes to population and other consumable goods and services can also be incorporated, along with changes to the efficiencies of different production sectors over time.
All of these areas of consumption can be changed individually or as a group, allowing scenarios to be as simple or complex as required.
REAP Petite has been updated and improved.
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SEI have just released a policy brief on Scotland's Footprint.
Our study has shown that Scotland's carbon footprint has grown by 11 per cent since 1992.
The figure includes greenhouse gases released overseas during the production of goods later consumed in Scotland and so is the most accurate gauge of the country's emissions to date.
While emissions generated in Scotland fell by 13 percent between 1995 and 2004, when trade is taken account, greenhouse gases rose by 11 per cent over the same period.
The full policy brief can be found on SEI's website.
An article has also be published in the Sunday Herald and can be found here.
The NHS England successfully launched their Carbon Reduction Strategy ‘Saving Carbon, Improving Health' on 27th January 2009. SEI contributed to the evidence base for the strategy, carrying out a consumption-based carbon footprint of the NHS England, who represents 25% of England's public sector emissions. The first part of the project examined historical emissions and identified the drivers behind a rising carbon footprint. This forms the first report published in 2008. The second phase of the project projects future emissions and models a range of policy options and their carbon reduction potential.
Further information can be found at the NHS Sustainable Development Unit website
Our phase 1 report for the NHS England carbon analysis project is available online.
This report provides a 2004 baseline for the NHS, a time series and a supply chain analysis of the pharmaceutical and medical equipment sectors (the highest impact procurement sectors of the NHS England).
We are in the process of developing a carbon scenario tool to contribute to the NHS England Carbon Strategy and target setting. The deadline for this is January and another report will be issued. We are also looking into repeating the study for the NHS Scotland, Wales and NI.