Meeting Note

2pm, Wednesday 9th February 2022 – Teams

Attendees

Will Bridgman Warren Services

Simon Burckitt Aviva

Ali Clabburn Liftshare

Ellen Goodwin New Anglia LEP

Lorraine Gore Norfolk Climate Change Partnership

Nikos Savvas West Suffolk College

David Walton (for Jill Korwin) Suffolk Climate Change, Energy & Environment Board

In attendance:

Darryl Newport University of Suffolk

Naresh Pandit University of East Anglia

Richard Riley Element Energy

Dave Robson King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Council

Apologies

Dayle Bayliss Dayle Bayliss Ltd.

Genevieve Christie First Light Festival

Nigel Davies Muntons

Andrew Lovett University of East Anglia

Pete Joyner New Anglia LEP

Jill Korwin Suffolk Climate Change, Energy & Environment Board

Johan Neethling Rainbird

Julia Pyke EDF

Johnathan Reynolds New Anglia LEP

Candy Richards Federation of Small Businesses

Lisa Roberts New Anglia LEP

1. Welcome and introductions

Due to the high number of apologies the meeting agreed a less formal structure that

covered items 5 and 6 only. Items 3 and 4 will be picked up at a future date – yet to be

determined. Any elements that can be picked up in the meantime will be.

2. Conflicts of Interest

Conflict of interest forms are still to be completed by some members of the Taskforce.

3. Minutes and matters arising

To be agreed at a future meeting.

Norfolk and Suffolk Clean Growth

Taskforce

4. Defining the ambition and its delivery

To be discussed at a future meeting.

ACTION – elements that can pursued ahead of our next meeting to be picked up by the

relevant sub-groups

5. Alternative Fuel Strategy

Richard Riley of Element Energy presented the work of the Alternative Fuel Strategy to the

Taskforce.

ACTION – share presentation

Members of the Decarbonising Transport sub-group made the following observations about

how the Strategy was just the start of the transport decarbonation journey and where we

ought to go next in terms of thinking:

 The criticality of national as well as local policy – how can we influence this?

 The development of an ambitious but deliverable ambition that is based on data

 The need to think much more broadly about behaviour change (technology will not

be the sole solution) and how we influence it as many of even the more ambitious

scenarios still do not reflect the opportunity

 Lifetime emissions must be considered alongside tailpipe

 Consideration of a ‘just transition’

ACTION – Ellen to circulate draft Board paper for comment

6. Barriers to Decarbonisation Research

Professor Darryl Newport of the University of Suffolk and Professor Naresh Pandit of the

University of East Anglia attended to lead a focus group on sectoral barriers to

decarbonisation – a strand of work being pursued by the UK Government’s Community

Renewal Fund project entitled the Road to Net Zero Business Support Programme.

They posed 2 key questions:

 What have you done to decarbonise your business?

 What do you see as the key barriers to business and are these sectoral or relevant

to the broader economy?

Taskforce observations included:

 Measurement is critical – need to understand various scopes and how they’re made

up in order to affect change

 Easy to make the business case and influence others with compelling story,

especially when motivated and passionate about wider influences

 Not always a logical process but direction of travel and a collaborative approach

critical

 Changes can cost nothing – investments can be made in order to offset further or

indeed become carbon positive

 Being ahead of the industry can however be significantly more expensive

7. AOB