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Milton Keynes Local Strategic Partnership wants to set an ambitious goal to promote local action to help tackle climate change and set up the Climate Change Liaison Group (CCLG) to do this. It is important that this programme takes account of local citizens' concerns and suggestions about what the Climate Change Programme should be doing, and this feedback form is one step in this process.

Feedback on the Milton Keynes Carbon Reduction Programme

Climate Change and Our Targets

Firstly, it would be helpful to know what you think about climate change. Please indicate which of the following statements best reflects your views:

Climate Change is unproven and can safely be ignored
Climate Change may be happening, but there is little that we can do to stop it
Climate Change is probably happening, but we should only take actions that won't affect the economy or our lifestyles
Climate Change is a major problem, but there is little that we can do about it individually
Climate change is a major problem, and we should all be taking urgent actions to help prevent it

The Government expects each local authority to come up with a set of targets on reducing carbon dioxide emissions. Which of the following targets do you think would be best for Milton Keynes?

No need to set any target
Short term target only of not increasing average carbon emissions per household
Short term target of stabilising emissions by 2012 and cutting by up to 20% by 2020
Short and long term targets, leading to 20% cut by 2020 and 60% by 2050
Short and long term targets, leading to 32% cut by 2020 and 80% by 2050
Don't know



Actions that the Council can take

The Council can take limited action to introduce measures subject to national legislation and Government requirements. Some of the ideas are listed below. These are ideas put forward by the Climate Change Liaison Group and our advisors, and are not official Council policy. Please indicate if you agree, disagree or don't have a view about whether the Council should do the following:

Possible actions by Council Yes No Don't Know
Require all new homes to be zero carbon from 2012
Require all new homes to generate at least 20% of their energy requirement from small-scale renewable energy such as solar panels, wood heating systems, heat pumps or micro wind turbines
Grant planning permission to more large scale wind farms in the rural parts of the borough
Grant planning permission to more medium or small wind turbines in built up areas
Offer a council tax rebate on homes that exceed a particular energy efficiency level, irrespective of when the home was built
Offer a council tax rebate on homes that exceed a particular energy efficiency level - with the target level based on the age of the home
Increase car parking charges or reduce spacing in the city centre to encourage people to use public transport
Invest more in improving public transport (such as improving bus frequencies, especially at weekends)
Encourage long-term transport initiatives, such as a light rail (modern tramway) system

In order to do some of the above, the Council might have to raise Council Tax, although other measures would cost nothing. Would you be prepared to pay any additional sums:

No additional Council Tax at all
Up to 1% extra (typically £1 a month on Band D)
Up to 2.5% extra (typically £3 a month on Band D)
More than this



About you and your home

Do you:

Live and work (or are retired or in education) in Milton Keynes?
Live in Milton Keynes (and work elsewhere)?
Work in Milton Keynes (but live outside the borough)?
Neither live in, nor work in, Milton Keynes?

If you are responsible for a home, would you consider installing the following energy saving measures: Yes, consider No, wouldn't do Already have done Don't Know
Adding Loft Insulation to at least 250mm deep (cost with grant around £100)
Adding Cavity Wall Insulation (cost with grant under £300)
Installing Solar Water Heating (cost with grant around £2,500)
Installing Solar Electricity (PV panels - cost with grant around £5,000)
or taking the following low-cost actions:
Installing low energy lights (CFLs) in the rooms most frequently used
Switching electrical appliances off standby
Using a washing line rather than a tumble dryer

If you don't think you would do any of the more expensive actions, why might this be? Most Important Also Important Not Important
Costs more than they're worth / Too long to payback investment
Limited Access to Funds to pay for them
It's a hassle getting building work done
No need, as global warming isn't really a problem
Government should pay for it, not me

Please use this space to add any extra comments that you might have about Climate Change and how we should respond to it here in Milton Keynes.

And finally we'd like to know if you are:

Male         Female  

Under 18         18-30         31-45         46-59         60 or older  

Thank you for completing this form. It you would like more information on the grant aided improvement measures listed above, then please call the Energy Saving Trust Advice Centre on Freefone 0800 512012, or let us have your name and phone number and we'll arrange for them to call you.

When you press the submit button below, the form will create an e-mail which it will send to the National Energy Foundation, who are coordinating the responses to the ThimkAgain! campaign. If you are using a public access computer, for example in the library, you may need to print the form out and send it by post to:
ThimkAgain! Feedback Forms, The National Energy Foundation, Davy Avenue, Knowlhill, Milton Keynes, MK5 8NG

We take your data protection seriously, so please follow the link for information about our data protection policy.

climate change
and you

This section looks at how our everyday choices that you can take to help combat climate change. It offers suggestions on how to save energy at home, at work and while travelling around. And not only will you be helping save energy and the planet, you'll be saving money too!

climate change
and MK

Milton Keynes has been thinking differently about the use of energy for 40 years. This section shows some of its current initiatives, its plans for the future, and its past successes, such as the famous Energy World exhibition.

climate change
and the world

This looks briefly at what might happen if emissions of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas, continue unchecked. There could be rising sea levels, more severe storms, crop failures around the world, mass migrations of populations away from coastal areas and the largest loss of wildlife ever seen. And that's just by the end of the current century...

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    The ThimkAgain! campaign is a project created by the Milton Keynes Local Strategic Partnership with initial funding from Milton Keynes Council with support from the centre:mk, City Discovery Centre, Milton Keynes Partnership, National Energy Foundation, United Sustainable Energy Agency and Graymatter. We are always looking for new partners who can offer financial help, in-kind support or just their own enthusiasm for making Milton Keynes a more sustainable and lower carbon city.
    Information about how to become a partner

    National Energy Foundation United Sustainable Energy Agency the centre MK
    Milton Keynes Council City Discovery Centre
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About the Project

The ThimkAgain! campaign is part of the Milton Keynes Carbon Reduction Programme. Reporting to the Local Strategic Partnership, the programme is co-ordinated by their Climate Change Liaison Group. More information about who does what can be found on our About the Project page.

Terms and Conditions

This site is designed to explain that doing nothing is not an option. So as part of your use of the site, we expect you to take some action such as contributing to the campaign, or reducing your energy use at home or at work to cut your carbon emissions. Oh, and if you expected this footnote to tell you about all the boring legal bits, like who owns the images, how many rain forests were chopped down at the design stage and whether we are capturing your personal data, then you'll have to follow the link to our legal bits'n'bobs page.