Building the Low Carbon Economy on Merseyside: Follow on funding

在默西塞德郡建设低碳经济：继续提供资金

• 批准号: ES/J010618/1
• 负责人: Peter North
• 金额: $ 10.19万
• 依托单位: University of Liverpool
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2012 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FJ010618%2F1
• 关键词: Building; Low; Carbon; Economy; Merseyside

This bid for Follow on Funding aims to maintain the momentum of and maximise the impact of the recently completed and successful ESRC-funded Knowledge Exchange Project "Developing the Low Carbon Economy on Merseyside", Project Ref RES-185-31-0113. The project was a Knowledge Exchange Partnership involving the University of Liverpool, Liverpool Vision (the city's economic development company), Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, and Groundwork Merseyside. The KE partnership ran from September 2009 to July 2010, and through knowledge exchange, secondments, observation of the policy process, a series of seminars, and an impact generating project explored:Now Liverpool has re-branded itself, how can its economic development agencies effectively facilitate the transition to a low carbon economy? Does the city have the right policies to combine a healthy, vibrant and socially inclusive local economy with what we need to do to avoid dangerous climate change?Specifically, what does this mean for the support of new and existing businesses and social enterprises on Merseyside as they and the economy make the transition to a low carbon economy? How can new businesses and social enterprises be supported to engage with low carbon opportunities? How can existing businesses and social enterprises be supported to make the transition? How can the partners ensure that socially excluded communities can benefit from low carbon opportunities? The partners now seek Follow-on Funding to maximise the impact of this research with funding for (a) support for reciprocal exchanges between Liverpool and previous and existing Green Capitals (Stockholm and Hamburg) to facilitate a decision about whether to embark on a formal bid to be Green Capital to focus and catalyse Liverpool's progress towards a low carbon economy, much as Capital of Culture status catalysed the city's rebranding; (b) support for a programme of seminars mainstreaming low carbon into the city's economic development strategy. These seminars would focus on developing a low carbon knowledge strategy, a low carbon visitor strategy, low carbon port and associated logistics, and the low carbon environmental technologies sectors. A fifth seminar would explore energy descent pathways for the city region. (c) a dedicated Research Fellow to be based at the University of Liverpool, but spending time on secondment to the three partners. Our research shows that business advisors helping businesses reduce emssions only go so far in their advice: they do not delve deep into the businesses day to day processes and practices. We also found out that businesses who are reluctant to make changes do listen to other businesspeople who have taken steps to green their businesses, and who can point to the benefits. The RF would work with the partners and the city's low carbon business advisors and businesspeople who have taken action on low carbon (Green Ambassadors) to help them build their capacity to go deeper into the business practices to identify ways to minimise carbon emissions and energy use, beyond that possible with existing programmes, and to help business advisors and Green Ambassadors reach businesses that have not as yet taken action on low carbon; and (d) support for wider dissemination of findings building on the Low Carbon Liverpool brand already established, to academic audiences though academic publications, and to practitioners though the practitioner press and websites/email discussion lists.

本次竞标旨在保持最近完成的ESRC资助的知识交流项目“发展默西塞德郡的低碳经济”的势头并最大限度地发挥其影响，项目编号RES-185-31-0113。该项目是一个知识交流伙伴关系，涉及利物浦大学，利物浦愿景（城市的经济发展公司），利物浦商会和默西塞德郡基础。KE合作伙伴关系从2009年9月持续到2010年7月，通过知识交流，借调，观察政策过程，一系列研讨会和一个产生影响的项目探讨：现在利物浦已经重塑了自己的品牌，它的经济发展机构如何有效地促进向低碳经济的过渡？这座城市是否有正确的政策，将一个健康、充满活力和社会包容性的地方经济与我们需要做的避免危险的气候变化结合起来？联合收割机具体来说，这对默西塞德郡的新企业和现有企业以及社会企业的支持意味着什么，因为它们和经济正在向低碳经济过渡？如何支持新企业和社会企业参与低碳机遇？如何支持现有企业和社会企业进行转型？合作伙伴如何确保受社会排斥的社区能够从低碳机会中受益？合作伙伴现在寻求后续资金，以最大限度地发挥这项研究的影响，资金用于（a）支持利物浦与以前和现有的绿色之都之间的互惠交流（斯德哥尔摩和汉堡），以促进决定是否开始正式申办绿色之都，以集中和催化利物浦向低碳经济的发展，就像文化之都的地位催化了城市的品牌重塑;（B）支持将低碳纳入城市经济发展战略主流的研讨会方案。这些研讨会将集中于发展低碳知识策略、低碳访客策略、低碳港口及相关物流，以及低碳环保技术行业。第五次研讨会将探索城市地区的能源下降途径。(c)一个专门的研究员将设在利物浦大学，但花时间借调给三个合作伙伴。我们的研究表明，商业顾问帮助企业减少emssions只走到目前为止，在他们的建议：他们不深入到企业的日常流程和做法。我们还发现，那些不愿意做出改变的企业确实会听取其他企业家的意见，他们已经采取了绿色措施，并且能够指出这些措施的好处。RF将与合作伙伴以及城市的低碳商业顾问和已经采取低碳行动的企业家合作（绿色大使），帮助他们建立能力，更深入地了解商业惯例，以确定如何在现有计划的基础上尽量减少碳排放和能源使用，并帮助商业顾问和绿色大使接触尚未采取低碳行动的企业;以及（d）支持通过学术出版物向学术受众更广泛地传播建立在低碳利物浦品牌基础上的研究结果，并通过从业者出版社和网站/电子邮件讨论列表提供给从业者。

项目成果

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知识交流、“影响”和参与：探索低碳城市转型

• DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4959.2012.00488.x
• 发表时间: 2013
• 期刊: The Geographical Journal
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European Green Capital: environmental urbanism, or an addition to the entrepreneurial toolbox?

欧洲绿色资本：环境都市主义，还是创业工具箱的补充？

• DOI: 10.3828/tpr.2020.21
• 发表时间: 2020
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• 作者: Nurse A

The business of the Anthropocene? Substantivist and diverse economies perspectives on SME engagement in local low carbon transitions

• DOI: 10.1177/0309132515585049
• 发表时间: 2016-08
• 期刊: Progress in Human Geography
• 影响因子: 7.1
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The neoliberalisation of climate? Progressing climate policy under austerity urbanism

气候的新自由主义化？

• DOI: 10.1177/0308518x16686353
• 发表时间: 2017
• 期刊: Economy and Space
• 作者: North P