1. Dr Sam Gardner Climate Change Policy Officer WWF Scotland CTA Scotland Conference 2020 Scotland’s Climate Change Act and the role of electric vehicles.

3. Human activity is causing climate change

4. The ice is melting……………………..

6. Cars shuffle along amid thick smoke on the main Moscow-Nizhny Novgorod road Photograph: Sergei Chirikov/EPA http://www.guardian.co.ukhttp://www.guardian.co.uk

7. May 2008: Spain’s annual average rainfall down 40% Barcelona begins shipping in drinking water

8. Scotland’s Climate Change Act: Leading the way

9. 80% reductions by 2050 all greenhouse gases not just CO 2 at least 3% a year reduction (from 2020) strong interim targets. 42% by 2020 Include international aviation and shipping a limit on buying carbon credits consumption reporting Climate Change Act Scotland

13. A sustainable transport future for Scotland - a role for electric vehicles? 1.A sustainable transport hierarchy 2. What number of EVs do we need? 3. Where will they be charged? 4. What about power supply? 5. Impacts on urban air quality?

15. Making the electric avenue a reality 1. Pilot projects: UK and international 2. Driving demand for EVs 3. Emerging business models 4. Integrated transport and energy policy

16. Questions? 1.What are the opportunities for community transport in a low carbon transport future? 2.How must community transport adapt to be in line with climate change? 3.How can community transport be part of the electric revolution? Thank you sjgardner@wwfscotland.org.uk