Cities with low emissions of greenhouse gases and an attractive urban environment
Senior Adviser Tor Atle Odberg, Department of Planning, 13. December 2010
The Cities of the Future
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Poems on the Underground
For the War Dead
Here dead lie we because we did not choose
To live and shame the land from which we sprung.
Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose;
But young men think it is, and we where young.
A. E Housman (1859-1936)
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National
programme
The Government will invite the largest cities to cooperate on reducing local emissions,
especially those from road traffic, heating and
waste
management
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Why this initiative?
Each sector has to reduce emissions from own activities, also the municipal sector The 430 Norwegian municipalities have means and instruments for influencing 20 % of national emissions
Emissions from large cities are
considerable and the potential for reduction is significant
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Emissions 2005 – main sources All municipalities Large cities
Heating and cooling
27 % Sea and air
traffic 9 %
Industry, agriculture,
waste 13 % Road traffic
51 % Road traffic
19 %
Sea and air traffic
13 % Heating and cooling
37 %
Industry, agriculture,
waste 31 %
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The purpose of the National programme
is to help and encourage the largest cities in Norway
• to reduce their greenhouse gas
emissions through urban planning and housing development
• to counteract negative effects of climate change
• to improve the urban environment
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4 Ministries - Environment - Transport - Energy
- Housing and building
BROAD COOPERATION
13 cities and 8 urban regions
(almost 50 % of
the population) 3 main organisations for private enterprises and financing
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13 CITIES/MUNICIPALITIES
Political decisions
Executive Administrative Level
Land use and
transportation
Energy in/to buildings
Consumer behaviour and waste
Climate adaption
Coordination resources Competence resources Program Committee
INFO
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Agreement between the cities and the Government:
• Common goals and visions
• Joint effort to reduce emissions from transport, buildings, consumption and waste
• Mutual binding agreements on implementation
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Challenges
– Reduce emission levels – cities must contribute
– Urbanisation
– Smart solutions required to solve density and
infrastructure challenges
Bergen
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Resources
• Led and coordinated by Ministry of the
Environment
• Budget 2010: Ca 4 mill € + other ministries’
budgets 2009 (for
example 40 mill € for public transport)
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1. Land-use and transport 2. Energy in buildings 3. Consumption and waste
4. Adaptation to climate changes
The programme is divided in four focus areas:
It is a need for a comprehensive solution, where each one of these four elements plays an important role.
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Land use and transport
Densely built-up urban areas
Improved public transport
Better bicycle and walking lanes
Limit the use of private cars
(roadpricing, parking)
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Land use and transport
Densely built-up urban areas
Improved public transport
Better bicycle and walking lanes
Limit the use of private cars
(roadpricing, parking)
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Areal og transport
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Energy in buildings
• Energy economizing
• Low energy buildings
• Transition to
renewable energy sources
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Consumption and waste
• Influence the
consumption pattern
• Better waste management
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Adaptation to climate change
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Framtidens byer overoppfyller Klimaforliket
De tretten byene vil gjennom sine handlingsprogram senke
klimagassutslippene med 35 prosent innen 2030 og 24 prosent i 2020 sammenlignet med 1991.
”Dette er dobbelt så mye som klimaforlikets nasjonale mål om 11-15 prosents reduksjon innen 2020”, sier Eivind Selvig, rådgiver i Civitas
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Cities for all
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• Klimautfordringene
• Norges klimapolitikk
• Framtidens byer
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