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ICLEI’s contribution:
Building the Resource-efficient City
ICLEI World Congress, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 14 - 17 June 2012
Barbara Anton
Project Coordinator, Water
ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability
European Secretariat
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Growing populations shrinking resources
Efficiency gains through urban density
increasingly wasteful urban lifestyles
Resource efficiency a competitive advantage
From resource-efficiency to productive urban systems
Challenges and opportunities
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• land and soil
• water
• flora and fauna/
biodiversity/
eco-systems
• energy
• food
• nutrients
• minerals
• materials/products
• waste
•….
AVOID - REDUCE - REUSE - RECYCLE
Resources
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Local action with global impact
ICLEI member cities - ca. 8% of the world’s population
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Växjo (Sweden)
Devlopment since 1993
(index 1993=100)
60
70
80
90
100
110
120
130
140
150
160
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
GRP/capita Växjö
GDP/capita Sw eden
energy use/capita Växjö
energy use/capita Sw eden
CO2/capita Växjö
CO2/capita Sw eden
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Actions
• Introduce the Energy Efficiency in primary
schools curriculum;
• Installation of remote energy monitoring
system;
• Licence of didactic software (include videos,
games, data display);
• Training and education sessions in
classroom context.
Achievements
• Improvement of the energy efficiency
in the schools;
• 10 - 20% reduction in energy
consumptions;
• Education of the future consumers;
• Creation of innovative activities in the
education context.
Didactic Software
Ima
ge
by IS
A
Águeda, Portugal Enerescolas – Guiding schools for energy efficiency
Info: [email protected]
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Guidelines and tools
● NATURAL RESOURCES IN GENERAL
ecoBUDGET®
managing local natural resources like financial resources
www.ecobudget.org
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Platforms for exchange
● BIODIVERSITY/ECO-SYSTEMS
URBIS -
Urban Biosphere Initiative
Global alliance of partners to reconcile urban development with sustainable use of natural resources
Launched by ICLEI Africa Secretariat with partners yesterday!
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Networks
● FOOD
Food Smart Cities
- under development by ICLEI with specialist partners such as RUAF and FAO
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Guidelines and tools
● ENERGY
(led by ICLEI European Secretariat; 2008 - 2011)
Amongst others:
Energy guidance package with instruments to support Local Energy Action Plan (LEAP) implementation, incl. Integrated climate and energy management and a Local Energy Action Plan wizard for integrated energy action programmes.
http://www.sustainable-now.eu/en/webportal/
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Capacity building
● WASTE
SUNYA - Towards Zero Waste Management in Cities (led by Municipal Association of Nepal; 2012 - 2014)
- Reuse and recycling of waste materials
- Incl. capacity building on
waste management
for local officials and NGOs
in India, Nepal, Bhutan,
Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh
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Representation and advocacy/
Commitments
● WATER
Istanbul Water Consensus: Endorsed at Fifth World Water Forum in 2009.
- Call for action addressed at national level and
international institutions signed by more
- Local commitment for sustainable water than 1,000 mayors
management
http://www.worldwaterforum6.org/en/commissions/political/
local-and-regional-authorities-political-process
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Programs
● MATERIALS/PRODUCTS
Sustainable Procurement Programme ( Products & Services)
- Procura+ Campaign - to support LGs in Europe in adopting sustainable procurement practices
- Sustainable Procurement Resource Centre: information, news and exchange - see www.sustainable-procurement.org/
- EcoProcura - series of conferences
- Training and consultancy services
- Member of UN Marrakech Task Force on Sustainable Public Procurement
- Co-funder and Vice-Chair of International Green Purchasing Network
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Resource-efficiency at World Congress
and Urban Research Symposium
● Friday, 11:00 - 12:30: B2 - Integrated Resource-Solutions
● Saturday, 14:00 - 16:00
RS 2 - Options for resource efficient cities - an integrated approach
● Sunday, 9:00 - 10:30
Panel: The Productive City
● Sunday, 11:00 - 12:30
Project Design Session: Productive City