Climate Strategy for the Helsinki Metropolitan Area Hannu Penttilä.

Climate Strategy for the Helsinki Metropolitan Area

Hannu Penttilä

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- Restraining atmospheric warming to no more than 2 degrees Celsius

EU targets are challenging

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Helsinki

Riga

Stockholm

St. Petersburg

Tallinn

FINLAND

LATVIA

ESTONIA

SWEDEN

RUSSIA

6.4 mill

Population

1.0 mill

Baltic Sea

Finland in Europe

100 km

Helsinki Metropolitan Area

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Population and Job Growth by Region

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Density is often low in built-up areas of YTV Area

Espoo

Kauniainen

Vantaa

Helsinki

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Actions in climate protection already from the early nineties

In 1991, YTV joined the Urban CO2, a project of ICLEI aimed at greenhouse gas emission reductions.

In 1995, an CO2/emission reduction programme for the Helsinki Metropolitan Area.

In 1997, YTV joined the international campaign Cities for Climate Protection (CCP).

The climate strategy for the area will be ready in 2007.

Climate Strategy of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area

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Greenhouse gas emissions in Nordic cities

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Consumption-based greenhouse gas emissions in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area

The main sources of emissions are:

heating, electricity consumption and traffic

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Annual fuel consumption in transportation

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Trends in greenhouse gas emissions in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area

The aim is to reduce per capita energy consumption in the metropolitan area over the period 1990–2030 to the level required to minimize greenhouse gas emissions. This involves reducing per capita emissions from 6.3 tonnes CO2 eqv in 2004 to 4.3 tonnes CO2 eqv in 2030. In the period 1990 – 2030 this means a 39 per cent cut in the emissions.

Greenhouse gas emissions per inhabitant

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Prevention of climate change plays a key role in city planning and decision-making.

Prevention of climate change plays a key role in city planning and decision-making.

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Proposal for a Helsinki Metropolitan Area climate vision

Improved energy efficiency and economical use of natural resources will lead to reduced greenhouse gas emissions and enhanced competitiveness in the region

•Traffic vision•Land use vision•Building vision•Electricity vision•Energy production and distribution vision •Consumption and waste vision

Supplemented by theme-specific visions:

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Traffic vision

Greenhouse has emission from traffic have decreased by at least 20% (cf. 1990). Public transport, cycling and walking are considered more attractive primary modes of transport.

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Land use vision

The development of a sustainable urban structure is based on integration and supplementation relying on rail traffic.

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Electricity vision

Energy consumption per capita takes a downward trend.

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Building vision

The planning, purchase and use of buildings is guided by life-cycle costs, energy efficiency, versatility and utilization rate. During their life-cycle buildings produce emissions as little as possible. Cities serve as examples.

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Consumption and waste vision

Consumption is at sustainable level. The amount of waste generated had decreased in proportion to production and population.

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Energy production and distribution vision

Production of heat, electricity and cooling is competitive, low on specific emissions on and mainly combined.

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Possible Top 10 measures

• Reducing energy consumption and GHG emissions in the metropolitan area municipalities

• Procurement procedure• Substituting coal with recovered fuel and eco-electricity• More efficient use of energy at all levels• Rail traffic and biofuels • Heating systems for detached houses• Information measures• Motivation measures• Life-cycle thinking and eco-areas• Monitoring and statistics

Lähde P.Lund 11/2006

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A whole variety of measures

1. Encouraging and rewarding measures

• Rewarding• Information and

education• Non-financial benefits• Municipality’s own

example -revolving funds

(target levels are set for energy use, savings achieved by surpassing these levels are allocated to the unit in question

2. Market forces and mechanisms • Energy labels,• Public procurements, joint purchases • Technology competitions• Improving operational preconditions of energy service companies• Surveys, contracts• WWF Green office -campaign,• Kyoto protocol, flexible mechanisms

3.Punitive measures• fees, fines• taxes,

4. Regulations

Source: P.Lund 11/2006

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How policies and methods translate into actions?

• First round joint projects aimed at reducing greenhouse gases are selected from the municipalities’ own Top 10 lists

• Studying preconditions for research and/or support funding and determining possible need for partners

• Building up projects to carry out specific projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on the basis of an implementation agreement

• Measuring the results – continuous monitoring

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Helsinki Metropolitan Area Climate strategy process

- Background material- Concepts- Greenhouse gas emission calculations

Preparation stage

Backgroundreport

Draft strategy

Commenting stage

Strategy proposal

YTV

Working groups- Organizations- Experts from the cities

Letter of intent

YTV Executive Board

Working groups- City officials from different sectors- Workshops

- City Boards- Organizations- Energy companies- Ministries

YTV Executive Board

YTV and cities

State

TOP 10

Cities + partners + R&D

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Draft strategy:- Targets- Policies- Suggested measures

Cities: Helsinki, Espoo, Kauniainen and Vantaa

2006

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