Pearce-C40 Intro - Athens 11.09

8/14/2019 Pearce-C40 Intro - Athens 11.09

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How Cities are taking Action onClimate Change


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Urban areas produce up to75% of greenhouse gasemissions

Leadership role Catalyst for change

C40 Cities Matter


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Delivery Partner


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Building Retrofits

Transportation

Waste

Water & Wastewater

Clean Power

Airports

Ports

Residential EnergyLighting

Programme Areas


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Delivering Action Through:

1. Measurement

2. Procurement

3. Best practice and policy


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26 global suppliers 1000+ products

Buildings, transport, waste management andlighting

Negotiated price ceilings 5% to 40% discounts off prevailing prices

Price ceilings based on growing and predictablesales volumes

Procurement: Pooling PurchasingPower


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Sharing Best Practice

C40 Summits

London 2005

New York 2007

Seoul May 2009 Next Summit: Sao Paulo

2011


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Sharing Best Practice

C40 Workshops/Conferences

Transport and Congestion LondonDecember 2007

Airports and climate change L.A.April 2008

World Ports Climate Conference Rotterdam July 2008

Adaptation Tokyo October 2008

Carbon Financing Basel February2009


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Public transport infrastructure

How does BRTwork inBogot?


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Travel demand management

How can travel planning, car sharingand car clubs reduce traffic levels?

What role shouldroad user

charging play?


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Alternative vehicle technologies

Hybrids andPlug-in Hybrids

Fuel cells

Bio-ethanol

Hydrogenand biogasICE


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City experiences

New Yorks hybrid buses

Ethanol buses in Stockholm

Other cities to be confirmed


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WHAT HAVE WE DELIVERED SO FAR?


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Building Retrofit Programme

250 global projects in 30cities

500+ million square feet

Public buildings: Seoul, Houston, London, Melbourne, JohannesburgCommercial buildings: Chicago, New York, Bangkok, Mumbai,Shanghai

Schools and universities: LA, New York, Bangkok and Mexico City

Public housing: New York and Toronto


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Transportation Hybrid bus test programmes

Bus Rapid Transport (BRT)systems

Cycle networks

Demand-side managementprogrammes

Partnering with technical expertgroups


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Waste

Integrated and advanced waste management systems:

Capture and utilisation of methane from landfills to generaterenewable energy

Recycling of household, construction and demolition waste

Use of organic waste to produce biogas and fertiliser

Delhi, Mumbai, Houston, London, Lagos, Mexico City, Hanoi

and Jakarta

Methane emitted from landfills represents 12%global methane emissions

750 million tons of carbon dioxide


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Lighting LED street lighting up to

70% reduction energy use

LED traffic lights up to90% reduction

Los Angeles

Green Street LightingProgramme launchedFebruary 2009

Replace 140,000streetlights with LEDunits

40% energy savings

Reducing CO2 emissionsby 40,500 tons -equivalent to taking6,700 cars off the road

Save $10 millionannually


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United Nations ClimateChange Conference

December 09UNFCC COP 15 National governments negotiate newglobal climate agreement

Copenhagen Climate Summit for Mayors

Cities present solutions needed to combat climate change


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Engage, Empower, Resource

Cities and urban areasproduce up to 75% ofthe world's greenhousegas emissions. Nationalgovernments need to:

Engage

Empower and

Resourcetheir cities


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Key areas for action

1. Energy Efficiency2. Transport

3. Waste

4. Lighting

5. Renewable Energy

6.Decentralised Energy7. Water Resources

8. Adaptation

9. Behavioural change

10. Planning andInfrastructure


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Think

globally.

Act locally.Large City

AffiliatedCity


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Simon Reddy, Executive Director, C40Simon Reddy, Executive Director, C40

[email protected]@c40cities.org

www.c40cities.orgwww.c40cities.org

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