CLIMATE ALLIANCE KLIMA-BÜNDNIS ALIANZA DEL CLIMA e.V. Local authorities and Climate Protection Dipl. phys. Gotelind Alber Director Climate Alliance - Klima-Bündnis

CLIMATE ALLIANCEKLIMA-BÜNDNIS

ALIANZA DEL CLIMA e.V. Local authorities and Climate Protection

Dipl. phys. Gotelind Alber

Director

Climate Alliance - Klima-Bündnis - Alianza del Clima

www.klimabuendnis.org

www.climatealliance.org


ALIANZA DEL CLIMA e.V. The Climate Alliance ...

a partnership between European local authorities ...


ALIANZA DEL CLIMA e.V.

... and indigenous rainforest peoples

... to preserve the global climate


ALIANZA DEL CLIMA e.V. The Climate Alliance

• More than 1200 members cities, towns and counties in Europe representing 49.5 million citizens

• Provinces, federal states, and NGOs collaborate as associated members

• Voluntary commitments: Climate Alliance Manifesto (1990) and Climate Alliance Declaration (2000)


ALIANZA DEL CLIMA e.V. Climate Alliance activities

• Exchange of experience

• Showcase best practice, advice members

• Systematic approach to local climate protection

• Campaigns and joint actions

• Facilitate cooperation of European cities with indigenous peoples in the South

• Represent the interests of local authorities committed to climate protection at EU and international levels


ALIANZA DEL CLIMA e.V. Local authorities ...

• can influence most sectors

• can apply a vast variety of policy instruments

• have special responsibilities and opportunitiesto tap GHG reduction potentials, e. g.

• spatial planning for a compact city

• local infrastructure and public services

• collaboration with housing companies and investors (energy efficient buildings, cogeneration and use of waste heat for district heating)


ALIANZA DEL CLIMA e.V. Excellence in local climate protection

• Climate Star: the first European awarding scheme for local climate protection activities

• Criteria: costs / benefits, innovation, comprehensive approach

• 20 awarded cities and towns in 2002

• Perspective: Quality standard for local climate protection


ALIANZA DEL CLIMA e.V. Case study: Hannover

• Climate programme since 10 years

• Climate Star project: Kronsberg settlement

• 45% less CO2 emissions through high quality low-energy buildings, CHP, renewables

• Integrated approachincl. water, soil, greenspace, waste

• Outreach, communi-cation and trainingagency


ALIANZA DEL CLIMA e.V.

• Climate policy started 12 years ago

• Innovative scheme for collaboration with business

• Comprehensive partcipatory energy plan

• Climate Star project: Out of the frying pan, into the petrol tank

Case study: Graz


ALIANZA DEL CLIMA e.V. Case study: Delft

• Second Climate Plan adopted,based on national Klimaatconvenant

• Work with investors for mutual benefit,GHG reduction and cost savings

• Energy agency, energy fund

• Very detailed, comprehensive,executable plan,including responsibilities and monitoring


ALIANZA DEL CLIMA e.V. Systematic approach to local climate policy

The Climate Alliance methodology:

• 10 Steps to integrate climate protection into municipal policy

• Climate Alliance Cataloguecomprises more than 100 recommended measures in the relevant fields of activity

• Climate Alliance monitoring system


ALIANZA DEL CLIMA e.V. Barriers

• Political commitment to voluntary task

• Information and expertise

• Financial limitations, lack of staff and budget for investment, other priorities

• Lack of powers, legal restrictions

• Deregulation and privatization


ALIANZA DEL CLIMA e.V. Recommendations to governments

• acknowledge local authorities‘ (LAs) role in climate protection and work for better coherence of policies of the various spheres

• support training and capacity building for LAs and encourage them to enter commitments, draw up and implement local action plans

• remove legal and financial barriers towards local action

• take advantage of the diversity of local approaches

• involve local and regional sphere in certain actions, e.g. Art. 6 activities, implementation of energy and transport policy


ALIANZA DEL CLIMA e.V. Recommendations: Reporting

• Assessment of national communications as to whether local and regional action is taken into account

• Survey on powers of local authorities, commitment to climate change policy, local action and results

• Recommend Parties to include involvement and contributions of local authorities into national communications


ALIANZA DEL CLIMA e.V. Recommendations: Monitoring

• Methodology for the monitoring of progress on the local level, including

• qualitative aspects (policies and measures)

• measurable results (GHG inventories, sustainability indicators)

• coherence with national monitoring, if possible


ALIANZA DEL CLIMA e.V. Recommendations: Involvement of LAs

• Investigate options for Parties to support local climate policy

• Disseminate good practice (of LAs, and of national support for local action)

• Study approaches for, and scope of, multi-level arrangements on climate change policy,including regional level

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CLIMATE ALLIANCE KLIMA-BÜNDNIS ALIANZA DEL CLIMA e.V. Local authorities and Climate Protection Dipl. phys. Gotelind Alber Director Climate Alliance - Klima-Bündnis