Transcript What is the Covenant of Mayors?
A commitment towards green economic growth & high quality of life
City, Country Date, Year Name of speaker Function - Covenant of Mayors East Office
The Covenant at a glance
Since 2008, over
4500 local and regional authorities
all over the world are voluntarily committed to local sustainable energy
What is the Covenant of Mayors?
The Covenant of Mayors is
mainstream European movement
the fast growing supported by the European Commission that involving local, regional and national authorities in the sustainable development and climate protection.
energy It is based on a
voluntary commitment
of municipal councils to improve the quality of life of their citizens by
improving energy efficiency and expanding usage of renewable energy that will result in at least 20% CO 2 emissions reduction by 2020
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Why Covenant of Mayors?
Fuel reserves in the World imposed time limits for carbonised economy 1,271,514,113,437 (barrels) Oil left 15116 days left to the end of oil 1,150,704,840,490 (boe) Gas left 4,400,276,483,657(boe) 60542 days left to the end of gas Coal left 151 713 days left to the end of coal Source: World energy statistic from http://www.worldometers.info/ on July 15, 2012
Covenant Signatories commit to:
Developing a local sustainable energy and climate policy Adapt the administrative structure of the municipality to manage energy and climate policy implementation Choose a base year, develop a Baseline Emission Inventory (BEI) and Sustainable Energy Action Plan (SEAP) and investment projects Involve citizens and other stakeholders to develop and implement SEAP Develop and publish periodic reports to show progress and results of SEAP implementation.
Encourage other cities to join the Initiative.
The Covenant step-by-step
Covenant “philosophy”
The battle for a secure energy future and against climate change is won or lost at local level
‘An estimated 70 percent of greenhouse gas emissions come from cities and more than 70 percent of energy is consumed in urban areas.
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What does the Covenant bring to a city?
Clean & affordable energy services + improved public services + better infrastructures + healthier environment + local actors feeling involved + business dvt & innovations + more jobs =
quality of life
Covenant of Mayors Today
Over 4 500 signatories in 47 countries, including 61 signatories in COMO-East region ( 11 countries) 30 3 capitals joined the COM, including in COMO-East region (Tbilisi, Kyiv, Chisinau) 121 regional and national authorities signed CTC/CNC partnership agreement with DG ENER, including 4 signed/in the process in COMO-East 75 associations of local authorities signed the CS partnership agreement with DG ENER, incl.
3 in COMO-East (EECU, CALM, NALAG)
What is the baseline emission inventory?
What is a Sustainable Energy Action Plan?
Political document:
it must be approved by the municipal council.
Strategic document
, designed in collaboration with local stakeholders & citizens.
Cornerstone for development of operational documents
: the SEAP defines concrete reduction measures, time frames and assigned responsibilities, which translate the long-term strategy into action
Online catalogue of SEAPs at www.eumayors.eu
SEAP submission and acceptation
CoMO-East Project: 4 principal missions
Promotion of the CoM Eastwards Capacity building & training Helpdesk function and support all COM participants Support to JRC and COM-Grant projects Donors’ coordination for SEAP’s sector-wide approach (financing SEAP investments)
Covenant of Mayors East Office in Lviv and Tbilisi
Twin activities with the Brussels office Two offices as a branch office of the Brussels office: - Address 1: 12 Ohienka Street, office 1-A,
Lviv, Ukraine
- Address 2: 74 Chavchavadze Avenue, Room 906,
Tbilisi, Georgia.
It helps and advises cities from 6 Eastern Partnership countries (Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine) and 5 Central Asian countries (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) in their efforts towards sustainable energy.
Get specific help and advise in your cities’ efforts towards sustainable energy!
EASTERN PARTNERSHIP COUNTRIES Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine CENTRAL ASIA Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Covenant signatories in COMO-East region (April 2013)
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Armenia: Azerbaijan: Belarus: Georgia: Kazakhstan: Kyrgyzstan: Moldova: 8.
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Tajikistan: Turkmenistan: 10. Ukraine: 11. Uzbekistan: 1 signatory 1 signatories 5 signatory 6 signatories 1 signatories 2 signatories 12 signatories 0 signatures 0 signatories 33 signatories 0 signatories 8 SEAPs developed TOTAL 61 signatories
Conclusions
The Covenant campaign” but a of Mayors is not “just another
serious commitment by local authorities
with reliable and quantifiable contributions to reducing the fossil fuels usage emissions due to long term and city-wide sustainable energy development.
and the CO2 Every Covenant Signatory could
benefit from an extensive support and networking opportunities
provided by the Covenant of Mayors Offices, Covenant Supporters and Coordinators, Joint Research Centre, International Donors and other involved actors.
Thank you for your attention!
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