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CITIES LEAD In the

New Climate

Economy

OSLO Best Conference

February 2015

Cities in the New Climate

Economy

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Between now and 2030 a group of less than

500 key cities (including all 70 C40 members)

will be responsible for 60% of GDP growth and

50% of carbon emission growth

By 2030 60% of the population will be Urban

Roughly “one Stockholm” x week moves into a

city - 1.4 million people

City administrations are often acutely

influential, with sharper local powers than

national policy-makers

Cities in the New Climate

Economy

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C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group

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The 70 C40 CITIES

Addis Ababa

Amsterdam

Athens

Austin

Bangkok

Barcelona

Basel

Beijing

Berlin

Bogota

Boston

Buenos Aires

Cairo

Cape Town

Caracas

Changwon

Chicago

Copenhagen

Curitiba

Dar es Salaam

Delhi

Dhaka

Hanoi

Heidelberg

Ho Chi Minh City

Hong Kong

Houston

Istanbul

Jakarta

Johannesburg

Karachi

Lagos

Lima

London

Los Angeles

Madrid

Melbourne

Mexico City

Milan

Moscow

Mumbai

Nairobi

New Orleans

New York

Oslo

Paris

Philadelphia

Portland

Rio de Janeiro

Rome

San Francisco

Santiago

Sao Paulo

Seattle

Seoul

Shanghai

Shenzhen

Singapore

Stockholm

Sydney

Tokyo

Toronto

Tshwane

Vancouver

Venice

Warsaw

Washington, DC

Wuhan

Yokohama

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The Power of the C40

8%of all humans

21%of global GDP

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The Power of the C40

ONE BILLION TONS IN POTENTIAL REDUCTIONS

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The Power of the C40

ONE BILLION TONS IN POTENTIAL REDUCTIONS

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Cities act

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Cities lead

Transit

Residential

waste

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Building

regulation

Water supply

City planning

Outdoor lighting

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EUROPE – POWERS

OVERVIEWAcross regions and sectors, levels of

Mayoral power vary according to a range

of factors and drivers.

European cities exercise strong power in

Transport and Outdoor Lighting

Partial power is held over the majority

of sectors, including: Building Energy

Efficiency, Waste, Resilience, Finance &

Economy, and Sustainable

Communities. This is less than the

power exercised in Africa and East Asia,

but equivalent to other regions.

Limited power is held over ICT, the

sector of lowest power for European

cities

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What C40 Does

PEER-TO-PEER

EXCHANGE

ON-THE-GROUND

CITY SUPPORT

RESEARCH &

KNOWLEDGE

MANAGEMENT

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What are Networks?

C40 Networks are active working groups of city

officials with commonly identified opportunities,

interests, or priorities.

“How do we work together

to negotiate better

warranties for buses

retrofitted to hybrids?”

“How did your

city persuade

major corporate

building owners

to retrofit?”

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C40 Initiatives and Networks

Transportatio

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Low Emissions

Vehicles

Bus Rapid

Transit

Solid Waste

Sustainable Solid

Waste Systems

Zero Waste

Sustainable

Communities

Sustainable

Urban

Development

Climate Positive

Transit Oriented

Development

Energy

Private Building

Efficiency

Municipal

Building

Efficiency

Water &

Adaptation

Connecting Delta

Cities

Cool Cities

Climate Change

Risk Assessment

Finance &

Economic

Development

Green Growth

Sustainable

Infrastructure

Finance

District Energy

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C40 Networks for a Greener

Oslo Energy: The energy supply shall be fossil free and climate

neutral based on renewable energy sources and energy optimal

utilization of local resources. District Energy Fossil Fuel Free

Transport: Hydrogen Strategy for Low Emission Vehicles – “One

Stop for All Energy Stations”

Green Growth: Measuring the Size of the Green Economy

Leadership: Waste and Electric Vehicles

2014 CCLA Award: Finalist for EVs -Transport

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C40 Energy Networks

Sharing best practices

and tackling common

challenges in energy

efficiency for city-owned

or managed buildings

Private Building

Efficiency

Municipal Building

EfficiencyDistrict Energy

Working with cities to

increase energy

efficiency of existing

commercial and

residential buildings,

focused on engaging

multinationals, data

insight, citizen action

and policy development

Supporting city efforts

to accelerate the

development of or

transition to efficient,

low-carbon district

heating and cooling

systems

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C40 Transportation Networks

Working with cities to

introduce, expand or

improve BRT systems by

exchanging knowledge

on a range of BRT-related

topics including

infrastructure,

technology, scheduling

and financing solutions

Connecting almost one-

third of C40 Cities for

whom cleaner vehicle

technologies are crucial

for reducing transport

emissions

• Transport demand

management

• Non-motorised

transport

Bus Rapid Transit

(BRT) Network

Low Emission Vehicles

(LEV) NetworkProposed

networks

C40 cities will collectively launch a ‘Declaration of Intent’ on clean buses

at the Latin American Mayors Summit on 27 March 2015 during the

Press Conference.

The statement urges global manufacturers, public transport operators,

leasing companies, multilateral development banks and other funding

agencies to step up and work with cities in accelerating the take-up of

clean buses, particularly in addressing cost issues

The Declaration is intended to give cities a strong foundation for

conversations with manufacturers to tackle the issue of high premiums

on new bus technologies

It will bring together Mayoral support behind clean bus aspirations of

cities, and send a strong statement about the interest of Mayors in

seeing action on this front

The Declaration will be sent out to all C40 Mayors to sign

Clean Bus Declaration = Shifting Public

Transport Demand

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Amsterdam: By 2025, 25% of Amsterdam’s electricity needs

generated sustainably within the city boundaries, amount will

increase to 50% by 2040.

Berlin: 50% GHG reduction by 2030 and 85% by2050 – biogenic waste

and solar – drafting the Energy and Climate Protection plan to

transform its energy system

Copenhagen Carbon Neutral by 2025, DE with renewable and clean

energy

London: 60% reduction in CO2 from 1990 levels by 2025 and 25% of

London’s Energy from DE with renewable and/or recovered heat by

2025

Oslo: 50% by 2030 and Zero emission by 2050, developing an

integrated clean energy strategy for all sectors and a Hydrogen

Strategy for 2015-2025

Paris 75% GHG by 2050 - 25% renewable or recovered energy by

2020; For the Parisian district energy, renewable energy rate is

estimated around 40/42%.

EU Cities Paving the Low

Carbon Way

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The Pledge

The Compact of Mayors is an agreement between

city networks to support our city members to:

- Register “City Climate Commitments” (targets

for GHG emissions reduction and plans to

adapt to climate change);

- Report annually on progress towards achieving

GHG emissions reduction targets and

assessing climate hazards, using standards

established through City Networks; and

- Disclose this information publicly by reporting

through a recognized city platform http://www.un.org/climatechange/summit/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/09/CITIES-

Mayors-compact.pdf

Compact of Mayors

Key Findings

Significant commitments towards greenhouse gas

(GHG) reduction have already been made by cities

around the world:

- 228 global cities, representing 436 million

people, have already set GHG reduction goals

and targets.

- The greatest impact of these cumulative

commitments will be felt in the period 2030 –

2050.

The cumulative savings in 2050 are equivalent to the

combined current annual emissions of China and

India, while the annual savings are equivalent to the

current annual emissions of South Africa

Global Aggregation of City Climate

Commitments

Cities Leading the a Sustainable World

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The Significance

The Compact is the world’s largest effort to drive more aggressive city climate actions

and reaffirm existing targets, through public, annual reporting of cities’ GHG data

Compact compliance will mean that cities will be choosing to meet the same

requirements proposed for the international climate negotiations that will lead to a

global climate treaty in 2015

Data collected through the Compact of Mayors will create an evidence base of the

greenhouse gas impact of city action to enable capital flows into cities to support city

governments taking further action and to be held responsible for that action and the

associated investments

A key intention of the Compact is that it will encourage national governments to

actively support additional city action by recognizing local commitments, establishing

more enabling policy environments and directing resources to cities to limit any

further increase in global warming and to appropriately resource both mitigation and

adaptation local climate action

Compact of Mayors

The Campaign

In September 2013, the Sustainable Development Solutions Network launched the

Campaign for the inclusion of an Urban Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), with

the support of C40, UN Habitat, UCLG, Cities Alliance, ICLEI, Metropolis, and

Communitas Coalition for Sustainable Cities and Regions

As part of the C40 Mayors Summit in Johannesburg, 41 C40 Mayors signed onto the

Paes Letter letting the UN know they support an Urban SDG.

The Significance

Well-crafted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the period 2015 to 2030 will

help guide the public’s understanding of complex sustainable development

challenges, inspire public and private action, promote integrated thinking, and foster

accountability

The SDGs will be complementary to the tools of international law, such as global

treaties and conventions, by providing a shared normative framework

The SDGs will also mobilize governments and the international system to strengthen

measurement and monitoring for sustainable development

Urban Sustainable Development Goal

C40 has REACH

Media Coverage Media PartnershipsSocial & Digital Media Channels

CDC Mobile Application –

Delta City App

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Facilitating city to city

sharing via mobile

technology

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CONNECT WITH US

Cristiana Fragola

Europe Regional Director

www.C40.org

C40 Cities

@C40cities