Nikos Gargoulas, EPEM SA

LIFE07 Kick-off Meeting, 5/3/2009, Athens

“Developing Local Plans for Climate Change Mitigation by 2020” (CLIM-LOCAL2020)

LIFE07 ENV/GR/000282

PROJECT LOCATION: Volos, GreeceBUDGET INFO:

Total amount: 2.777.891 EUR EC Co-funding: 1.086.542 EUR (49,88%)

PROJECT’S IMPLEMENTORS:Coordinating Beneficiary: Municipality of VolosAssociated Beneficiaries: DEYAMV, DEMEKAV, EPEM SA

DURATION: Start: 1/1/09 - End: 31/12/11

Nikos Gargoulas, EPEM SA

LIFE07 Kick-off Meeting, 5/3/2009, Athens

BACKGROUND and AIMS:

•Greece will face severe difficulties to achieve ambitious Greenhouse Gases (GHG) emissions reduction targets within the framework of the EU targets (20-30% compared to 1990 emissions, by 2020)•Apart from actions related to large emitters (i.e. industry) which are at present covered to a large extent by the Emissions Trading Directive, a large part of the remaining effort will inevitably fall to the large number of small emitters•Since local authorities can deal more effectively with regional particularities than the central administration, a major challenge towards sustainable development and climate change mitigation is to stimulate the local potential for GHG emissions reductions through a set of systematic, well-designed and well-monitored activities, which can have significant ancillary benefits for local environmental problems as well

MAIN EU POLICIES TARGETED

•Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS based on the 2003/87/EC Directive, EU target: GHG emissions reduction by at least 20% compared to 1990)•Energy Policy for Europe

Nikos Gargoulas, EPEM SA

MAIN ACTIVITIES:•Calculation of present local GHG emissions / Projection of local GHG emissions•Identification of GHG emissions reduction options•Economic and environmental evaluation of GHG emission reduction measures•Defining priorities for GHG emissions reduction measures•Public consultation and finalization of Local Action Plan (LAP) / Implementation of LAP•Communication and dissemination•Overall evaluation of the LAP’s progress and planning of its future operation•Project management, Monitoring /evaluation, Audit, After LIFE communication plan

EXPECTED RESULTS: •The project will implement climate change mitigation actions at local level, which will deliver GHG emissions reductions (not possible to quantify them at this time)•User-friendly tools for the calculation of emissions of GHG at local level•Local GHG emissions inventory / Tools for projection of GHG emissions up to 2020•LAP for GHG emissions reductions / Guidelines for measures’ implementation•Monitoring plan and indices for evaluating the progress of the LAP implementation•Educational material on climate change addressed to schools (teachers and students)•Dissemination of results

LIFE07 Kick-off Meeting, 5/3/2009, Athens