The City of Essen ‘European Green Capital 2017‘ Matthias Sinn, City of Essen Head of the Environmental Agency 1
Launch of call for applications to be the ‘European Green Capital‘ Every year the EU-Commission is looking for a ’European Green Capital’ WILL YOUR CITY BE THE • 2010 Stockholm EUROPEAN GREEN CAPITAL • 2011 Hamburg IN 2017? • 2012 Vitoria-Gasteiz • 2013 Nantes • 2014 Copenhagen • 2015 Bristol • 2016 Ljubljana • 2017 Essen ? ? Attendance of the City of Essen at the EU-Competition ‘European Green Capital 2017 ‘ 2
Application of the City of Essen for 2017 Decision of the city council: 02.07.2014 Period of application: 04.06. – 20.10.2014 Selection of finalists: April 2014 Presentation of finalists: June 2014 Announcement of winner city: June 2014 Attendance of the City of Essen at the EU-Competition ‘European Green Capital 2017 ‘ 3
Applicants “European Green Capital 2017” Attendance of the City of Essen at the EU-Competition ‘European Green Capital 2017 ‘ 4
12 Environmental indicators Energy Efficiency Climate Change: Mitigation and Adaptation Integrated Environmental Sytem Public Transport European Green Eco-Innovation and Green Spaces Sustainable Employment Capital Waste Management Nature and Biodiversity Water Management Air Quality Wastewater Management Quality of Acoustic Environment Attendance of the City of Essen at the EU-Competition ‘European Green Capital 2017 ‘ 5
Ongoing projects of the decade KlimaExpo.NRW » RUHR KlimaExpo.NRW (Regionale Klimakonferenz) 2016 2017 2020 2014 2010 2022 ‘Circle of initiatives‘ of the Ruhr area – InnovationCity Application ‘European Green Capital 2016 / 2017‘ KlimaExpo.NRW » RUHR KlimaExpo.NRW » RUHR Attendance of the City of Essen at the EU-Competition ‘European Green Capital 2017 ‘ 6
En route to become ’European Green Capital’ 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2020 Regional „Letter from the EU-Commission “ Workshop 1 Regional Application of city (cities) Workshop 2 Essen 2016 / 2017 Regional Workshop 3 Klima- Idea: Expo Regional co- Only operation 2022 Double strategy applications of and cities! application Land NRW Memorial for a regional Regional format Report on application regional data Regionalverband Ruhr (RVR) + Cities (Wuppertal Dialogue with (further activities) Institute) key actors Attendance of the City of Essen at the EU-Competition ‘European Green Capital 2017 ‘ 7
Excerpt of the memorial Structure: 1. We want to become EUROPEAN GREEN CAPITAL – a new culture of co-operation within the Authors out of: Metropole Ruhr Cities 2. Reasons for a regional application • Economy • Culture 3. Moving Europe • Researchand Science 4. European Green Capital 2016 – The development • Organizations of a new world! • Politics and Administration 5. Formats and presentations 6. Conclusion: Alteration to a GREEN METROPOLIS of EUROPE Attendance of the City of Essen at the EU-Competition ‘European Green Capital 2017 ‘ 8
Environmental objectives for the region • Report of the Wuppertal Institute regarding ‘Strategies for a sustain- able development in the Metropole Ruhr‘ • Basis: 12 environmental indicators • Presentations and discussions held in the region starting June 2013 • Finding process for a mutual aim Attendance of the City of Essen at the EU-Competition ‘European Green Capital 2017 ‘ 9
TRAVEL STATIONS Holistic Approach Attendance of the City of Essen at the EU-Competition ‘European Green Capital 2017 ‘
What the City of Essen is capable of …. klima|werk|stadt|essen as ‘Brand‘ • Integrated Energy- and Climate Concept • Research project ‘Climate Initiative Essen‘ • Research project ‘ExWost‘ Award ‘European Energy Award‘ • Membership ‘Covenant of Mayors‘ • • Requirements due to the climate protection law klima|werk|stadt|essen klima|werk|stadt|essen N.N. Attendance of the City of Essen at the EU-Competition ‘European Green Capital 2017 ‘ 11
Further example …. Revitalisation of former brownfields Attendance of the City of Essen at the EU-Competition ‘European Green Capital 2017 ‘ 12
Further examples …. Intermodality in the transport sector • Bike Highway Ruhr • Joint transportation company ‘via‘ • RuhrAuto-e as a project for electromobility (intercommunal) Car-sharing projects • Attendance of the City of Essen at the EU-Competition ‘European Green Capital 2017 ‘ 13
Further examples …. Reconstruction of the Emscher as ‘Project of the centenary‘ • Municipal program ‘ESSEN. New Ways To Water‘ • Future agreement Rainwater Attendance of the City of Essen at the EU-Competition ‘European Green Capital 2017 ‘ 14
Further examples …. Cogeneration-Strategies • Central: Long-distance heating Ruhr / Cogeneration waste incineration plant • Peripheral: Local heating units / Micro-Cogeneration EON EON HKW Datteln HKW Datteln AGR AGR MHKW RZR MHKW RZR Herten Herten RWE RWE STEAG STEAG MHKW Essen- MHKW Essen- HKW Walsum HKW Walsum Karnap Karnap STEAG STEAG HKW Herne HKW Herne EVO/Stw. Duisburg EVO/Stw. Duisburg MHKW MHKW Attendance of the City of Essen at the EU-Competition ‘European Green Capital 2017 ‘ 15
Further examples …. Plan of air qualitiy as a regional program: • Environment zone Public partizipation: Noise reduction action plan with online participation • • ‘Citizen solar energy plant‘ Attendance of the City of Essen at the EU-Competition ‘European Green Capital 2017 ‘ 16
EGC-2017-Application of the City of Essen The application of the city of Essen for ‘European Green Capital’ • secures and increases the quality of life in the city, • supports the identification of the people with their city and the region, • is embedded in the strategies and activities supporting the enterprise’s aim ’Environment protection’, • is a module of the ESSEN.2030 strategy, • will become part of the Europe activities of the city of Essen, • ensures the quality of the environmental management, • is applied as a multi-annual process. Attendance of the City of Essen at the EU-Competition ‘European Green Capital 2017 ‘ 17
Thank you for your attention! Attendance of the City of Essen at the EU-Competition ‘European Green Capital 2017 ‘ 18
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