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Financing Green Cities- The Concept -
Konrad Otto-ZimmermannSecretary General
ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability
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Cities on the globe
1.2% of the Earth’s surface
50% of the population
75% of energy consumption
and CO2 emissions
Hubs of the global economy:
100 largest cities produce30% of the global GDP
1 Megacity like Beijing is largerthan each of the 150 smallestUN member states
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Global trends
Meadows, Donella & J. Randers, D. Meadows – Limits to Growth: The 30-Year U date 2004
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Challenge 1:Greenhouse gas emissions
© Guardian
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Unbrokenglobal trend
Challenge 2:Climate change
The 1:100challenge
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Unbrokenglobal trend
„By 2050, within 40 years,we must build once more the sameurban capacity as we have builtover the last 4000 years.“
Challenge 3:rapid urbanization
The 1:100challenge
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Challenge 4:Ecological footprint
Source: Global Footprint Network, Wackernagel, Peak Everything (2009)
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Challenge 5:Well-being
• Air pollution
• Water and sanitation
• Access to nature / greenspace
• Mobility
•
Jobs• Community life
• …
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Green city – ecocity
Eco-city:"a human settlement modeled on the self-sustaining resilient
structure and function of natural ecosystems. … provides
healthy abundance to its inhabitants without consuming more
renewable resources than it replaces in its bioregion”
Ecocity Builders, IEFS, 2011
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• Healthy & happy city
• Integrated sustainability policy &
planning• Green infrastructure
• Low-carbon and climate-neutral city
•
Disaster- and climate-resilient city• Resource-efficient city
• Bio-diverse city
• Green economy
Urban investment goals
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Urban investment
• Huge demand for
infrastructures worldwide:
– Housing, – transport,
– water,
–sewerage,
– power, …
• Retrofit of old cities
• New cities
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• Local renewables
• Green buildings
• Waste management
• Water & sanitation
• NMT and public transport
• Green fleets
• Ecosystems and parks
•
Resilience and risk reduction
Urban investmentexamples
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From project focus to«urban area performance»
www.globalsecurity.org
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Improved
solid waste
management
Storm
drain
maintenance
Rainwaterstorage tank
Emergency(district?)
power supply
Retail space
development
Housing
developmentPotable
water
supply
Storm drain
construction
Healthy
services
Back-up
power
supplyNew
office/hotel/
residential tower
Road grade/
egress redesign
Rainwater
storage tank
HVAC
upgrading
Resilience performance
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Transport performance
Proximity to
other modes
of transport
Mixed LandUse
Accessible
Infrastructure
RapidBus Lane
Traffic control
system
Rapid Bus
Transport Stop
Cycling and
walking paths
Rapid rail
system
Bike sharing
station
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Energy performance
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Governance
Who…
… has what mandate and powers
… and which means
… and cooperates with whom
… to fulfil which task
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Responsibilities forinfrastructure & services
National
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Capacity for performanceenhancement
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Resilience upgrade
Technology
Know-how
Money
Area-wide bundeling
Policies
Institutions
Projects
New financial
instruments
New planning
routines
?
?? ?
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Where the money is
2005-2025
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Local capacity neededto create a market
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Bottom-up Financefor Resilience Initiativelaunched at Resilient Cities 2011, Bonn
Call for inclusion of LocalGovernment in development of funding/financing rules
Call for flexible finance of performance upgrade projectsdevloped bottom-up
Call for priority use of public fundsfor capacity+institution building
for demand-driven market