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Maxim Luttmer Climate Consultant 04-07-2003

Climate policy on a local level. Maxim Luttmer Climate Consultant 04-07-2003. NECESSITY. Increasing responsibility in achieving the Kyoto and RES targets Local authorities (LA’s): Administration level Closest to the people Play a role in creating support for CP

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Maxim Luttmer Climate Consultant 04-07-2003

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  1. Climate policy on a local level Maxim Luttmer Climate Consultant 04-07-2003

  2. NECESSITY • Increasing responsibility in achieving the Kyoto and RES targets • Local authorities (LA’s): • Administration level • Closest to the people • Play a role in creating support for CP • Generate many activities that require energy and produce CO2

  3. Barriers • Yet .............................. • Approaches and solutions keep stumbling over institutional barriers. Climate policy targets EU /National Barriers 1 Political concensus 2 Decision making process 3 Lack of knowledge/capacity 4 Lack of structural, integral approach L A LA LA LA • : Implementation in all policy areas

  4. Dutch Climate policy LA (NL, 2001) • Nat. Target: 50Mton CO2 (6% CO2 reduction 1990) • Govermental agreement (new style): Chapter on climate policy • Improving tools for municipalities and provinces • Lay down agreements: Climate covenant • Organisations involved: Environmental A, Economic A., Municipalities (VNG), Provinces (IPO)

  5. National action Plan: • Government identifies Cl objectives and acts as facilitator • the LA’s do the actual work CLIMATE MENU • A process wise approach towards a local climate policy (which includes energy issues as well !!)

  6. Different Steps Climate Scan MENU (Ambition + Targets + Projects) Monitoring results

  7. target target target Elements Ambition levels • Supported by: • Advisor • Process Tools • Database of projects • Implem.plans • Monitoring • Subsidy Themes

  8. Key- characteristics • A coherent and integral approach (all policy areas) • Flexible ; meets the diverse nature of LA’s • The procedure shortens the decision making proces • Adresses the need to achieve political consensus • acts on the barriers / accountable / towards implementation • On this moment 170 Municipalities in the Netherlands work with it

  9. European Ambition Ambition Ambition Etc . Climate menu level 1 level 2 level 3 Theme 1 target 1 target a target I Theme 2 target 2 target b target II Theme 3 target 3 target c target III Etc . + project database Action = contribution to energy and climate targets EUROPEAN CLIMATE MENU (ECM) • Ecofys initiated the ECM project : on bases of the good experiences of simular approaches in the UK and Germany ( febr. 2003, Altener)

  10. M. Varmland Consortium MG & Pniewy Gelsenkirchen Ecofys Climate Alliance SCDC Maastricht Cardedeu Sofena Apea

  11. Hungarian and Polish Climate Menu • Example projects: The development of a CLIMATE MENU for 3 HU LA’s and 3 PL LA’s • Supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Twinning) • Start in September 2003

  12. WANTED • INTERESTED PARTNERS! • Ecofys invites regional and local authorities to join the ECM Project

  13. Conclusion • To translate National Climate Targets to LA’s it should be: • Simple /Practicle • Integral and flexible • Tacle barriers

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