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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

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The City of Essen ‘European Green Capital 2017‘

Matthias Sinn, City of Essen Head of the Environmental Agency

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Attendance of the City of Essen at the EU-Competition ‘European Green Capital 2017 ‘

Launch of call for applications to be the ‘European Green Capital‘

Every year the EU-Commission is looking for a ’European Green Capital’

  • 2010

Stockholm

  • 2011

Hamburg

  • 2012

Vitoria-Gasteiz

  • 2013

Nantes

  • 2014

Copenhagen

  • 2015

Bristol

  • 2016

Ljubljana

  • 2017

Essen

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? ? WILL YOUR CITY BE THE EUROPEAN GREEN CAPITAL IN 2017?

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Attendance of the City of Essen at the EU-Competition ‘European Green Capital 2017 ‘

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

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Applicants “European Green Capital 2017”

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Attendance of the City of Essen at the EU-Competition ‘European Green Capital 2017 ‘

Water Management Quality of Acoustic Environment Integrated Environmental Sytem Waste Management Wastewater Management Eco-Innovation and Sustainable Employment Air Quality Climate Change: Mitigation and Adaptation Public Transport Green Spaces Energy Efficiency Nature and Biodiversity

European Green Capital

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12 Environmental indicators

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2022 2010

‘Circle of initiatives‘ of the Ruhr area – InnovationCity

KlimaExpo.NRW

Application ‘European Green Capital 2016 / 2017‘ KlimaExpo.NRW » RUHR

KlimaExpo.NRW » RUHR

(Regionale Klimakonferenz)

2014 2017 2020 2016

Ongoing projects of the decade

KlimaExpo.NRW » RUHR

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En route to become ’European Green Capital’

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Idea: Regional co-

  • peration

and application Regional Workshop 1 Regional Workshop 2 Regional Workshop 3 Dialogue with key actors

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Memorial for a regional application

2020

„Letter from the EU-Commission“

Report on regional data (Wuppertal Institute)

Only applications of cities!

Double strategy

Regional format

Regionalverband Ruhr (RVR) + Cities (further activities)

Application of city (cities) Essen 2016 / 2017

Klima- Expo 2022 Land NRW

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Authors out of:

  • Economy
  • Culture
  • Researchand Science
  • Organizations
  • Politics and Administration

Excerpt of the memorial

Structure: 1. We want to become EUROPEAN GREEN CAPITAL – a new culture of co-operation within the Metropole Ruhr Cities 2. Reasons for a regional application 3. Moving Europe 4. European Green Capital 2016 – The development

  • f a new world!

5. Formats and presentations 6. Conclusion: Alteration to a GREEN METROPOLIS of EUROPE

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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
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Attendance of the City of Essen at the EU-Competition ‘European Green Capital 2017 ‘

TRAVEL STATIONS

Holistic Approach

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Attendance of the City of Essen at the EU-Competition ‘European Green Capital 2017 ‘

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

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What the City of Essen is capable of ….

klima|werk|stadt|essen klima|werk|stadt|essen N.N.

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Further example ….

Revitalisation of former brownfields

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Intermodality in the transport sector

  • Bike Highway Ruhr
  • Joint transportation company ‘via‘
  • RuhrAuto-e as a project for electromobility
  • (intercommunal) Car-sharing projects

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Further examples ….

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Further examples ….

Reconstruction of the Emscher as ‘Project of the centenary‘

  • Municipal program ‘ESSEN. New Ways To Water‘
  • Future agreement Rainwater
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Further examples ….

Cogeneration-Strategies

  • Central: Long-distance heating Ruhr / Cogeneration waste incineration plant
  • Peripheral: Local heating units / Micro-Cogeneration

STEAG HKW Herne EON HKW Datteln RWE MHKW Essen- Karnap EVO/Stw. Duisburg MHKW STEAG HKW Walsum AGR MHKW RZR Herten STEAG HKW Herne EON HKW Datteln RWE MHKW Essen- Karnap EVO/Stw. Duisburg MHKW STEAG HKW Walsum AGR MHKW RZR Herten

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Further examples ….

Public partizipation:

  • Noise reduction action plan with online participation
  • ‘Citizen solar energy plant‘

Plan of air qualitiy as a regional program:

  • Environment zone
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Attendance of the City of Essen at the EU-Competition ‘European Green Capital 2017 ‘

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.

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Thank you for your attention!