Movilizando actores públicos y privados a través de drivers. El caso de Amsterdam Presentado por Maarten van Poelgeest, Ex Alderman de Amsterdam y Embajador Climático de Países Bajos.

1. Amsterdam: towards a sustainable city
Maarten van Poelgeest
Former Deputy Mayor Urban Planning,
Climate and Energy

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220 km2 800.000 inhabitants 431.000 households > 22.000 companies
Amsterdam 2014

4. Elements of a sustainable metropole
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More intensive land use
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Towards a ‘sharing economy’
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Creating a circular economy

5. More intensive land use
Amsterdam is a compact city:
Transforming office space
Rooftops: solar panels, water buffering or green zones
Underground energy grid

6. Towards a ‘sharing economy’
Combine common practice with the
possibilities of modern technology:
Car sharing: Car2Go, Snappcar, BlaBla Car, Green Wheels, Toogethr
Crowdfunding: We Share Solar, One Planet Crowd

7. Creating a circular economy
Working together with companies and citizens
to create a restorative, circular economy:
Green Business Club
Voluntary Sustainability Agreements with various economic sectors (hotels, hospitals)
‘Living labs’

8. Instruments
Open data:
Energy Atlas

9. Facilitate cooperation:
Waste and Energy Company, water purification company, production facilities and grid operators work together in the harbour area to produce and distribute sustainable heat and electricity.
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10. Promote energy efficiency in utilities sector:
EU law: measures with a payback time < 5 years are obliged
Datacenters will reduce energy consumption with 68 million kWh by 2016
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11. Invest in sustainable projects and infrastructure:
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€ 70 million through Climate and Energy fund
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12. Lead by example:
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13. The bicycle!
Amsterdam is Europe’s number 1 bicycle city.
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People bike 2 million km daily
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50% of all movements in the city by bicycle

14. A long road ahead…

15. Thank you for your attention!
Any questions?