AAP 2020 Rijeka 24th25th of October 2003

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AAP 2020 Rijeka24th-25th of October 2003
Dr. Gottfried Krasa Amt der NÖ Landesregierung Ch
ristian Schrefel 174 Organisationsberatung GmbH
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Lower Austria

• 21 Districts
• 573 Communities
• 1.917 km2
• 1.545.804 Inhabitants

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Lower Austria

• Increase of Population 4,9
• Increase GDP 5,4
• Traffic 13
• CO2-Emission 16,3 Mio. t (10,5 t/Inh)
• 85 EMAS certificated Enterprises
• 180.000 m2 solar thermal Panels
• Biomass for District Heating and Electricity

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Future Strategies

• Sustainable Development Strategy
• under development (2004)
• Climate Protection Strategy - Climate protection
  programme since 2000
• Ozone
• Plan of Measures, Alarm Plan
• PM 10 (Particulate Matter)
• status analysis, development of catalogue of
  measures (work in progress)

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Department for Environmental Law

• Head Dr. Gottfried Krasa
• Tasks
• Air Quality, Ozone
• Waste
• Environment Impact Assessment
• ESPOO and Aarhus-Convention
• Renewable Energy
• Climate Alliance

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Task Air Pollution Control

• CO2Climate Alliance (LA 21)Toronto-TargetKyoto-
  TargetAustrian Climate Protection-StrategyLower
  Austrian Measure-PlanSystem for Measurements in
  Lower Austria
• OzoneLegal BasisStatus in Eastern Austria
  Region, Alarm-PlanSystem for Measurements in
  Lower AustriaInternational Cooperation

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Task Air Pollution Control

• PM10 Particulate Matter
• Legal BasisStatus in Eastern
  AustriaCommitment on an Area for
  MeasuresCatalogue for MeasuresSystem for
  Measurements in Lower Austria
• SO2, NOx, Dust and Particles

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Task Waste Industry

• Lower Austrian Waste Management Plan - Waste
  Avoidance - Waste Separation - Waste
  Collection - Waste Treatment - Waste
  Recovery - Waste Disposal
• Perspectives for Future
• Waste LawEuropean LawAustrian-wide Waste Law
  Waste Law of Lower Austria
• Refurbishment of Residual Pollution

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Task Citizens Partizipation

• Environment Impact Assessment EIA
• Espoo-Convention (Implementation)
• Lower Austria with CZ and SK
• Aarhus-Convention (Implementation)
• Mediation (e.g. Airport Vienna)

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Task Renewable Energy

• Legal Status in Austria / Lower Austria
• Subsidy Frame for Renewable Energy
• Concept for Renewable Energy Industry
• Status Analysis Lower AustriaSolarenergyWindpowe
  rBiomass

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LA21 in Lower Austria and Climate-Alliance

• Local Agenda 21 implementation planned within the
  next years
• 200 communities since 1993 Partner in
  Climate-Alliance
• 1st European Climate-Alliance Competition 2002
• held in St Pölten

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Climate Protection

• Climate Alliance 4 Targets
• CO2 Reduction 50 untill 2010 (1987)
• Reduction of HFCW,CH4,
• Awareness Raising
• Partnership with Amazon-Region
• Regional Climate Programme for
• Municipalities started, Region
  Bruck-Schwechat
• EMAS for the first Hospital in Tulln 2001

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174 Consulting Ltd.

• Green Procurement  (Check It, Ökokauf,
  Criteria for Public Buildings Lower
  Austria/Vorarlberg/Vienna)
• EU Life Project Med Clima
• EU SAVE Project Tune Up!
• EU Interreg Project Solar-Net II (Arsenal, AEE,
  City of Vienna, Hungarian Partners)
• Ökoinform Ecological Building, Energy, Ren.
  Material
• LA21 Vienna in the 7th District
• Grätzelmanagement Vienna 2nd District Public-
  Participation, Urban Planning, Increasing Life
  quality
• Romania PV Installation for National Park Retezat
• EU Interreg-Project Implementing ESPOO- and
  Aarhus-Convention Transnational Citizens
  Participation
• HOMEPAGE www.17und4.at

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174 Consulting Ltd.

• Thank You for Listening
• See you at the next
• Expert Group Meeting in Lower Austria
• in Spring 2004