A commitment towards green economic growth

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A commitment towards green economic growth
high quality of life
City, Country Date, Year Name of
speaker Function - Covenant of Mayors East Office
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The Covenant at a glance

• Since 2008, over 4500 local and regional
  authorities all over the world are voluntarily
  committed to local sustainable energy

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What is the Covenant of Mayors?

• The Covenant of Mayors is the fast growing
  mainstream European movement supported by the
  European Commission that involving local,
  regional and national authorities in the
  sustainable energy development and climate
  protection.
• It is based on a voluntary commitment of
  municipal councils to improve the quality of life
  of their citizens by improving energy efficiency
  and expanding usage of renewable energy that will
  result in at least 20 CO2 emissions reduction by
  2020.

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Crude Oil Prices 1947 - October 2011
Why Covenant of Mayors?Fuel reserves in the
World imposed time limits for carbonised economy
1,271,514,113,437 (barrels) Oil left 
15116 days left to the end of oil
1,150,704,840,490 (boe) Gas left 
60542 days left to the end of gas
4,400,276,483,657(boe) Coal left 
151 713 days left to the end of coal
Source World energy statistic from
http//www.worldometers.info/ on July 15, 2012
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Covenant Signatories commit to

• Developing a local sustainable energy and climate
  policy
• Adapt the administrative structure of the
  municipality to manage energy and climate policy
  implementation
• Choose a base year, develop a Baseline Emission
  Inventory (BEI) and Sustainable Energy Action
  Plan (SEAP) and investment projects
• Involve citizens and other stakeholders to
  develop and implement SEAP
• Develop and publish periodic reports to show
  progress and results of SEAP implementation.
• Encourage other cities to join the Initiative.

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The Covenant step-by-step
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Covenant philosophy

• The battle for a secure energy future and against
  climate change is won or lost at local level

• An estimated 70 percent of greenhouse gas
  emissions come from cities and more than 70
  percent of energy is consumed in urban areas.

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What does the Covenant bring to a city?
Clean affordable energy services improved
public services better infrastructures
healthier environment local actors feeling
involved business dvt innovations more jobs
quality of life
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Covenant of Mayors Today Over 4 500 signatories
in 47 countries, including 61 signatories in
COMO-East region (11 countries) 30 capitals
joined the COM, including 3 in COMO-East region
(Tbilisi, Kyiv, Chisinau) 121 regional and
national authorities signed CTC/CNC partnership
agreement with DG ENER, including 4 signed/in
the process in COMO-East 75 associations of
local authorities signed the CS partnership
agreement with DG ENER, incl. 3 in COMO-East
(EECU, CALM, NALAG)
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What is the baseline emission inventory?
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What is a Sustainable Energy Action Plan?

• Political document it must be approved by the
  municipal council.

• Strategic document, designed in collaboration
  with local stakeholders citizens.

• Cornerstone for development of operational
  documents the SEAP defines concrete reduction
  measures, time frames and assigned
  responsibilities, which translate the long-term
  strategy into action

Online catalogue of SEAPs at www.eumayors.eu
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SEAP submission and acceptation
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CoMO-East Project 4 principal missions

• Promotion of the CoM Eastwards
• Capacity building training
• Helpdesk function and support all COM
  participants
• Support to JRC and COM-Grant projects
• Donors coordination for SEAPs sector-wide
  approach (financing SEAP investments)

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Covenant of Mayors East Office in Lviv and
Tbilisi

• Twin activities with the Brussels office
• Two offices as a branch office of the Brussels
  office- Address 1 12 Ohienka Street, office
  1-A,Lviv, Ukraine- Address 2 74 Chavchavadze
  Avenue, Room 906,Tbilisi, Georgia.
• It helps and advises cities from 6 Eastern
  Partnership countries (Azerbaijan, Armenia,
  Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine) and 5 Central
  Asian countries (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
  Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) in their
  efforts towards sustainable energy.

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Get specific help and advise in your cities
efforts towards sustainable energy!

• EASTERN PARTNERSHIP COUNTRIES
• Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova,
  Ukraine
• CENTRAL ASIA
• Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,
  Uzbekistan

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Covenant signatories in COMO-East region (April
2013)

• Armenia 1 signatory
• Azerbaijan 1 signatories
• Belarus 5 signatory
• Georgia 6 signatories
• Kazakhstan 1 signatories
• Kyrgyzstan 2 signatories
• Moldova 12 signatories
• Tajikistan 0 signatures
• Turkmenistan 0 signatories
• Ukraine 33 signatories
• Uzbekistan 0 signatories
• TOTAL 61 signatories

8 SEAPs developed
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Conclusions

• The Covenant of Mayors is not just another
  campaign but a serious commitment by local
  authorities with reliable and quantifiable
  contributions to reducing the fossil fuels usage
  and the CO2 emissions due to long term and
  city-wide sustainable energy development.
• Every Covenant Signatory could benefit from an
  extensive support and networking opportunities
  provided by the Covenant of Mayors Offices,
  Covenant Supporters and Coordinators, Joint
  Research Centre, International Donors and other
  involved actors.

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Key Experts to answer your questions
anatoliy.kopets_at_eumayors.eu khatuna.sichinava_at_euma
yors.eusvyatoslav.pavlyuk_at_eumayors.euFurther
online informationwww.eumayors.eu Available
also in the national languages of Eastern Europe,
South Caucasus and Central Asia !
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