Solutions for low-carbon life: what a city can offer

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1 City of Oslo Oslo Solutions for low-carbon life: what a city can offer Ola Elvestuen Vice Mayor for Environment and Transport City of Oslo Helsinki Region Climate Seminar 2013: The Climate-Proof City February 13 th 2013 Helsinki, Finland

2 Overview: A great city needs a great green policy 1 Oslo facts 2. The Environment and Climate Action Plan 3. Waste and waste water management 4. Transport planning 5 Green Mobility Rådhuset bilde..r Photo by Irma Karjalainen

3 Oslo facts Population The capital region 1.14 mill Population growth 2%

4 A typical winter Sunday in Oslo: people take the tram, metro or bus to go skiing in the forest Outdoor recreation is very important for citizens Stafett. Frognerparken Marka ski

5 Oslo s greenhouse gas emissions: 2.3 t/per capita Transport/ Mobile sources 50 % Fluorinated Other sources gases and 5 % solvents 7 % 42 %

6 2. The Environment and Climate Action Plan

7 Urban Ecology Programme First Environmental Policy in 1998 Latest revision 2011 From plans to action: prioritised environmental goals are a part of the annual budget Urban Ecology Programme

8 3. Waste Management System

9 Oslo s cycle-based waste management system Waste-to- Energy Agency City of Oslo City of Oslo Contruction waste re-use, recycling and energy recovery Bio fertilizer District heating Bio gas Electricity hazardous glass paper waste metal cardboad

10 Efficient sorting and re-use of domestic waste 94 % of all household waste is either energy recovered or material recycled 90 % of all inhabitants live within 300 m of a waste return point all homes included in waste sorting optical sorting Energy recovered household waste is used for: Organic waste to biogas Plastic waste to new products Waste to district heating Waste to-energy Agency City of Oslo

11 From plastic wrapping to new products The national plastic recycling system: The plastic is optically sorted in Oslo, melted and transformed into new plastic products in Germany Worlds largest, and the only sorting plant with mechanical presorting process in Oslo

12 Oslo s biogas factory Treats food waste from households, food services and businesses, and possibly manure Biogas for 135 buses Methane gas from the closed landfill is utilized as factory energy Liquid bio fertilizer ( m3) Treats tons yearly Bio fertilizer for 100 medium sized farms

13 4. Transport planning goals and results Oslo Package 3 Toll ring Green mobility

14 Road charging for financing transport infrastructure and reducing transport demand RING 3 ROAD 3 RINGROAD 2 RING 1 City Hall

15 62% of journeys on public transport system by rail Railway Metro Tram

16 Is level of car traffic reducing?

17 Green Mobility Attractive city for pedestrians Improving public transport Transforming the city to be bike friendly Introduction of green vehicles

18 Turning Sewage into a Fossil Fuel Substitute for 80 Buses in Oslo

19 Fossil Free Public Transport Clear targets for a climate neutral and efficient transport system: Public transport to be fossil free by 2020 All transport GHG reduction by 50 % by 2030

20 Five new hydrogen buses and regional hydrogen infrastructure. New filling station tanking: 5 buses in 70 min production: 250 kg H2/day

21 Public procurement - environmental criteria for transport services Environmental specification to be imposed when purchasing cars, machinery or other forms of transport services. All municipal vehicles used by Oslo will be powered by zero emission teghnologies such as biofuels, eledtricity or hydrogen

22 Oslo Electric Car Capital of the World? electric cars in Oslo, 5400 in Oslo and Akerhus Growing rapidly every month No charge at toll ring Use of public transport lanes Free parking for EV s EV s and hydrogen cars are exempt from Vehicle Import Duty and VAT Rapid charging projects

23 500 public charging stations for EV s by 2012 Foto: Mona Strande

24 Oslo is creating early markets for hydrogen Four filling stations for hydrogen in the region and 21 hydrogen fuel cell cars A hydrogen refuelling station - a world first as the station is supplied by hydrogen produced from domestic waste.

25 Shore-based electrical power in Oslo When Color Line's ferries are connected up to shore-based electrical power the discharge of CO 2 will be reduced by tonnes Equivalent to the annual CO2 emissions of 1700 cars

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27 Advantages of environmental policies transforming open areas

28 A great city needs a great green policy Thank you! More information :