Cape Town 2030 : the business vision Africa’s Global City, a city of inspiration & innovation
Africa’s global city : goals Iconic & Emulated Global African Gateway Educated & Trained Caring & Welcoming Green & Beautiful Safe & Efficient Connected & Vibrant Creative & Cultural
Green & Beautiful - goal The region has many renewable energy options – solar, wind, current, geothermal. Its distance from the coal fields & power stations, together with the need to reduce carbon emissions, make us the natural choice to use & pioneer a palette of renewable options. This could embrace becoming a global hub for research into affordable low-carbon energy solutions. The region is renowned for its natural beauty. The challenge is to protect, even enhance this in the face of population & business growth. The Cape Winelands are an example of how business & beauty beneficially co-exist.
Green & Beautiful - themes Policy Behaviour/Way of life Environmental Protection Renewable Energy Branding Responsible Beautiful Business
Green & Beautiful ObjectivesStrategiesPlans (3 horizons) CTCR carbon neutral by 2030 Invest in renewable energy mix /Cape based carbon offset projects/ Transport planning Research and promote solar, wind, current, geothermal + local offset projects CTCR world leader in affordable renewable energy by 2030 Business, universities & government cooperation Renewable energy investment fund Clean tech competitions competition 1 Buy “Joule” incentives Be known as world’s leading green and beautiful winelands Promote winelands internationally 1 Winelands art/ photography exhibition
Actual and potential “catalytic” projects Safe and Efficient – Cape Town events calendar – Safe Cape Initiative Educated and Trained – The Skills Factory in Saldanha – TSiBA Education Trust – Support Afriversity – Work with CHEC to establish how many graduates we net lose or gain and find ways to retain them Connected and Vibrant – Connect’d Cape Town – IT to Khayelitsha – Lobby for more direct international flights – Work with the Cape Town Partnership to establish integrated development in the city bowl; Foreshore, Culemborg, Railway lines, District Six Caring and Welcoming – Restless Minds Creative and Cultural – Loeries Awards Green and Beautiful – Support Agama Energy’s TREC’s programme – Green Map for Cape Town – Upgrade and develop small harbours (with MCM) Global African Gateway – Lobby for more direct international flights, especially into Africa – Build a cruise line terminal (support City) Iconic and Emulated – Combined effort to develop a business brand for Cape Town in 2010 – Vision 2030 Pavilion during 2010