1. - Sustainable energy in urban areas -
The Covenant of Mayors
- Sustainable energy in urban areas -
Ana Rita Neves
Covenant of Mayors Office / Climate Alliance
Brussels, 17th June 2015

2. Flashback 2006 2008 2009 Creation of the Covenant of Mayors Office
Launch of the Covenant of Mayors initiative
Priority action in the EU Action Plan for Energy Efficiency
EU initiative launched by the Commission – DG ENERGY to endorse and support local and regional authorities in the fight against climate change
Voluntary commitment of signatories to meet and exceed the EU 20% CO2 reduction target through the implementation of a Sustainable Energy Action Plan
2006
2008
2009

3. The Covenant Commitments

4. The Sustainable Energy Action Plan
Energy Demand
Energy Supply

5. The Sustainable Energy Action Plan
Where are you?
Where do you want to go?
How do you get there?
Baseline Emission Inventory
Analyse the current status in terms of energy use and associated CO2 emissions.
Actions
Define a set of comprehensive actions with estimated impacts.
Vision, Objectives, Target
Agree on a vision, objectives and CO2 emissions reduction target for 2020.

6. The Covenant Actors: Multi-level engagement
Supporters
Local/regional authorities networks
European/global
Associated Partners
Business-representatives
National
National Coordinators
Ministries and Energy Agencies
Territorial Coordinators
Regions, Provinces, grouping of local authorities
Regional
LAREAs
Local and Regional Energy Agencies
But cities are not the only actors in the Covenant of Mayors. Cities need support in order to face technical and financial difficulties. For this, the Covenant of Mayors recognizes the importance of entities such as provinces, regions, metropolitan areas, national bodies, networks of cities and regions and other institutional structures acting as Supporting Structures to the signatory cities. Indeed, the Covenant of Mayors owes a great deal of the soaring number of signatories and SEAPs to the active participation of the supporting structures that put their resources and know-how at the service of signatories.
Provincial and regional authorities categorised as ‘Territorial Coordinators’, together with national energy agencies and ministries acting as ‘National Coordinators’ have established a close cooperation with signatory cities for the development and implementation of their SEAPs. Also, networks of local and regional authorities categorised as ‘Supporters’ have been providing assistance to their members in the administrative and technical processes and organising experience-sharing activities.
Local
Signatories
Villages, Towns, Cities, Counties

7. Today …
6,300 signatories
53 countries
200 million citizens
4,600 Sustainable Energy Action Plans
400 Monitoring Reports

8. Covenant Indicators
Tonnes CO2 eq. per capita emitted in signatory cities.
MWh per capita of final energy consumed in signatory cities.
Baseline years
Buildings account for more than half of the energy consumed and transport close to one third.
Share of overall energy consumption satisfied by locally produced energy.
Source: JRC (2015), “The Covenant of Mayors in Figures – 6 Year Assessment" report.

9. Covenant Indicators Breakdown of CO2 emissions by sector
Baseline years

10. Covenant Indicators Breakdown of final energy consumption by sector
Baseline years

11. Covenant Indicators
Mtonnes CO2 eq. reduction, which means a 28% reduction target.
Energy savings as a result of measures in buildings and transport.
Estimates by 2020 from the impact of the SEAP actions.
TWh to be locally produced, which will contribute to meet 18% of future energy demand from local production.
Of the overall CO2 reduction will derive from actions in buildings.

12. Covenant Indicators
Covenant Signatories contribution to EU CO2 target

13. High impact on climate change mitigation
Source: The Economist (2014), “The deepest cuts”.
2 JRC (2015), “The Covenant of Mayors in Figures – 5 Year Assessment" report.

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