Transcript Manuel Menéndez - European Commission

Session 1: Setting the Scene
An Eco-Efficient Economy
Agenda
Manuel Menéndez
The Sustainable Development as in
Brudtland Report (*)
"Sustainable development is development that meets the needs
of the present without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs. It contains within it two key
concepts:
• the concept of 'needs', in particular the essential needs of the
world's poor, to which overriding priority should be given; and
•the idea of limitations imposed by the state of technology and
social organization on the environment's ability to meet present
and future needs."
(*) Our Common Future, Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development,
World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987. Published as Annex to General
Assembly document A/42/427
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Sustainable Development: Max (X,Y,Z)
Z=Society
X=Environment
Y=Economy
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Economics
•In February 2010, compared with February 2009,
the retail sales index declined by 0.7% in the EU27.
•In February 2010, compared with February 2009,
“Food, drinks and tobacco” fell by 2.7% in the EU27.
Source: Eurostat
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Environment
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Social Status
•The EU27 unemployment rate was 9.6% in
February 2010
•Eurostat estimates that 23.019 million men and
women in the EU27 were unemployed in
February 2010.
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Need of a new productive model
•Answer at European Level: EU2020 Strategy
•Answer at National Level: Sustainable Economy
Law&Strategy
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European level: EU 2020 Strategy
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Spanish level: Sustainable Economy Law
•Sustainable “Economy” (instead of Development)
that means stress in one component
•Measures focussed in
• Increasing competitiveness
• Ensuring Environmental sustainability
• Improving professional skills
• Supporting new economy fields:
• Green Buildings
• Safe and clean transport
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Green Buildings
•Buildings are responsible for 40% of energy
consumption and 36% of EU CO2 emissions
• The Directive on energy performance of
buildings (2002/91/EC) is the main legislative
instrument at EU level
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•Potential energy
reduction: 70%
•Actual reduction in
rehabilitation: 20-40%
•In Spain: Savings of 2
to 4 euros/m2/year
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Spanish Sustainable Economy Law:
•New building codes
•Incentives for rehabilitation : reduced VAT (8%), 10% of
costs considered as tax-deductible expenses (if incomes
lower than 53.000 € and with a maximum deduction of
4.000 €).
•Application (20% in energy reduction) in official buidings
(2.350 M€ in investments: 1st phase: 300 buildings; 2nd
phase: 2.000 buildings)
•Campaign to distribute low consumption light bulbs (20
million)x2
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Solar decathlon: http://www.sdeurope.org/
Fachhochschule fur
Technik und Wirtschaft
Berlin
Universidad Politécnica
de Valencia
Arts et Métiers Paris Tech
Bergische Universität
Wuppertal
Helsinki University of
Technology
Instituto de Arquitectura Avanzada
de Cataluña
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Clean and safe transport:
•Transports in Spain is about 50% of CO2 diffuse
emissions and about 25% of total emissions
•Private cars are the main source if this type of
emissions
•Key area to increase reduction from 20% to 30% of
total emissions by 2020
•It is not only a matter of emissions. Other key issues:
Air quality improvement, noise reductions,…
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Spanish Sustainable Economy Law:
•Infrastructure plans should include the emissions
reduction as a priority (Example: Public Works New Plan
presented in April with 70% of total investments for
railways)
•Urban Mobility Plans legally binded in cities with more
than 50.000 inhabitantes and obligatory Transport Plans
in Working Centres
•Tax-deductible expenses for public transport (up to
1.500 €/year)
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Electric cars:
•Main aim: 1.000.000 of green cars in Spain by 2014:
• 250.000 plug-in vehicles (including plug-in hybrids)
• 750.000 hybrids
•Public investments of 600 M€ between 2010 and 2012
•A key-issue: To involve cities in the “Positive discrimination of
the electric car” (preference parking, use of carpool lines, etc)
•Transposition of Directive 33/2009 on the promotion of clean
and energy-efficient road transport vehicles before end of
2010. Life cycle criteria in concessions for public transport.
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Sustainability: Searching a balance between
social, economic and environmental issues
•Stress in Economy: When GDP is falling. Short term.
Consensus: The bigger GDP the merriest
•Stress in social issues: Just after economical crisis.
Medium term. Consensus in minimum requirements
•Stress in Environment. Usually in rapid grow situations .
Long Term. No consensus in minimum requirements.
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One solution to fill the gap
between socio-economic issues
and environment is ecoinnovation:
•Example of changes in economy: Pais Vasco
and IHOBE
•Hard work
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Challenges:
•Different “units” to monitor environmental,
social and economic issues
•How can we evaluate the human welfare?
•Role of public sector in defining priorities
and controlling
•Public Participation
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