2023-04-21 13:23:00
Mateusz Pawlak
21-04-2023, last update 21-04-2023 15:23
The city councilors adopted a resolution on the “Green Vision of Warsaw”. This is a key document that shows how the capital can achieve climate neutrality by 2050.
source: Bloomberg
– Scientists agree: we have one last chance to stop global warming. The capital is facing this challenge. As a city, we want to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent. by 2030 and achieve climate neutrality by 2050. The Green Vision of Warsaw is a document that will clearly show us how to achieve these goals – says Rafał Trzaskowski, Mayor of Warsaw and Chairman of the Environment and Climate Committee of the European Committee of the Regions.
The adoption of the Green Vision of Warsaw crowns a two-year project that began in 2020 with the accession of the capital to the Green Cities Development Program created by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Each of the participants declares in what perspective they want to achieve climate neutrality, and with the support of the EBRD, indicates the most important environmental challenges and develops a sustainable development strategy. As a result, the so-called a roadmap that shows what the city needs to do to meet the reduction targets.
Significance for the climate and benefits for the city
The effects of climate change are also being felt more and more in Poland – longer and longer heat waves and droughts, more frequent and violent weather phenomena, and decreasing water resources. Their consequence is growing material losses and deteriorating health of citizens, losses for the economy, and a growing migration problem.
Cities are not spared these problems either. Today, regarding 60 percent live in them. of the Polish population. At the same time, cities are responsible for regarding 70 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. Therefore, it is crucial to reduce this emission in cities, especially in the largest ones, in order to stop further climate change. The Polish capital meets these expectations.
The Green Vision of Warsaw describes 27 actions in 6 areas supporting the achievement of climate neutrality by 2050: energy infrastructure, buildings, spatial planning and blue-green infrastructure, transport, municipal waste, building social capital and integration. Among them are e.g. further development of communication infrastructure; investments in low- and zero-emission transport or subsidies for residents to renewable energy sources.
The implementation of these activities also brings additional benefits for the city and its inhabitants: better air quality and improved health of Varsovians, more green areas and greater biodiversity, better public transport and improved aesthetics of urban space.
How the Green Vision of Warsaw was created
The document contains “tailor-made” solutions for the capital city. It was created on the basis of specific indicators that allowed, among others, to determine the amount of greenhouse gas emissions in Warsaw and to perform a detailed analysis of the city’s condition. All this thanks to the use of two world-renowned methodologies: Action Plan Green City Action Plan, developed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Climate Action Plan, developed by the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group.
Many stakeholders were invited to create the Green Vision of Warsaw, including: representatives of the City of Warsaw Warsaw, non-governmental organizations, universities, enterprises. Experts from various fields and residents of the capital also participated in the work. Varsovians might submit their comments to the document via a virtual platform(opens in a new tab).
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