Download where wealth is generated

Cities
making Europe sustainable
Birgit Georgi
Smart Growth, Malmö 5 April 2011
European Environment Agency
Europe in a nutshell
The world as we know it …
Population
2002
Wealth
2002
Europes wealth and resources
Out
000
Million tonnes
800
600
400
200
000
800
In
2000
2000
1500
1500
1000
1000
500
500
600
400
Other manufactured goods and commodities
Other manufactured goods and commodities
Mineral fuels, lubricants etc
Machinery and transport equipment
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels
Chemicals and related products
Beverages and tobacco
Animal and vegetable oils, fats
Food and live animals
2007
Animal and vegetable oils, fats
2005
2003
2001
Machinery and transport equipment
Chemicals and related products
2008
2007
2007
2005
2006
2005
2004
2003
2001
2003
2002
2001
1999
2000
1999
2008
0
1999
0
200
0
China & India catch up
25
GDP Increase
China
20
India
15
10
5
Europe
0
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
2050
Wealth in the future
2015
2002
We risk
our
quality of life
Cities in Europe ...
4% area
75% people
… where wealth is generated
… and where we live
?
Photo: Jörg Thiemann-Linden
Cities consume
69%
of Europe’s primary energy
Source: IEA, 2008
… and effect whole Europe
London’s ecological footprint
is around twice the size of
Great Britain
Source: www.citylimitslondon.com/
But
!
Efficiency
4.9
rural resident
tonnes of oil equivalent / year in Europe
Source: IEA, 2008
3.5
city resident
Energy consumption
Passenger transport versus density
European cities
Resident’s transport footprint
Salford
London
Newport
Gloucester
Glasgow
Sheffield
Leicester
Bradford
Norwich
Edinburgh
Southhampton
Oxford
Cambridge
Canterbury
Winchester
St Alban
0
Source: WWF, 2007
0.5
1
1.5
gha
2
Imagine, we all would spread
across the countryside ...
In fact, we are spreading!
Urban growth
115
Percentage increase
110
Population
105
100
Source: EEA, 2010
95
1980
1985
1990
1995
2000
2005
Some hope
Source: EEA, 2010
Challenges
ahead
• Scarcity of resources
• Climate change
Turn challenges
into potentials !
• Scarcity of resources
• Climate change
• Urban density
Cool it!
Green it!
quiet
Co-benefits
social
contacts
clean air
green
attractive
public
space
compact
green
efficient
nice
We are different
No one-size-fit-all!
Back to Europe …
The cities have Europe
in their hand
… but are not alone
EU transport p.
EU cohesion p.
EU climate p.
EU rural p.
Other citie’s p.
Local rural p.
Urban planning
and design
urban energy p.
urban transport
Integrated & multi-level
European
national
local
Cities Quality of life
for all!
European Environment Agency
www.eea.europa.eu