A commitment towards green economic
growth & high quality of life
City, Country
Date, Year
Name of speaker
Function - Covenant of Mayors East Office
The Covenant at a glance
Since 2008, over 4500 local and regional
authorities all over the world are voluntarily
committed to local sustainable energy
What is the Covenant of Mayors?
The Covenant of Mayors is the fast growing
mainstream European movement supported by the
European Commission that involving local, regional and
national authorities in the sustainable energy
development and climate protection.
It is based on a voluntary commitment of municipal
councils to improve the quality of life of their citizens by
improving energy efficiency and expanding usage
of renewable energy that will result in at least 20%
CO2 emissions reduction by 2020.
Why Covenant of Mayors?
Fuel reserves in the World imposed time limits for carbonised economy
1,271,514,113,437 (barrels)
Oil left
15116 days left to the end of oil
1,150,704,840,490 (boe)
Gas left
60542 days left to the end of gas
4,400,276,483,657(boe)
Coal left
151 713 days left to the end of coal
Source: World energy statistic from http://www.worldometers.info/ on July 15, 2012
Covenant Signatories commit to:
Developing a local sustainable energy and climate policy
Adapt the administrative structure of the municipality to manage
energy and climate policy implementation
Choose a base year, develop a Baseline Emission Inventory (BEI)
and Sustainable Energy Action Plan (SEAP) and investment
projects
Involve citizens and other stakeholders to develop and
implement SEAP
Develop and publish periodic reports to show progress and
results of SEAP implementation.
Encourage other cities to join the Initiative.
The Covenant step-by-step
Covenant “philosophy”
The battle for a secure energy future and against
climate change is won or lost at local level
‘An estimated 70 percent of
greenhouse gas emissions
come from cities and more
than 70 percent of energy is
consumed in urban areas.’
What does the Covenant bring to a city?
Clean & affordable energy services
+ improved public services
+ better infrastructures
+ healthier environment
+ local actors feeling involved
+ business dvt & innovations
+ more jobs
= quality
of life
Covenant of Mayors Today
Over 4 500 signatories in 47 countries, including
61 signatories in COMO-East region (11 countries)
30 capitals joined the COM, including
3 in COMO-East region (Tbilisi, Kyiv, Chisinau)
121 regional and national authorities signed
CTC/CNC partnership agreement with DG ENER, including
4 signed/in the process in COMO-East
75 associations of local authorities signed the
CS partnership agreement with DG ENER, incl.
3 in COMO-East (EECU, CALM, NALAG)
What is
the baseline emission inventory?
What is
a Sustainable Energy Action Plan?
Political document: it must be approved by the
municipal council.
Strategic document, designed in collaboration with
local stakeholders & citizens.
Cornerstone for development of operational
documents: the SEAP defines concrete reduction
measures, time frames and assigned responsibilities,
which translate the long-term strategy into action
Online catalogue of SEAPs at
www.eumayors.eu
SEAP submission and acceptation
CoMO-East Project:
4 principal missions
Promotion of the CoM Eastwards
Capacity building & training
Helpdesk function and support all COM
participants
Support to JRC and COM-Grant projects
Donors’ coordination for SEAP’s sector-wide
approach (financing SEAP investments)
Covenant of Mayors East Office
in Lviv and Tbilisi
Twin activities with the Brussels office
Two offices as a branch office of the Brussels office:
- Address 1: 12 Ohienka Street, office 1-A,
Lviv, Ukraine
- Address 2: 74 Chavchavadze Avenue, Room 906,
Tbilisi, Georgia.
It helps and advises cities from 6 Eastern Partnership
countries (Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia,
Moldova, Ukraine) and 5 Central Asian countries
(Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,
Uzbekistan) in their efforts towards sustainable energy.
Get specific help and
advise in your cities’
efforts towards
sustainable energy!
EASTERN
PARTNERSHIP
COUNTRIES
Azerbaijan, Armenia,
Belarus, Georgia,
Moldova, Ukraine
CENTRAL ASIA
Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan,
Uzbekistan
Covenant signatories in
COMO-East region (April 2013)
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11.
Armenia:
Azerbaijan:
Belarus:
Georgia:
Kazakhstan:
Kyrgyzstan:
Moldova:
Tajikistan:
Turkmenistan:
Ukraine:
Uzbekistan:
1 signatory
1 signatories
5 signatory
6 signatories
1 signatories
2 signatories
12 signatories
0 signatures
0 signatories
33 signatories
0 signatories
TOTAL
61 signatories
8 SEAPs
developed
Conclusions
The Covenant of Mayors is not “just another
campaign” but a serious commitment by local
authorities with reliable and quantifiable contributions
to reducing the fossil fuels usage and the CO2
emissions due to long term and city-wide sustainable
energy development.
Every Covenant Signatory could benefit from an
extensive support and networking opportunities
provided by the Covenant of Mayors Offices, Covenant
Supporters and Coordinators, Joint Research Centre,
International Donors and other involved actors.
Thank you for your attention!
Key Experts
to answer your questions:
anatoliy.kopets@eumayors.eu
khatuna.sichinava@eumayors.eu
svyatoslav.pavlyuk@eumayors.eu
Further online information:
www.eumayors.eu
Available also in the national languages of Eastern Europe, South Caucasus
and Central Asia !