EuBike Final Conference - presentation by UNIDO of its plans for greening the UNFCCC COP 22 in Marrakech, Marocco, including development of the city bike system.
2. Background
• Conference
of
the
Par.es
(COP)
to
the
UNFCCC
conducts
nego.a.ons
among
par.es
in
order
to
contain
and
reduce
CO2
emissions
in
the
atmosphere
and
combat
climate
change
and
global
warming.
• COP
22
will
take
place
7-‐18
November
in
Marrakesh,
Morocco.
• The
Government
of
Morocco
seeks
to
capitalize
on
the
momentum
created
by
COP
22
in
order
to
green
the
host
city
and
has
formally
requested
UNIDO
to
support
it
in
this
endeavor.
3. Thematic
gardens
• To refurbish the
city gardens by
integrating the
use of
sustainable
energy, water
and waste
management as
well as related
low-carbon
technologies.
Eco-Quartier
• To promote low-
carbon districts
that integrate
sustainable
energy, water
and waste
management as
well as low-
carbon
transportation.
Low-carbon
public buildings
• To implement
energy
management
system (EnMS)
in line with ISO
50001 in public
buildings.
Low-carbon
transport
• To encourage
low carbon
transportation
through E-
mobility (electric
buses and cars),
city bike hiring
system and
horse carriages.
Greening COP 22 project aims at: (1) supporting low-carbon development and (2)
enhancing climate change awareness in the host city.
4. Low-‐carbon
transport
–
city
bike
hiring
system
Objec.ve:
to
set
up
a
city
bicycle-‐hiring
system
in
Marrakesh
Call
for
partners
(NGO
or
private
sector)
Assets:
300
bicycles
and
helmets
Target: COP
22 delegates
and city
inhabitants
Training
of
staff
on
the
bicycles
opera.on
and
maintenance
City
bike
hiring
system
Scaling
up
strategy:
how
to
expand
to
more
loca.ons
around
the
city
Moroccan
ci.es
are
growing
fast
and
face
considerable
difficul.es
in
providing
transport
systems
that
are
efficient,
affordable,
and
give
marginalized
neighborhoods
beCer
access
to
centers
of
economic
ac.vity.
Barriers:
-‐safety
and
poor
infrastructure
-‐limited
educa.on
and
poverty
s.gma
6
pre-‐selected
sites
around
the
COP
22
key
venues