Craiova Green City Action Plan Vol 1 – Main Report
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City of Craiova Green City Action Plan Vol 1 – Main Report January 2021 Mott MacDonald 246, Traian Street District 2 3rd floor Bucharest 024046 Romania T +4 031 620 8471 mottmac.com City of Craiova Green City Action Plan Vol 1 – Main Report January 2021 SC Mott MacDonald Romania SRL. Registration no: J40/9360/1998. Vat no: RO11071473 Acknowledgements The production of this GCAP for Craiova is be financed by the Government of Austria via the EBRD Administered City Regeneration and Environment (CREATE) Fund. A management team was established to develop the Green City Action Plan. This team included: • The Mayor of Craiova, Mr. Mihail Genoiu; • The Vice Mayor of Craiova, Mr. Stelian Baragan; • The Five Members of the “Focal Point” group – Mr. Alin Glavan (Deputy Director), Mr. Claudiu - Nicu Popescu (Executive Director), Mr. Catalin Popa (Environmental Inspector), Mr. Gabriel Rosca (Energy Inspector), and Mr. Nicu Barbu (Inspector, Public Relations); • EBRD’s Operational Leader Ms. Venera Vlad, Ms. Dana Ionescu, Ms. Raluca Badau, Ms. Anamaria Ionita (supported by Mr. Hiroyuki Ito); • Three members of the Consultant’s management team: Mr. Phil Le Gouais (Team Leader). Mr. Dumitru Calina (Local Coordinator) and Ms. Alina Dumitrascu (Project Manager) – subsequently replaced by Mr. Alexandru Odangiu The consultant’s team was a consortium led by Mott MacDonald Ltd (UK) with support from E Co. Ltd (UK), Mott MacDonald Romania SRL and a number of independent local and international sector experts. 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Contents Executive Summary 1 What are the priority environmental challenges? 2 What are the plan’s goals? 3 1 Introduction 5 1.1 What is an EBRD Green City? 6 1.2 How this plan was produced? 7 1.3 How did we involve Stakeholders? 12 1.3.1 Key Stakeholder Groups 12 1.3.2 Key Engagement Activities have been undertaken throughout the process 12 1.3.3 Impact of Covid-19 on stakeholder engagement 13 2 Green City Baseline 0 2.1 General Facts 1 2.2 Geographical Scope 2 2.3 Key Features in the City 2 2.4 Current Strategic Plans 4 2.5 The Green City Baseline 9 2.5.1 What is the current state of the environment? 10 2.5.2 What are the current Pressures on the Environment? 14 2.6 Preliminary Smart Maturity Assessment 30 3 Action Plan 31 3.1 What is our vision? 32 3.2 Sectors and Strategic Goals 33 3.3 Buildings and Energy Actions 34 3.3.1 What are the key challenges and priorities? 34 3.3.2 What are we already doing? 34 3.3.3 What Strategic Goals and Targets have been set and why? 35 3.3.4 What actions are we proposing to take? 36 3.4 Sustainable Mobility 46 3.4.1 What are the key challenges and priorities? 46 3.4.2 What are we already doing? 46 3.4.3 What Strategic Goals and Targets have been set and why? 48 3.4.4 What actions are we proposing to take? 50 3.5 Urban Planning and Green Space 71 3.5.1 What are the key challenges and priorities? 71 3.5.2 What are we already doing? 71 3.5.3 What Strategic Goals and Targets have been set and why? 72 3.5.4 What actions are we proposing to take? 73 3.6 Waste 86 3.6.1 What are the key challenges and priorities? 86 3.6.2 What are we already doing? 86 3.6.3 What Strategic Goals and Targets have been set and why? 87 3.6.4 What actions are we proposing to take? 88 3.7 Water Efficiency 93 3.7.1 What are the key challenges and priorities? 93 3.7.2 What are we already doing? 93 3.7.3 What Strategic Goals and Targets have been set and why? 94 3.7.4 What actions are we proposing to take? 94 3.8 Cross Cutting Issues 99 3.8.1 What are the key challenges and priorities? 99 3.8.2 What are we already doing? 99 3.8.3 What actions are we proposing to take? 101 4 Financing Options 112 4.1 Summary of City’s Financial Status 113 4.2 Sources of Potential Finances 114 4.3 Assessment of Actions against Financing Options 115 5 Implementation and Monitoring 120 5.1 Craiova GCAP Governance – Implementation & Monitoring 121 5.2 GCAP Implementation and Monitoring 123 5.3 Mobilisation 125 5.4 GCAP Impact Monitoring 127 5.5 Scheme Impact Monitoring 135 5.6 Annual Report & Future GCAP Action Planning 136 6 Summary of Benefits 137 6.1 Introduction 138 6.2 Key Environmental Benefits 140 6.2.1 Air Quality 140 6.2.2 Biodiversity 140 6.2.3 Water Use 141 6.2.4 Energy Use 141 6.2.5 Land Use 141 6.2.6 Material Use 141 6.2.7 Climate Change Mitigation 141 6.2.8 Climate Adaptation 143 6.3 Key Economic and Social Co-Benefits 143 6.3.1 Financial Returns for Investors 143 6.3.2 Non-Financial Economic Benefits 144 6.3.3 Employment 144 6.3.4 Economic Inclusion 144 6.3.5 Public Health 144 6.3.6 Safety 145 6.3.7 Gender Equality 145 6.3.8 Green Behaviour and Awareness 146 6.3.9 Community Involvement 146 Appendices 147 Table 1.1 Focal Point Group members 8 Table 2.1: Heating consumption per m2 for various modes of heating 17 Table 3.1 - Summary of Buildings and Energy Actions 36 Table 3.2 - Summary of Sustainable Mobility Actions 50 Table 3.3 - Summary of Urban Planning and Greenspace Actions 73 Table 3.4 - Summary of Waste Actions 88 Table 3.5 - Summary of Water Efficiency Actions 94 Table 3.6 - Summary of Cross Cutting Actions 101 Table 4.1 Economic