Political choices
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Controversial
Ratify the Kyoto protocol
Needs international coordination
> Commit to reduce national emissions
Enforce national reduction targets
Small loops for production, consumption,
Take part in international coordination
waste management ... programmes to reduce emissions (in transport, industry, etc.)
Priority to local networks and Offset unavoidable emissions diversification
Carbon sequestration capacity of energy
Planting trees (carbon sinks) of vegetation to attain in a few decades sources Combine all local possibilities for clean energies
Finance clean development
projects in non-Annex I countries
“Greenwashing”
Local / City scale
Construction Urban planning
Establish sustainability
Limit urban sprawlrequirements for buildings
Subsidize collective housing in city centres
Subsidize the construction
Subsidize the rehabilitation of unused or insalubrious buildings of ecobuildingsin city centres
Subsidize existing building
Discourage real estate speculation in city centres
improvements
High housing tax for non-occupied building (office space in particular)
Promote local and Use city and or state pre-emption rights to acquire land or buildings
ecological building materials in town centres, for allocation to affordable collective housing
Set public buildings as an
Make this goal a priority in official urban planning documents example
Control and limit the use of cars in city centres
Develop pedestrian zones
Develop bicycle lanes and parks
Build car parks on city outskirts, close to public transport nodes
Waste management
Widen pavements, making them easy for everyone to use
(handicapped, strollers, etc.)
“Less waste” policies
Decentralize and multiply service hubs (reducing the need for travel)
Support ecodesign projects
(easy dismantling and recycling)
Support takeback campaigns
Public transport
Organize sorting and recycling of waste
Expand the public transport network
Run a reliable, regular service (timetables, punctuality)
Energy recovery from waste
Make it affordable (subsidies, reduced prices)
To heat buildings
Make it easy for everyone to use (handicapped, strollers, etc.)
To run industrial processes
Source: Mitigation of Climate Change, Working Group III, Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2007.

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