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In these dire economic times, organizations across Europe are postponing environmental goals. They shouldn’t: this is one of those areas where you can have the cake and eat it too.
Cátia Carias
 
March 2007 set the date for the “20-20-20” targets in the European Union: 20% less carbon emissions, 20% more renewable energy production and 20% more energy efficiency. Five years and an economic crisis later, and with only eight years left to reach 2020, a recent report states we will fall short of some of these objectives. In the midst of this grim scenario, something stands out: the Covenant of Mayors, a group of more than 4250 European municipalities voluntarily committing to surpassing EU’s “20-20-20” targets”. Can they do it? They can, but most of them probably will not.
Exhibit 1 – Emission reduction targets for the Covenant of Mayors signatories
Exhibit 2 – CO2e emission reductions and NPV for all the shortlisted measures
Exhibit 3 – CO2e emission reductions and NPV for all the “financially viable only” measures
 
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Why it is important to give strategy a real life dimension, for instance, through the implementation of quick wins pilot projects
Cátia Carias
 
I really enjoy that moment, when you finish an assignment and you look back at your deliverable - that handful of slides that kept you up and running - and feel that everything you put in there makes perfect sense. It’s like bringing order to chaos. Fighting entropy. But, is that all? Is this handful of slides the final stage? The result of a work well done? We don’t think so. To reach the final stage, you need to bring your slides to life, you need to make sure that all your ideas and conclusions are implemented (or at least implementable), even in challenging conditions (economic downturn, lack of liquidity, etc...). And one of the best ways to do so is by running a pilot: an old recipe for an emerging issue. 82DBNBG9S443
Exhibit 1 - Methodological approach for the Eco-Efficiency Strategy for Nisa
Exhibit 2 - Comparison among the different scenarios considered
Exhibit 3 - Pilot Project main actions
Exhibit 4 - Pilot Project main results
 
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