Urban Zero marks the world’s first attempt to transform an urban neighborhood (Duisburg-Ruhrort) into complete environmental neutrality in just a few years (by 2029). In this context, environmental neutrality means recording all potential environmental impacts, e.g. emissions and resource consumption of the neighborhood, that can be measured using life cycle assessment methods, reducing them as much as possible, and compensating for them continuously in their unavoidable portions in the neighborhood area. The project addresses the challenge that cities make up only three percent of the earth’s terrestrial surface but consume two thirds of the energy used – with significant impact on global environmental degradation incl. climate change and decline of biodiversity that threaten vital livelihoods. If successful, Urban Zero can become a role model for sustainable urbanity. /// Tandem: Peter Weidig (Head of Holding Services, Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH) and Katrin Witthaus (Project Lead Project Development, GEBAG Duisburger Baugesellschaft mbH)
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RISE Cities Fellowship is a hybrid program with a group of 24 leaders from 12 European cities working in tandems of one civil servant and one project leader to develop ideas and solutions for their cities through immersive sessions, masterclasses, online coaching and mentoring by outstanding urban experts and members of the BMW Foundation Responsible Leaders Network. The RISE Cities Fellowship Program was launched in 2022. We are happy to introduce the second edition of the program.
The fellowship is part of the BMW Foundation RISE Cities program, working since 2019 on identifying urban challenges and facilitating mutual learning to support the development of solutions in local ecosystems.
RISE Cities Fellowship program was designed in collaboration with experienced advisors like GEHL and Urban Impact Agency and is supported by our broader network of organizations and partners for the nomination process, thematic inputs, and coaching.
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[Music] hi my name is Peter I come from Germany our project is called Urban zero hi my name is Katan I’m from duburg in Germany and the project I would like to present is urban zero why Urban zero the world that we know is at a Tipping Point if we look at cities they only cover 3% of the tastic surface but they’re responsible for 2/3 of the energy consumptions we constant stressing the planetary boundaries so it’s time to change and to act now change a urban area into environmentally neutral area it is worldwide the first approach to holistically transform an urban District even in industrial one into a state that doesn’t harm the environment at all we’ll start with the cities and focus on that we’re looking at the private consumption for it’s about a huge factor in the whole LCA first we’re going to analyze the environmental impact of the district year by year this is what we call a life cycle assessment building renovation with Sumer insulation we have the themes mobility and new Mobility systems we have the transport we do this with with strong Partners in this project but we also have to involve the inhabitants of dubur DB w we will have a footprint as human beings we want to compensate the rest so that at the end we’ll have a balanced sheet we hope that we can all make change de book W until 2029 and I’m really looking forward to that [Music]