Mission & Ambition
Mission
Improving
the climate for the benefit of people, the environment, and the
economy;
that is the challenge confronted by the collective initiators;
Port
of Rotterdam, the City of Rotterdam, employers' organization
Deltalinqs,
and DCMR Environmental Protection Agency Rijnmond. The
Rotterdam
Climate Initiative creates a movement in which government,
organizations,
companies, knowledge institutes, and citizens collaborate
to
achieve a fifty per cent reduction of CO2 emissions, adapt to climate change,
and promote the economy in the Rotterdam region.
For more information about Rotterdam Climate Initiative you can download this brochure, or the more extensive programme information on the Publicationssection of this website.
Ambition
The expected growth of the city
and
port of Rotterdam offers new economic chances in the future for the
processing
of CO2
by organisations, industry and port.
Rotterdam is aiming to be the World Capital of CO2- free energy. Read the entire programme.
Read the Objectives 2007-2010 of the Rotterdam Climate Initiative.
A clean, green and healthy city where sustainability contributes to a strong economy. This is the ambition the Rotterdam Municipal Executive wants to work on with the new Rotterdam Sustainability Programme. Reducing carbon emission by half, preparing for the consequences of climate change, improving air quality and reducing noise are the main topics of the programme. The Municipal Executive will invest 31 million euros in order to achieve the green ambitions.
