RIS318170 Bijlage ClimateActionPlan TheHague
Tekst van het document
High relevance / direct impact
Government
Link
Regulation - 2023/851 EN - EUR-Lex (europa.eu)
https://eur-lex.europa. eu/legal-content/ EN/TXT/?uri=OJ%3AJOL_2023_231_R_0001&qid=1695186598766
https://eur-lex.europa. eu/eli/dir/2019/1161/oj
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3.1.2 National, Provincial, and Regional Climate Policies and Strategies Table 10: National, Provincial, and Regional Climate-related Policies and Strategies Type
Name & Title
Year of Publication
Emission domain(s)
Description
Relevance for/ impact on Local Action
Stakeholders
Need for action
Link
Regulation
Wet personenvervoer (Wp2000)
2001
Sustainable Mobility
Regulation to increase efficiency and cost-effectivity of local and regional public transportation. Also states that public transportation providers can allocate funds to shared mobility solutions.
Medium relevance / indirect impact
Governments, public transportation providers
Affects decisions by local and regional public transport providers.
Policy
Nationaal Klimaatakkoord/ National Climate Agreement
2018
All
Agreement between large group of national stakeholders committing to bring national CO2emissions down by at least 49% by 2030 and 95% by 2050 compared to 1990
High relevance / direct impact
All
Framework for most actions in this list. Also framwork on which municipalities get national funding for implementation of plans in the National Climate Agreement.
https://www. klimaatakkoord. nl/documenten/ publicaties/2019/06/28/ klimaatakkoord
Strategy
Regionale Energiestrategie/ Regional Energy Strategy
2021
Energy transition, built environment
Regional strategy for increased production of renewable energy on land.
Medium relevance/ direct impact
Governments (all levels), energy suppliers, housing corporations, residents
Framework for regional cooperation in MRDH on large scale energy production.
Home | RES Rotterdam Den Haag
Policy proposal
Wetsvoorstel Collectieve Warmte
2022
Energy Transition
Proposed bill to facilitate the development of district heating by designating public parties to develop said networks, thus giving the public sector more control.
High relevance / direct impact
Governments (all levels), energy suppliers, housing corporations, residents
Framework for developing district heating.
Action plan
Nationaal Isolatieprogramma/ National Insulation Programme
2022
Energy Transition
National programme to accelerate the insulation of households in order to decrease energy consumption and prepare for non-fossil fuel heating sources in 2.5 million households by 2030.
High relevance / direct impact
Governments, housing corporations, home owners,insulation companies, occupants of housing needing insulation.
Link with local missions on speeding up energy saving and insulating. Nationaal Isolatieprogramma
Policy
Policy on Charging Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles/ Beleid oplaadinfrastructuur elektrische voertuigen
2022
Sustainable Mobility, Energy Transition
The National approach on charging infrastructure aims to make all transport emission free by 2050. That can only be achieved by having a good and national covering network.
High relevance / direct impact
Governments, energy providers, public transportation provider HTM, energy grid manager Stedin, logistic businesses, drivers
Vision paper
Mobiliteitsvisie 2050 / Mobility Vision 2050
2023
Mobility
National vision paper about the future of mobility
Medium relevance / indirect impact
All
Framework for policies on mobility.
Policy
Nationale Prestatieafspraken / National Performance Agreements (NPA) Housing Corporations
2023
Energy transition, built environment
Agreements that state that housing corporations will phase out the EFG labels in all their social housing stock by 2028 at the latest. In order to achieve the objectives of the NPA, a further acceleration in efforts is needed.
High relevance / direct impact
Housing corporations, renters
Link with local missions on speeding up energy saving and insulating.
Nationaal Isolatieprogramma | Home | Volkshuisvesting Nederland
Nationale Agenda Laadinfrastructuur | Nationale Agenda Laadinfrastructuur
Mobiliteitsvisie 2050 Hoofdlijnennotitie | Rapport | Rijksoverheid.nl
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Type
Name & Title
Year of Publication
Emission domain(s)
Description
Relevance for/ impact on Local Action
Stakeholders
Need for action
Link
Strategy
National Approach Mobility Transition/ Nationale aanpak mobiliteitstransitie
Multi-year approach
Mobility
Accelerating the mobility transition through a joint approach by all governments.
Medium relevance / indirect impact
Ministry of Infrastructure, Provinces and municipalities
Measures aimed at structurally improving mobility. Link with local mobility vision and implementation.
not published yet
Regulation
Manifest Maatschappelijk Verantwoord Opdrachtgeven en Inkopen (MVOI)/ Action plan sustainable commissioning and procurement
2022
All
Manifest signed by 90 (semi)governmental organisations in order to stimulate ambitious social commissioning and sustainable procurement. Participation is optional, and still parties are joining and committing to writing an Action Plan. It is divided in the themes; environment and biodiversity, climate, cicularity, Internatioanl Social Conditions (ISV or chain responsibility), diversity and inclusion and social return.
High relevance / direct impact
All
Framework for municipal Actionplan MVOI
Manifest Maatschappelijk Verantwoord Opdrachtgeven en Inkopen | Rapport | Rijksoverheid.nl
Action Plan
Provincial multiple year plan on infrastructure, energy and climate (pMIEK)
2023
Energy transition, built environment
Integrated provincial analysis on the most important decisions to ensure a functioning energy system beyond 2030.
High relevance/direct impact
Municipalities, network operators, Province
Framework for development energy infrastructure on a provincial level, in accordance with municipallities. Reiterated every other year.
Strategy / Vision
National plan energysystem
2023
Energy transition, built environment
Concept vision for the National Energysystem in 2050
High relevance / direct impact
Governments, energy providers, all building owners
Framework for other integral approaches to energy infrastructure such as the pMIEK.
Nationaal Plan Energiesysteem
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3.1.3 Local Climate Policies and Strategies Table 11: Local Climate-related Policies and Strategies Type
Name & Title
Year of Publication
Emission domain(s)
Description
Relevance for/ impact on Local Action
Stakeholders
Need for action
Link
Policy
Eyeline Skyline
2016
Energy transition
For high-rise buildings (> 50m height) an ambition of Municipal Prestation Guideline (GPR) score on energy is required to minimally get a 9. This requires more effort for the building companies to exceed the national energy legislation, which requires a lower score.
Medium relevance / direct impact
Developers and housing corporations
A high rise construction note based on Eyeline Skyline is in preparation and will be completed in 2024.
Nota Haagse hoogbouw: Eyeline en Skyline Gemeente Den Haag (raadsinformatie.nl)
Policy
Nota Duurzaamheid/ Sustainability Policy Note
2019
All
The framework for the implementation of sustainabilty policies and projects at the municipality of The Hague.
High relevance / direct impact
Municipality of The Hague
Basis for the four 2024 sustainability agenda's.
Nota Duurzaamheid Gemeente Den Haag (raadsinformatie.nl)
Strategy
The Hague Data Strategy ("Datagedreven werken voor onze stad")
2020
All
Municipal strategy on using data (facts, figures, real-time data, etc.) to drive decision making in local government. This affects all areas including decisions on sustainability, energy transition, the built environment, and mobility. It is a translation of the European and National datastrategy to the local context of the City of The Hague.
Medium relevance / indirect impact
Local, provincial, national government, industry, local residents and business owners
Linked to European Datastrategy.
Datagedreven werken voor onze stad Datastrategie 2020-2022
Strategy
Exploration Strategy Smart Energy
2020
Energy transition
Framework / strategy on applying the possibilities of digital innovation on (local) energy management
High Relevance / direct impact
Local, provincial, national government, industry, local residents and business owners
Vision paper
Vision on Digitalisation and Services 2020-2023/ Visie op Digitalisering en Dienstverlening 2020-2023/ Vision on Digitalisation and Services 2020-2023
2020
All
Vision on responsible and smart digitalisation within the municipal organisation and the city as a whole. Includes vision for innovation with, and development of, a local smart grid in Scheveningen (within Living Lab Scheveningen)
Medium relevance / indirect impact
Policy
Groene leges
2020
All
For construction in the Hague, there is a discount on the municipal fees: ‘groene leges’. to encourage sustainable construction. Per project there is a limit to € 200.000 of discount that can be accessed with the permit submission.
High Relevance / direct impact
Developers
Programme
OV NEXT
2021
Mobility
Regional (MRDH) programme for improving reliability, efficiency, and accessibility of public transportation services until 2040.
High Relevance / direct impact
Governments, public transportation providers, residents and (potential) users of public transportation
Actieagenda Netcongestie Laagspanningsnetten
https://denhaag. raadsinformatie.nl/ document/9393047/1/ RIS306597_Bijlage
OV NEXT: openbaar vervoer van de toekomst Den Haag
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Name & Title
Year of Publication
Emission domain(s)
Description
Relevance for/ impact on Local Action
Stakeholders
Need for action
Link
Vision paper
Strategy for Mobility Transition 2022-2040
2022
Mobility
Local strategy describing the mobility objectives for 2040 and identifying opportunities for the municipality to accelerate the transition to a sustainable mobility system by 2040.
High Relevance / direct impact
The municipality of The Hague, Civilians of The Hague, Visitors, Employers, public transportation providers, logistic companies
This strategy is used as a basis for all mobility projects and policies for the period 2022 - 2040
Den Haag leefbaar, verkeersveilig en bereikbaar houden Den Haag
Agreement
Coalition Agreement 2023 - 2026
2023
All
Document with municipal plans, priorities, and spending from The Hague's mayor and aldermen. Includes ambition to be climate neutral in 2030 along with e.g. ambitions on zero emission zones, circular economie, greening, developing district heating and insulating 10.000 homes per year.
High Relevance / direct impact
Municipality of The Hague, businesses in The Hague, residents of The Hague.
Framework for municipal operations between 2023 - 2026
Haags akkoord 2023-2026 (raadsinformatie.nl)
Action Plan
Haagse Dakenaanpak/ The Hague Roof Approa
2023
Energy transition, built environment
Coordinated approach to using the 17 km3 of rooftop space in The Hague efficiently for adding solar panels and/or green/blue space.
Medium relevance / direct impact
Property owners, citizen cooperatives, municipality, users of municipal buildings such as primary schools.
Vision
Transitievisie Warmte (TVW)/ Vision on Heating Transition
2023
Energy Transition
Vision on phasing out the use of fossil fuels for heating the build environment for the use of more sustainable sources. Iterations are published every other year.
High Relevance / direct impact
Users and owners Reiterated on a regular basis of property within the City of The Hague, developers, district heating prividers, municipality.
Policy
The Hague Spatial Planning Policy
2024
All
Integration of climate mitigation and – adaptation in Spatial Planning Visions and Plans
High relevance / indirect impact
Local, provincial, national government, industry, housing corporations
Vision paper
Haagse Omgevingsvisie/ The Hague Spatial Planning Vision
2024
All
Local document presenting a vision of a sustainable perspective for our living environment by 2050
High relevance / indirect impact
Residents, business owners, local government.
Strategy
Strategie Deelmobiliteit/ Shared Mobility Strategy
2024
Mobility
Municipal strategy to take shared mobility beyond the innovation/pioneering phase
High Relevance / direct impact
Residents of The Hague, developers of shared mobility services
Strategy
Netwerk Strategie/ Network Strategy
2024
Mobility
A strategy for an integrated mobility system
High Relevance / direct impact
Residents of The Hague
Sustainability Agenda
Sustainable Mobility Agenda 2024-2026
2024
Mobility
One of four parts making up The Hague's sustainability agenda 2024-2026. Outlines the city's objectives, activities and monitoring targets for sustainable mobility during this period.
High Relevance / direct impact
Residents, business owners, local government.
National approach on shared mobility
All municipal projects that contribute to emission free mobility in the period 2024-2026 are added to this agenda and will be monitored.
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Name & Title
Sustainability Agenda
Year of Publication
Emission domain(s)
Description
Relevance for/ impact on Local Action
Stakeholders
Need for action
Link
Circular Economy Agenda 2024-2026 2024
Circulair economy, nature based solutions
One of four parts making up The Hague's sustainability agenda 2024-2026. Outlines the city's objectives, activities and monitoring targets for circular economy during this period.
High Relevance / direct impact
Municipality, residents, researchers, entrepeneurs
To be completed in Q1/ Q2 2024.
To be Published
Sustainability Agenda
Energy Transition Agenda 2024-2026 2024
Energy transition
One of four parts making up The Hague's sustainability agenda 2024-2026. Outlines the city's objectives, activities and monitoring targets for the energy transition during this period.
High Relevance / direct impact
Municipality, residents, researchers, entrepeneurs
To be completed in Q1/ Q2 2024.
To be Published
Sustainability Agenda
Built Environment Agenda 2024-2026
2024
Built environment
One of four parts making up the Hague's sustainability agenda 2024-2026. Outlines the city's objectives, activities and monitoring targets for the built environment during this period.
High Relevance / direct impact
Residents, Municipality of the Hague, local business owners, corporations, different foundations
To be completed in Q1/ Q2 2024.
To be Published
Vision
Vision on Environment
2024
Built Environment
Effective until until jan 1st 2024. Vision to achieve the future-proof and sustainable housing stock. This includes the goal of growing to insulating and improving 10,000 homes per year and to ultimately achieve by 2050 that all homes meet the basic quality of The Hague
Medium relevance/ indirect impact
Residents, Municipality of the Hague, local business owners, corporations, different foundations
To be completed in Q1/ Q2 2024.
To be Published
Policy
Roadmap Climate Resilient The Hague
2024
Built Environment
Update on existing document on integration of climate adaptive measures in urban development
High Relevance / direct impact
Local government, industry, home owners, housing corporations
The roadmap will be revised in 2024.
To be Published
Vision
Vision on Living
2024
Built Environment
Vision to achieve the future-proof and sustainable housing stock. This includes the goal of growing to insulating and improving 10,000 homes per year and to ultimately achieve by 2050 that all homes meet the basic quality of The Hague.
High Relevance / direct impact
Local government, industry, home owners, housing corporations
Action Plan
Regional Mobility Plan
continuous
Mobility
Regional Program on the implementation of Sustainable Mobility projects
High relevance / indirect impact
Municipalities of the Metropolitan Region Rotterdam – The Hague (MRDH)
A European SUMP is required for all urban nodes. An urban node is an urban area where elements of the transport infrastructure of the transEuropean transport network. The Regional Mobility Plan for the Metropolitan Region Rotterdam - The Hague might be used as the fundament for a future European SUMP.
Duurzame mobiliteit | MRDH Metropoolregio Rotterdam Den Haag
Action Plan
Geactualiseerd Actieplan Luchtkwaliteit/ Actualised Action Plan Air Quality
2024
Mobility, built environment
An actualisation on an existing action plan focused on the introduction of zero emission zones in The Hague.
High relevance/direct impact
Government, residents, business owners
National Climate Agreement
To Be Published
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Name & Title
Year of Publication
Emission domain(s)
Description
Relevance for/ impact on Local Action
Stakeholders
Need for action
Link
Action plan
Plan Public Charging Infrastructure for Electric Cars 2021 – 2024
2021
Energy transition, built environment, mobility
Plan for expanding the public infrastructure for charging electric cars between 2021 – 2024.
High relevance/direct impact
Governments, public transportation providers, net operators, net developers, energy companies
National approach Charging infrastructure
Elektrische oplaadpalen in Den Haag - Den Haag
Action plan
Action plan Improvement and Insulation
Energy Transition
Action plan to improve energy efficiency of 100.000 households by 2030 through improvement and insulation. Focus on most poorly insulated households.
High Relevance / direct impact
Vision paper
Economic vision The Hague+ 2030
2019
All
The Economic Vision The Hague+ 2030 is a multi-year vision on the municipality's economic development. Four strategic goals are included: 1) an attractive city for residents, visitors and companies, 2) a resilient economic structure, 3) an excellent business climate and 4) sufficient space for business activity. Every four years (new council periode) an action agenda is drawn up where objectives are identified at tactical and operational level.
High Relevance / direct impact
Companies
The most recent action agenda contains explicit objectives as to how many entrepreneurs we want to support in becoming more sustainable
Action plan
VIEW/ Program plan 2023-2026 Acceleration of insulating and improving homes
2023
Energy transition
Action plan to improve energy efficiency of 100.000 households by 2030 through improvement and insulation. Focus on most poorly insulated households.
High Relevance / direct impact
HOA managers, large renovation companies, contractors, National Government, private landlords, neigborhood initatives, energy cooperatives, volunteers, including resident's associations, individual residents
Other similar projects, programs and initiatives also relevant to the program include: Neighborhood plans such as Laak Action Plan, Schilderswijk Neighborhood Agenda, Transvaal and RustenburgOostbroek district plans, Southwest plans. District implementation plans based on the Heat Transition Vision, in particular Schilderswijk, Zuidwest, Mariahoeve. National Southwest Program and National Private Neighborhoods Program
Action Plan
Actieplan Maatschappelijk Verantwoord Opdrachtgeven en Inkopen (MVOI) /Action plan sustainable commissioning and procurement
2024
All; own organisation
With this policy, we want to implement our strategy for sustainable procurement in a still more consistent way, along with improving better monitoring of both our efforts and the results in terms of reduction of emissions of GHG, nitrogen oxides, particulate matters, and use of raw materials. Comissioning and procurement impact all aspects of our organisation, covering scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions.
High relevance / direct impact
Municipal organisation, contractors, employees
Municipal translation of national MVOI
Action plan improvement and insulation RIS303550_Bijlage_1de (raadsinformatie.nl) en https://denhaag. raadsinformatie.nl/ document/12870113/1/ RIS315460_Bijlage_-_ Economische_ Uitvoeringsagenda_Den_ Haag_2023-2026
To Be Published
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Several local policy documents are particularly
aspects of the climate, such as air and water
long-term strategies on spatial planning
substance to the options. These four themes
relevant in our efforts towards a sustainable
quality.
and the environment. In the strategy, several
are: the compact city, mobility on a human
thematic strategies are combined into
scale, city-friendly transport & region and
The Hague and form the key buildings blocks for our impact pathways as they can be found in
2. Coalitieakkoord 2023-2026 / Coalition
one comprehensive vision on the physical
junction development. The strategy acts as the
chapter five. They are discussed in more detail
Agreement
environment. These themes include the built
baseline for the future of mobility in the city.
below.
Every municipal term begins with the publi-
environment, water, landscape, health, mobility
cation of a coalition agreement between ruling
and economic development, amongst others.
7. Actieplan luchtkwaliteit / Action Plan Air
1. Nota Duurzaamheid / Sustainability
political parties. This functions as the basis
Sustainability is a central theme throughout
Quality (to be completed in Q2 2024)
Policy Note
of municipal policy in that term. The current
the vision. The process leading up to the
The Hague aims for emission free mobility
This document was adopted by the City Council
coalition period runs from 2023 to 2026. It is the
adoption of the strategy was designed using
by 2030. In order to reach this aim, a shift
in 2019 and has since functioned as the basis
leading document for setting goals and ambi-
different methods of resident participation. This
towards zero emission vehicles is necessary.
for all municipal policy on sustainability.
tions, including the climate ambitions as a base
included outreach throughout the whole city
Progress in this direction is encouraged through
The document acts as the framework for the
for our policies and projects. The main ambition
and the development of a game aimed to let
several campaigns on the national and local
implementation of policies and projects as
to be climate-neutral in 2030 was expressed in
participants set their priorities for the city of
level. The main challenge is to accelerate the
stated in the Sustainability Agenda´s and
the last coalition agreements and is reiterated
the future.
transition to emission-free mobility for all
acts as the basis to most policies related to
in the current one. The agreement also sets
our ambition to become climate neutral.
specific priorities on sustainability, including
5. Werkagenda’s duurzaamheid /
The document outlines the four emission
improving monitoring on sustainability, a fair
Sustainability Agenda’s 2023 – 2026 (to be
The measures needed to achieve this ambition
domains as we use them in this CCC:
distribution of sustainable subsidies, large-
completed in Q2 2024)
are reflected in the new municipal Air Quality
scale retrofitting of low-energy label homes,
These four agendas are a more detailed elab-
Action Plan. It describes how the municipality
and development of bio-based construction.
oration on the topics introduced in the Nota
is investigating whether the first planned zero
Duurzaamheid: Energy transition, sustainable
emission (ZE) zone can be extended to other
a Energy transition: the focus is on clean energy sources, emission free new devel-
vehicle types.
opment, and shifting from fossil fuel energy
3. Transitievisie Warmte (TVW) / Transition
mobility, circular economy, and sustainable
parts of the city and other vehicle types than
sources used in the existing built envi-
Vision Heating
built environment. The agendas translate the
just freight vehicles, which is the scope of the
ronment to clean energy sources.
In this document, the city has mapped out
strategies from the abovementioned Nota
first ZE zone. On the national level, there are
the most ideal solution for the heat transition
Duurzaamheid into more concrete plans,
consultations about the introduction of an
implementing clean and efficient modes of
towards clean energy in each city district. This
actions and interventions. The total of all activ-
ZE zone for touring cars in 2027. There are
transportation in new developments and
is based on cost-efficiency and sustainability.
ities as stated in the four agendas add up to the
no national regulations for passenger cars
encouraging and expanding on the possibil-
A first draft was discussed by the city council
municipal plans related to these four topics for
yet (though regulations are expected in the
ities for sustainable modes of transportation
in 2021, and the definitive version was adopted
the coalition period of 2023-2026.
upcoming years). As part of the Action Plan
in the existing built environment.
in 2023. The TVW contains different strategies
b Sustainable mobility: the focus is on
c Circular economy: the focus is on reduce,
Air Quality, the municipality is researching the
for each district, making the approach context-
6. Strategie mobiliteitstransitie / Mobility
various options in terms of (legal) feasibility.
reuse and recycle. The city’s current economy
based and fitted to local indicators such as age
Transition Strategy
Based on this research, the municipality will
is based on a linear understanding of
and density of the built environment. The vision
The Hague expects to grow in the years to come,
make a proposal for further expansion of the ZE
material use. The focus is on a shift away
is also iterative and will be reviewed periodically
meaning more residents, jobs, homes, and
zone.
from this to a circular model.
until 2030.
visitors. In order for the city to remain liveable,
d Sustainable environment: the focus is
accessible and safe, different mobility solutions
on a sustainable and adaptive city. This
4. Omgevingsvisie / Strategy on Spatial
are needed. The Strategy Mobility Transition
concerns measures in public space to deal
Planning and the Environment
focuses on a transition to a future-proof and
with a changing climate that results in,
From 2024 onwards, municipalities in The
urban friendly mobility system. The Strategy is
among other things, more extreme weather
Netherlands no longer work with zoning
made up of four themes with strategic choices
conditions. It also focuses on environmental
plans but with comprehensive plans and
and an area targeted approach that gives
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3.2 Policy Gaps It is possible to detect discrepancies between the current policy frameworks as presented in the previous section and our climate policy targets. This can be called a policy gap. There are two main reasons for these policy gaps. First, international, national, and local policies are often dependent on each other. For example, it is common for national and European policies to trickle down and find regional or local policy translations for implementation. This also means that policy objectives are commonly broken down in pieces, for example along sectoral lines, to enable local implementation. In these translations and compartmentalisations, differences can also occur. A second discrepancy can be identified between policy frameworks and policy targets in place. This can occur within one level of government due to the large-scale ambitions and targets than can be set in one policy – such as the ambition to be climate-neutral – and the largescale operations needed to make this happen, translating into a variety of policies addressing different elements of realising the target. In chapter four, we include this existing gap - and potential ways to overcome it -in our discussion of the main barriers and opportunities in becoming climate neutral.
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4 Barriers and Opportunities
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Barriers and Opportunities
Figure 7: Promotional image for The Hague Rooftop Programme
Chapter three illustrates the wide variety of policies impacting our sustainability efforts. They range from the international to the local and also cover a wide variety of domains and stakeholders. While some policies add constraints to what can and cannot be done, others can help acceleration. In this chapter, another lens is taken to look at dependencies in our sustainability efforts and get a clear image of the systems that we as local administration and other important stakeholders operate in. We hereby look at technological, infrastructural, policy and regulation, organisational, financial, political, social and behavioural systems. We do so in two steps. First, the main barriers to and opportunities
Second, the City of The Hague has collaborated
for climate action in each of The Hague’s four
with the other Dutch mission cities under
Fields of Action – energy transition, sustainable
the National Collaboration Structure (NSS)
mobility, circular economy, and sustainable
on mapping barriers and opportunities experi-
built environment – are mapped along with the
enced on the local administrative level that can
most relevant stakeholders for each barrier or
potentially be addressed through multi-level
opportunity.
governance collaboration.
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4.1 Main Barriers and Opportunities from a Local Perspective Each field of action comes with its own particular set of barriers and opportunities. However, two barriers and two opportunities were identified across all fields. These are: Table 12: Overarching barriers and opportunities for sustainability action in The Hague Overarching systemic barriers and opportunities
Relevant stakeholders
Barrier/opportunity
Typology of barrier/opportunity: infrastructures, capacities, resource flows, alliances, funds
Short description of systemic barriers and opportunities.
List per barrier or opportunity:
Barrier
Capacities: Labour shortages
There is a pressing lack of people with the skills to contribute to the climate transition on all levels, including people on the implementation level (installers, overseers, technicians) and on the policy level (developing the right policy instruments). It takes cooperation between practical and academic education providers, employers, and governments to address these shortages. Different programmes are in place to get people into these fields of work, starting from enthusing high school students for technical and practical professions to encouraging women to work in green energy jobs and programmes to help technicians, installers, and carpenters further develop their skills to equip them for working with new green technologies.
Municipality, region, schools, universities, companies working in sustainability-related fields.
Opportunity
Capacities: Labour shortages
The Hague collaborates with local employers and schools on developing work pathways for people who are currently struggling with finding stable jobs or have the potential to learn new skills in order to meet labour demands in pressing work areas. Green technology and energy is one of those. Work pathways are divided in three sections: getting people with a large distance from the labour market into entry-level positions, helping people with entry-level labour skills to develop further skills, and assisting professionals to learn new skills needed in the energy transition (for example, installers to install heat pumps).
Municipality, schools, employers, potential employees.
Barrier
Funds: Financial limitations
Many actions necessary to significantly reduce CO2 emissions, especially the large-scale infrastructural interventions ask for considerable financial investments. The challenge of funding is discussed in detail in the Climate Investment Plan.
All.
Opportunity
Alliances: Bottom-up iniciatives
The City of The Hague prides itself for its extensive array of iniciatives and networks on sustainability, climate, and greening. These range from energy cooperatives and greening projects to youth groups on climate. Through events such as Stadmakersfestival, Smart@Sea or activities organised by Duurzaam Den Haag (all elaborated on in chapter 8) we engage with the city
Municipality, Duurzaam Den Haag, residents.
It is also possible to identify barriers and opportunities specific to one or more Fields of Action. This can be seen in the following tables. The fourth Field of Action, sustainable built environment, interacts with the other three Fields of Action and has been integrated in every table.
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The following barriers and opportunities were identified specifically for reaching our objectives in the Field of Action energy transition: Table 13: Barriers and Opportunities for Field of Action Energy Transition Emission domain
Systemic barriers and opportunities
Relevant stakeholders
ENERGY TRANSITION
Barrier/ opportunity
Typology of barrier/ opportunity: infrastructures, capacities, resource flows, alliances, funds
Short description of municipal level systemic barriers and opportunities.
Short description of National and European level level systemic barriers and opportunities.
List per barrier or opportunity:
1
Barrier
Infrastructure
District heating is a very suitable investment to reach climate neutrality.
Slow juridical adjustments (Collective Heat Act (WCW)) slows down the heat transition. Under this new law, heat infrastructure will have a public majority shareholder. At the moment, nearly all district heating networks are commercially run. This transition will take time and (at least momentarilly) slows down the transition, but with the goal of accelerating later on.
Municipality, companies, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate
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Barrier
Funds
District heating is a very suitable investment to reach climate neutrality.
The municipality lacks funds to invest in the acceleration of the district heating network.
Municipality, companies, housing corporations
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Barrier
Infrastructure
The strenghtening of (all levels of) the electricity network.
The strenghtening of (all levels of) the electricity network require municipalities to invest more human resources in spacial integration. The risk of net congestion is a barrier to the electrification of our energy system.
Municipality, companies, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate, net operator.
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Opportunity
Funds
The strenghtening of (all levels of) the electricity network.
National government has heavily improved investments in network operators.
Municipality, Network operator (Stedin)
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Opportunity
Energy sources
Access to clean energy sources. The Hague is very suitable for geothermal energy sources. The Hague has identified ten possible locations, for which four options preparatory measures have been taken.
The Hague is very suitable for geothermal energy sources. The Hague has identified ten possible locations, for which four options preparatory measures have been taken. The sooner the new national Collective Heat Act (WCW) has been passed by parliament, the better the opportunities for local heat sources. Local heat sources need sufficient heat infrastructure, and this is the main purpose of the new law (as described in 3E).
Municipality The Hague, Local company involved in geothermal energy
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Opportunity
Policy
Two future national laws: WCW (desribed above) and the WGIW (Municipal Instruments Heat Transition Act). Both acts are in the in the preparation phase.
These future national laws will determine the succes of the opportunities for collective heat by changing the amount of influence local governments have on the issue.
Municipality The Hague, Ministry
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Barrier
Policy
Existing experimentation space.
Energy transition progress is restricted with regards to experimenting with local energy communities due to Dutch regulation which is currently lacking. This is in contrast with the EU's intentions to create self regulation on local energy communities. The new Dutch Energy Law is likely to pass and come into effect by 2025 (earliest) and is currently preventing us to include residents as stakeholders in local energy network experiments.
National government, VNG, local governments
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Opporunity
Social economy
A lot of sustainable changes to a house are profitable, certainly when gas/energy prices are high. Profitable renovations to houses gives a boost to the economy and can be a motivation for people to make sustainable investments. They create new sustainable jobs and local employment while resulting to affordable housing costs and lower energy poverty for users. Together, this can significantly improve the quality of life, social cohesion and safety in the city.
Local government, housing corporations, NGOs, schools, residents.
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Emission domain
Systemic barriers and opportunities
Relevant stakeholders
Barrier/ opportunity
Typology of barrier/ opportunity: infrastructures, capacities, resource flows, alliances, funds
Short description of municipal level systemic barriers and opportunities.
Short description of National and European level level systemic barriers and opportunities.
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Barrier
Policy
Shortages of materials and installations. To change the heating system of houses to a more sustainable solution, like district heating, the houses must be sufficiently insulated. The shortage on materials and (local) staff to realize this jeopardize this.
Developments in (national) government policy. New policy for the netting problem, for a better insulation degree/requirements, energy tax and material usage. Countervailing policy can also put a brake to the transition.
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Barrier
Participation
Reaching and activating residents and homewoners to insulate their homes. Reasons include lack of sense of urgency, no financial possibilities, language barrier, low literacy, unfamiliarity with available services and regulations, distrust of the government or passivity of large owners of apartment complexes. In large home owner associtations sometimes all of these situations occur. Especially in the case of home owner associtations, there are longer decision-making periods.
Local government, housing corporations
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Barrier
Spatial
The energy transition requires significant public and private space - above and underground. As such, it has a significant spatial impact and competes with other interventions in our city, including construction, greening efforts, and infrastructural changes for mobility.
There is currently no integral overview of the public space requirements of the energy transition.
List per barrier or opportunity:
local government, regional government, residents, net providers and developers.
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The following barriers and opportunities were identified specifically for reaching our objectives in the Field of Action sustainable mobility: Table 14: Barriers and Opportunities for Field of Action Sustainable Mobility Emission domain
Systemic barriers and opportunities
Relevant stakeholders
SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY
Barrier/ opportunity
Typology of barrier/ opportunity
Short description of municipal level systemic barriers and opportunities.
Short description of National and European level level systemic barriers and opportunities.
List per barrier or opportunity:
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Barrier
Infrastructure
The local infrastructure and parking system is for a large part dedicated to facilitate cars. It is difficult to change the infrastructure, because it is costly, investments in infrastructure have to be allocated for the long term and because good alternatives are not always available. Another barrier in this might be the too technical approach on infrastructure instead of a more human centric approach that focuses on the needs of people and seeing mobility not as a goal on its own, but as a means to improve social and economic standards. How to make sustainable mobility more affordable on a daily basis?
On a national level the mobility system is designed to focus on cars and decreasing congestion on highways instead of a focus on the accessibility of destinations and jobs and other types of social benefits of other types of transport. This is also reflected in the national traffic model and cost benefit analyses that provide mostly only insight in how much it costs society if roads for cars are not expanded. It also has to do with the mandate that ministries have and a new of working with other types of government such as municipalities that requires another skill set.
Ministry of I&W, municipalities, VNG, IPO, Provinces, transport authorities such as the MRDH
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Opportunity
Policy
Current technical approach on infrastructure can expand to a human centric approach that focuses on the needs of people and seeing mobility not as a goal on its own, but as a means to improve social and economic standards. How to make sustainable mobility more affordable on a daily basis?
On a national level the mobility system is designed to focus on cars and decreasing congestion on highways instead of a focus on the accessibility of destinations and jobs and other types of social benefits of other types of transport. This is also reflected in the national traffic model and cost benefit analyses that provide mostly only insight in how much it costs society if roads for cars are not expanded. It also has to do with the mandate that ministries have and a new way of working with other types of government such as municipalities that requires another skill set.
Ministry of I&W, municipalities, VNG, IPO, Provinces, transport authorities such as the MRDH
3
Barrier
Infrastructure
On a local level new challenges arrise due to the need for sufficient charging infrastructure, either on an individual or collective level, for passenger transport as well as logistics. The developments for the next 10 to 20 years however are very uncertain. This includes the demand of electric cars and trucks, but also the net capacity that we have available for zero emission cars and in which degree smart grids can be a solution for balancing electric capacity.
On a national level it seems that there is a good network of charging stations for passenger transport, but charging infrastructure for trucks is staying behind.
Ministry of I&W, municipalities, VNG, IPO, Provinces, transport authorities such as the MRDH
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Barrier
Resources flows
Electric cars are more expensive than fossil fuel cars and the second hand market for electric cars is not yet available, which makes it financially unattainable for many.
Second hand market for electric cars is not yet available, which makes it less affordable. Subsidies do not bridge the financial gap between fossil fuel and electric cars.
National government, car drivers.
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Barrier
Funds
public private partnerships between municipalities and market provide a great barrier in the sense that risks are placed too much at the side of the municipality and the legal department of the municipality that is not used to handling deviations from the standard legal procedures.
There are climate funds on a national level, but they are not specifically earmarked for mobility. This leads to competition between the different climate themes for available funds
Ministry of I&W, municipalities, VNG, IPO, Provinces, transport authorities such as the MRDH
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Opportunity
Alliances
Large employers that are located in the city feel the intrinsic motivation to provide attractive means for their employees to commute to work in a sustainable way that is also healthier for their employees. This makes for an interesting alliance that has a potentially large impact on the day to day traffic to and from the city. The same can be said for organisations that are located in a city and are willing to be an ambassador for a certain neighbourhood within the city.
100CNSC can be seen as a great alliance of cities as well that can promote and force breakthroughs for sustainable mobility and provid knowledge sharing on succesfull business cases on a European level. This is also seen on a national (VNG, G40 and G4) and regional level (MRDH).
Employers, European cities, Dutch cities and municipalities within regions such as the MRDH.
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Emission domain
Systemic barriers and opportunities
Relevant stakeholders
Barrier/ opportunity
Typology of barrier/ opportunity
Short description of municipal level systemic barriers and opportunities.
Short description of National and European level level systemic barriers and opportunities.
List per barrier or opportunity:
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Opportunity
Infrastructure
The Hague has an expansive biking network and, with a few smart investments the local bicycle infrastructure can be further expanded to create the perfect regional bicycle infrastructure. This already exists partially for many cities.
The good bicycle infrastructure in the Netherlands compared to other countries provides the opportunity to further expand these features and take it to a next level. We have so many bicycles available, there is not much energy needed (except for e-bikes) and it keeps people more healthy (active mobility as well as clean air).
Ministry of I&W, municipalities, VNG, IPO, Provinces, transport authorities such as the MRDH, fietsersbond
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Opportunity
Infrastructure
Innovative concepts to improve public transport networks by adding shared mobility solutions to increase accessibility to destinations that cannot be reached by public transport due to lower passenger numbers. This can provide solutions for parts of the city that are further away from city centers
Combining public transport and shared mobility solutions also requires a different mindset on a national level on how to invest in future mobility. It needs out of the box thinking.
Ministry of I&W, municipalities, VNG, IPO, Provinces, transport authorities such as the MRDH
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Opportunity
Spatial
The large mobility transition will shift the use of the public space towards modes of transport that require less space than cars (walking, bikes, buses etc). This will make sure that former car (parking) space can be used for the built environment and can be used to ensure other ambitions like greenery, heat reductions and water retention measures.
A national mindset in change of moblity is needed. The monimum parking requirements should be evaluated.
Local government, residents, visitors
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Opportunity
Spatial
There have been examples of citizens collectively reducing the used car parking spots and requesting the spots to be turned into pocket parks, social meeting hubs, mini urban farms of other greener options.
Local government, citizens
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Opportunity
Spatial
CID/Binckhorst is an area in The Hague that is being developed rapidly. Because this area is still developed there are opportunities here to try out new sustainable mobility initiatives (such as collective waste collection to reduce the amount of truck rides). These initiatives can eventually be further introduced in te rest of The Hague, if they work well.
Citizens, employers, the municipality
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Opportunity
Knowledge
In some areas of The Hague, the percentage of cyclists is very low. There are several reasons for this. By identifying these causes, the municipality can better respond to the development of solutions. So that eventually a larger part of the population will cycle in these neighborhoods.
Citizens, the municipality, Residents organisations
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Opportunity
Shared mobility
An increasing amount of shared mobility hubs is being built in the city. In this way, the use of shared mobility becomes easier, more accessible and clearer. With the right communication, this can ensure that more people start using shared mobility.
Citizens, the municipality
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The following barriers and opportunities were identified specifically for reaching our objectives in the Field of Action circular economy: Table 15: Barriers and Opportunities for Field of Action Circular Economy Emission domain
Systemic barriers and opportunities
Relevant stakeholders
CIRCULAR ECONOMY
Barrier/ opportunity
Typology of barrier/ opportunity
Short description of municipal level systemic barriers and opportunities.
Short description of National and European level level systemic barriers and opportunities.
List per barrier or opportunity:
1
Barrier
Infrastructure
There is little space left in the city to create circular hubs, circular crafts centers and facilitate the coming of manufacturing industry.
There is awareness on the national and provence level of this barrier, yet solutions stay out.
National governement, Privince of South Holland
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Barrier
legislation
Much of the current legislation is in favor of the current linear economic system. There are for example a lot of restrictions on the transport ans use of waste streams which limits opportunities to source from them.
On the national level there is discussion on how to solve this problem.
National government, European Union
3
Barrier
Resources
Local circular companies have difficulties getting good secondary resources with sufficient amounts and quality (polluted waste streams). Furthermore, it takes them a lot of time to acquire the necessary resources, which is not beneficial for their businesscase.
The focus lies on larger resource streams for larger recycling companies, not so much on streams for local upcycling companies.
Municipality, companies
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Opportunity
Alliances
A growing amount of companies are working on a circular economy. And they see the benfiti of working together, for example to create a circular hub to share materials.
There are funds for companies to work together. Chain coopertaion is promoted.
Banks, NGO's, national government
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Opportunity
Awareness
There is a growing awareness among entrepeneuers and the public that in the future resources will be less available and more expensive. This enhances the will to act more on the preservation of resources.
In European and national policies there is a growing focus on the need of working towards a circular economy.
Companies, households, national government, European Union
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Opportunity
Finance
There is already a (local) tax system in place for waste (waste levy). This generates tens of millions of euros each year, which can be more and more doplyerd for circualr economy projects.
There are several opportunities, national and European, to generate subsidies for circular projects.
City Council, Euopean Union, RVO
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4.2 Main Barriers and Opportunities from a Shared Mission City Perspective
Moreover, multi-level governance collab-
4.2.2 A Sustainable Built Environment
4.2.3 The Energy System of the Future
oration can effectively embed the lessons
Transitioning away from natural gas for
Many areas in the Netherlands currently
learned at the local level in national and
heating is necessary for a more sustainable
experience or are at high risk of experiencing
The recent Climate and Energy Outlook by the
European policy and achieve sufficient
built environment. Currently, it is a challenge
net congestion. It is crucial for both area devel-
Planbureau voor de Leefomgeving(PBL) shows
market demand through sustainable
to realise this transition on the local level
opment and sustainability that grid capacity
that – for the first time - the Dutch national CO2
purchasing.
largely due to the high costs of construction of
constrains are solved. For this, sufficient
district heating, retrofitting, and installing heat
resources for innovations and implementation
where freedom of policy is not possible.
reduction target for 2030 is within reach – if we
3 Financial cooperation to realise the physical
continue our efforts. The Dutch mission cities
preconditions required for the climate
pumps. The transition from natural gas to a
of solutions are needed. This refers to both the
are prepared to do so. Together, the mission
transition. For example, financial space to
more sustainable alternative should not lead to
development and expansion of the current elec-
cities represent about eighteen percent of the
realise heating networks or cooperation to
higher costs and it is important to pursue into
tricity network and developing better, smarter,
Dutch population and roughly twenty percent
mobilise private capital for the sustainability
financial incentives that make the phase-out of
and more effective ways to construct, maintain,
of national CO2 emissions. The progress we
transition.
gas financially viable.
and operate our grid. Financial investments are
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make will have a direct impact on national CO2
planned in the upcoming period and the expec-
emissions and can also be used as an example
The policy areas are discussed in the following
Without good legislation and structural
tation is that this will be needed continuously
for the country as a whole. From this unique
sections.
financial resources, cities cannot program and
in the years to come.
perspective, the mission cities have identified
implement the heating transition. We see the
three conditions necessary for making the
development of policies such as Wet Collectieve
Another current barrier is the time needed for
Warmte (Collective Heating Act, in short:
permit procedures for construction work to
WCW) and Wet Gemeentelijke Instrumenten
improve the energy grid. Accelerated permit
Warmte (Municipal Instruments for Heating
procedures would contribute to a faster rollout
desired sustainability progress along with a list of specific policy areas in which we see
4.2.1 Building the Homes of Tomorrow Together
both barriers and opportunities from and for national and European involvement to succeed.
The Netherlands faces a pressing housing crisis.
Act, in short: WGIW) along with adjustments
of the networks and allow us to respond to net
This section highlights the aspects of this collab-
The housing shortage is especially urgent in the
of the Warmtenetten Investeringssubsidie
congestion issues much faster.
orative acquisition that best capture what is
urban environment and leads to the need for
(Heat Networks Investment Subsidy, in short:
relevant for the City of The Hague.
the construction of a large number of homes.
WIS) as important steps in establishing a good
In addition, it is necessary to maintain the
The current national measures on circular and
legislatige and financial framework for the
coherence of the energy system with spatial
sustainable construction are inadequate to
implementation of the heating transition.
development at multiple scale levels on a struc-
The three conditions are:
reach our 2030 sustainability ambition while 1 Policy freedom to experiment with the
tural basis. The point of attention is that the
also constructing the amount of housing
We also identify the need to make the heat tran-
energy system is viewed integrally and not in a
measures needed at the local level to achieve
needed. It is necessary to prioritise bio-based
sition more accessible to small and medium
compartmentalized manner.
the sustainability transition. For example,
and nature-inclusive construction and retro-
enterprises (SMEs). Currently, large consumers
the local freedom to introduce a zero-
fitting. This would result in a large market shift
pay a lower energy tax than SMEs. We advocate
emission zone, road pricing or to impose
and required collaboration between govern-
a fair energy tax, which closes the gap between
statutory requirements on the built envi-
ments and the private sector. Through strict
large consumers and SMEs at a national level,
ronment. The purpose of the mission is to
standards and subsidies, the mission cities
for example.
explore where we can accelerate, for which
have the potential to quickly scale up bio-based
we need experimentation.
material use in construction.
4.2.4 The Transition to Cities that are Zero-Emission and Accessible In order to become zero-emission, we aim to
Last, the investment capacity of housing asso-
transition to a new, clean mobility system. This
2 More cooperation between decentralized
ciations needs to be improved. They currently
is based on the trias mobilica: reduce mobility
authorities, the national government, and
often lack the financial scope to contribute to
(proximity to facilities, traveling outside rush
the EU in order to be able to work together
sustainable new construction and sustaina-
hour and/or working from home), change
bility of their existing housing stock.
mobility (use of bicycles, public transport,
5 PBL: https://open.overheid.nl/documenten/0e848137-0b04-4f18-8249-3042c213da18/file
shared mobility rather than focusing on cars
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or logistical hubs), and improve mobility (zero-
the business community. In such networks,
emission fleet).
we can collaborate on agreements about organising what is needed to create this new
A central element of this transition is the
economy and communicate quickly and effec-
necessity of creating support among resi-
tively on innovation and accelerate scale-ups of
dents, companies, and all public authorities.
promising ideas and innovations. Waste should
Key points are:
be regarded as a raw material as much as possible, which is why we ask the government
• We will not reach an emission-free mobility system by merely changing to electric
to commit to ambitious EU legislation in the field of eco-design.
vehicles. We do not have sufficient space for further growth of cars driving on the roads and parked on the streets and there is a
4.2.6 Climate Justice
limited amount of electricity that can be used for car charging. We therefore increasingly
Climate justice is relevant in relation to justice
focus on achieving a shift towards an
and equal access to the benefits of the climate
increased amount of walking, cycling and use
transition within our cities and within the
of public transport. These modes of transport
Netherlands, and of special importance for The
are more space efficient and use less energy.
Hague as the international city of Peace and
We call this the ‘modal shift’.
Justice. It is a highly important aspect of climate
• For a modal shift, there must be enough
action in the global perspective. As local admin-
capacity in sustainable transport alternatives.
istrations, we would welcome more space
This can be done by scaling up supply and an
and/or instruments to fairly distribute the
increased focus on spreading and avoiding.
benefits and burdens of the climate transition.
• The affordability of public transport, bicycle,
Focusing on local climate justice, we also see
and (electric) shared transport is a point of
opportunities in addressing energy, housing,
attention, as is the impact of policy on groups
and income inequality through the climate
with high car dependence.
transition (and the jobs that it generates).
• New financial incentives for zero-emission vehicles are needed to follow up the current policy, which is set to expire in 2026 expires. so that the growth of electric transport does not stagnate.
4.2.5 The Transition to a Circular Economy For an (accelerated) transition to a circular economy, we advocate for a structural partnership/consultation structure between Europe, the national government, local authorities, and
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5 Our Impact Pathways
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Figure 8: Bikelane with green buffer in The Hague
Our Impact Pathways
This chapter follows the 100CNSC Theory of Change logic. However, the structure of the impact pathways presented in this CAP deviates on several fronts from the Action Plan template. There are two reasons for this. First, we decided to cluster impact pathway information instead of breaking it down into three sections, as done in the template through the use of three different tables.6 We aim to create a cohesive analysis and identify elements in our climate narrative more effectively and for that, we need to use a terminology and data structure that fits our overall ways of working. Second, during the research phase of writing this CAP, we concluded that we had more information to share than was asked for in the pathway template and wanted to include this in this section. The pathways remain compatible with the CCC template. For a complete mapping of the Action Plan template modules and the chapters of this Action Plan, see Annex I.
5.1 Logic behind the Impact Pathways The City of The Hague differentiates between
ronment, focuses on climate adaptation rather
three sustainability themes related to CO2
than mitigation. While this is an important
reduction: energy transition, sustainable
part of our sustainability efforts, it is not
mobility, and circular economy. The fourth
primarily focused on CO2 reduction and has
sustainability theme, sustainable built envi-