WORKSHOP ON LOW CARBON TERRITORIAL PLANNING

“Building low carbon regions” 

Tuesday 15th June 2010, Avilés, Asturias (Spain)

The Workshop on Low Carbon Territorial Planning in Avilés presented various initiatives in the LoCaRe Partner Regions on their way to build Low Carbon Regions. The Workshop was organised according to the 3 overall strategic themes of the LoCare project. Below you will find the programme as well as links to the speakers' presentations:

Welcome and presentation by Belén Fernandez, Vice-Minister of Asturias, Responsible for the Environment, Spatial Planning and Infrastructures.

New Leadership for Low Carbon Territories

• Low Carbon Territories: Towards a Local Sustainability Strategy. Nieves Roqueni, Sustainability and Climate Change Office of Asturias.
• The Citta Slow Concept in Falköping. Ida Helander, Municipality of Falköping, Sweden.

New Planning in a New Climate

• Strategic Environmental Assessment and Climate Change. Lucía Nieto, Tecnia.
• Planning for a Low Carbon Future. Pedro Sanjurjo, Municipality of Gijón.

Planning for a Low Carbon Energy

• Industrial waste Heat Utilisation in the Sloe Area. E.C. Klop, DWA, Zeeland, the Netherlands
• Biogas as a Strategic tool to develop a Low Carbon Economy. Pascal Tshibanda, Skaraborgs Kommunalförbund, Sweden.