Quito’s Green Urban Network: Quito’s Green Urban Network: a local adaptation initiativea local adaptation initiative

Carolina Zambrano-BarragánCarolina Zambrano-BarragánMetropolitan Director of Environmental Policy and PlanningMetropolitan Director of Environmental Policy and Planning

Municipality of the Metropolitan District of QuitoMunicipality of the Metropolitan District of Quito

Why Quito?

CC Impacts In Quito’s Metropolitan District

Temperature rise (+1.2°C)Temperature rise (+1.2°C)

Glacier retreat/ loss of paramosGlacier retreat/ loss of paramos

Precipitation decrease (-8%)Precipitation decrease (-8%)

More frequent and intense extreme weather events

More frequent and intense extreme weather events

Drinking water provision

Health

Ecosystems and biodiversity

Productive systems

EnergyEnergy

InfrastructureInfrastructure

Decisio-making under uncertaintyDecisio-making under uncertainty

• Flexible socio-institutional process

• Knowledge generation and management

• Portfolio of measures and options (including progressive investments and pilot projects)

• Periodic monitoring of results and changes

Quito’s Environmental Agenda 2011-2016

• Reduce vulnerability to CC by 20%• Reduce GHG emissions by 15%, in relation to

BAU• Reach an urban green space index of

9m2/inhabitant• Reduce the ecological footprint by 20%, in

relation to projected growth

Quito’s Climate Change Strategy (2009)

Quito’s Climate Action Plan (5 yr horizon)

GREEN URBAN NETWORK- Projects

1. Green Corridors1. Green Corridors 2. Pichincha Volcano’s Route

2. Pichincha Volcano’s Route

3. Urban Agriculture3. Urban

Agriculture

4. Sustainable buildings and Green

Roofs

4. Sustainable buildings and Green

Roofs

Green Urban Network

1. Green Corridors1. Green Corridors

2. Pichincha´s Volcano Route2. Pichincha´s Volcano Route

3. Urban Agriculture3. Urban Agriculture

4. Green Roofs and solar panels

4. Green Roofs and solar panels

Breakthroughs 2011Green corridors• 22 linear km reforested• 5000 citizens mobilized• 35 institutions participatedPichincha Volcano Route• Freedom and Humboldt Routes identified• 3 ha for camping and picnics• 20 km of paths marked• 3 buildings rescued for education purposesUrban agriculture (since 2005)• 65 microenterprises created/ 48 popular investment companies• 992 urban orchards/ 263 microgreenhouses• 16200 people trained• 13 biofairsGreen roofs and sustainable buildings• 1400 m2 of green roofs• 260 houses with solar water-heating systems• 8 municipal buildings w/ green roofs; 1 municipal pool w/ solar heating system

5-year planGreen corridors• Reforestation of 80 km of streets/avenues• Restoration of 10 km of ravines• Revitalization of 20 neighborhood parksPichincha Volcano Route• Humboldt Route• Freedom Route• Urban agroforestry schoolUrban agriculture• Germoplasm and Seed Bank • 100 urban orchards • Micro-business and inclusive fairs Green roofs and sustainable building• 30.000 m2 of green terraces, 220 solar panels• 3.000 water-heating solar panels and rainwater collection systems in

public housing projects • Alternative energy in Transportation System’s Stations

Total 5-year Investment

Total new investment: $ 12 056 000(Invested so far by MDMQ: $ 4 000 000)

Final considerations• Policy innovation• Basis for a new regulatory framework

(building code- incentives)• Local Environmental Trust fund for project

funding• Replication potential (social housing

projects)- basis for future development• Multiple benefits- green+ resilience+

social mobilization (Green volunteer program)

Thank you! / Gracias!czambrano@quitoambiente.gob.ec

www.quitoambiente.gob.ec