(Adnkronos) - Nel contesto della 50° edizione del Forum di Cernobbio, intitolata “Lo scenario di oggi e di domani per le strategie competitive” è stato presentato il Position Paper “Sostenibilità urbana. Decarbonizzazione, elettrificazione e innovazione: opportunità e soluzioni per città future-fit” realizzato da TEHA Group in collaborazione con A2A e il contributo scientifico di ASviS, in cui è emerso come le città rappresentino un catalizzatore sociale ed economico fondamentale, dove si gioca e si può vincere la sfida per raggiungere la neutralità climatica entro il 2050.
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00:00Cities are a fundamental social and economic catalyst where you can play and you can win the challenge to achieve climate neutrality by 2050.
00:17This is demonstrated by the data of the Position Paper Urban Sustainability, Decarbonization, Electrification and Innovation Opportunities and Solutions for Future-Fit Cities,
00:28made by The European House Ambrosetti in collaboration with the Life Company A2A,
00:33and presented on the occasion of the 50th edition of the European House Ambrosetti Forum,
00:38the scenario of today and tomorrow for competitive strategies in Cernobbio from September 6 to 8.
00:45Cities today in Italy occupy 7% of the territory and 30% of the population,
00:52which produces 60% of the national GDP, but consumes only 29% of the energy.
00:58These data show that the density economies of cities, despite the growth of CO2 produced, are efficient and sustainable.
01:06We have estimated that a 10 billion per year investment in cities, around 270 billion by 2050,
01:14can allow us to reduce CO2 emissions by 52% in cities, even though cities are growing.
01:21This is perhaps the true fundamental fact.
01:23We have to work a lot on the parameters we already know,
01:27what we already have in the toolbox, such as heating, heat pumps, public lighting, photovoltaics on roofs, trees in cities,
01:37all things that contribute to both sustainability and the quality of life for people, which remains one of the fundamental goals.
01:45On the topic of innovation, cities have a central role in terms of sustainability and decarbonization,
01:51taking into account two phenomena, the urban flow,
01:54i.e. the movement of people from the countryside to the city, and climate change.
01:59How do these two elements come together?
02:02It is done by being able to make investments and, above all, by taking advantage of the fact that cities are efficient producers.
02:08In what sense?
02:09Well, if you think, for example, of heating a condominium,
02:12and you think about the difficulty of heating houses that are, on the other hand, scattered in a countryside,
02:16you immediately understand what the alveolar effect is and what the consequent effect is.
02:21On the other hand, for example, if we go to reduce what is public transport,
02:26which still uses endothermic engines, and we move it to electric engines, we have a progressive reduction.
02:33Cities are the natural recipients of those investments,
02:36which we have estimated could be around 270 billion euros by 2050,
02:42which will allow, in fact, to reduce, compared to the trend we had highlighted before,
02:48i.e. the increase in the number of people living in cities, the production that they themselves will have.
02:52Reduce how much? Reduce almost 50%.