Club ViTeCC – Cities, Local Governments and Climate Change
In partnership with Météo-France and ONERC
Club ViTeCC aims to pool the results of academic and applied research on the economics of climate change by making that research comprehensible to and usable by local authority decision-makers and their service providers.
Club ViTeCC addresses the need for information on the local impacts of climate change and for innovative funding for projects related to combating climate change. Particular attention is paid to the management and funding of urban infrastructure.
Club ViTeCC aims to provide a forum for exchange and non-partisan debate, through combining international expertise on the impact and financial mechanisms of climate change with feedback from its members, who include both companies and local authorities.
Research carried out by Club ViTeCC and presented at meetings is shared and funded by annual subscriptions from companies and local authorities.
Club ViTeCC is structured around three one-day meetings every year.
Each meeting is based on the presentation of a summary report including:
- a study of the local impact of climate change,
- a section on the economic and financial research and tools,
- a follow-up on national and international climate change policies,
- "Club ViTeCC Essentials" in the form of annotated key data and themed factsheets.
Club ViTeCC meetings end with a themed round table involving experts and people with local experience. The following issues have already been addressed: urban micro-climates and heat island effects, vulnerability of energy networks, management of flood risks, buildings’ CO2 performance and adaptability, international climate change negotiations, etc.
The first meeting of 2012 was held on March 13th. It covered:
* The effect of heatwaves
* Public-Private Partnerships in the areas of energy, transportation, real estate
* The first review of Regional Climate Patterns-Air-Energy
The second meeting of 2012 was held on June 7th and covered:
* Climate scenarios for decision support on adaptation
* Local Tools carbon accounting
* Back on Rio +20 and Green Growth
The last meeting of the year is scheduled on October 25th.
Download the Club ViTeCC 2012 programme
The research provided by Club ViTeCC is enriched by contributions from a wide range of experts, including those working with its three partners:
Moreover, Club ViTeCC also benefits from the expertise of its members(create link to the Members Section below) as well as from the expertise of specialists in the field.
Club ViTeCC has already received assistance from the following: Aude Bodiguel (ADEME), Jérôme Chemitte (Mission des sociétés d’assurance pour la connaissance et la prévention des risques naturels), Dominique Bureau (CEDD-MEDDTL), Yves Crozet (LET), Daniel Delalande and Sylvie de Smedt (MEDDTL), Chantal Duchêne (GART), Jean-Pierre Fontelle (CITEPA), Gérard Magnin (Energie Cités), Jean-Christophe Roditis (Aix-Marseille I University), Jean-Luc Salagnac (CSTB), Pascal Schuster (MEDDTL), Pierre-Noël Giraud (Ecole des Mines de Paris), Jan Corfee-Morlot, (OECD), and Matthieu Wemaëre (a lawyer specialising in environmental issues).
Club ViTeCC currently brings together more than 20 members, including the operating managers of towns and local areas affected by climate change and companies providing local services:
Brest Métropole Océane, Caisse des Dépôts, the Grenoble Metropolitan Area, the Le Havre Metropolitan Area, the Strasbourg Metropolitan Area, the Seine-et-Marne General Council, the Alsace Regional Council, the Brittany Regional Council, the Ile-de-France Regional Council, the Provence (PACA) Regional Council, the Poitou-Charentes Regional Council, the Rhône-Alpes Regional Council, EDF, Egis, GDF-Suez, Montpellier Metropolitan Area, Nantes Métropole, Nice Côte d’Azur, TransDev, Veolia, the City of Paris and the City of St Malo.
