LE HAVRE SEINE METROPOLE

Expected Annual Projected Benefits

22,950 tCO2eq

REDUCTION IN GHG EMISSIONS

13,647,900 US$

EXPENDITURES SAVED

1,457,230 US$

BENEFITS INCREASE

21.65

PREVENTED DEATHS

50.72

JOBS GENERATED

459,000 m3

SAVED WATER

Actions commited

Action 1.1

Create a working group/Department responsible for coordinating sustainable and healthy food policies within local government, ensuring transversal cooperation between at least the following municipal departments: economic development, health, environment, education, security, social rights and equality, in order to strengthen the agro-ecological transition, provide multilevel policy coherence, whilst ensuring urban/rural partnership.

Action 1.3

Actively work with international platforms and networks and commit to declarations of action aimed at improving the sustainability of local food systems (such as MUFPP, C40, national networks or/and Glasgow Food and Climate Declaration).

Action 2.3

Encourage distinction of types of livestock production systems (industrial, agroecological) and their impact on the environment, landscape, health, etc.

Action 3.3

Ensure wide access to local and organic food through public food procurement policies, founded on the Planetary Health Diet or a similar one.

Action 4.1

Train farmers in organic and agro-ecological production practices.

Action 4.2

Promote multifunctional peri-urban agricultural parks that incorporate land banks, farm business incubators and community seed banks, which will promote sustainable agri-food production and boost local food supply.

Action 5.1

Organise and activate the necessary logistics, infrastructure and resources to supply, distribute and prepare local, nutritious and organic food, in line with the right to food guidelines and the Planetary Health Diet or a similar diet for the needs of public food procurement (school canteens, hospitals and other public bodies).

Action 6.1

Organise communication campaigns to encourage consumers to change their habits in order to prevent food loss and waste.

Action 6.3

Implement distinct food waste collection systems in hotels, restaurants, the catering sector, schools, hospitals and households, by introducing the necessary logistical developments. Ensure clear information and specific infrastructure (bins, compostable bags, etc.), particularly at the early stages of implementation in order to facilitate the adoption of the scheme.

Action 6.4

Support the development of composting systems (to obtain organic fertiliser), systems that transform urban food waste into animal feed, and/or energy recovery plants (through which biogas and biomethane can be obtained).

Targeted inputs

Overall aspiration of the food policies committed to The Barcelona Challenge.

nº residents assuming the Planetary Health Diet.

15,300

nº residents shifting to an organic diet.

15,300

nº residents consuming food regionally and locally produced.

15,300

nº residents shifting to an organic and regionally/locally produced diet.

15,300

nº of agricultural hectares converted to organic farming schemes in the City-Region.

2,738

nº of municipal, non-sedentary and farmers market promoted by the local authority.

20

nº of residents adjusting food intake and assuming food waste reduction options.

15,300