Deadline: 13 November 2024
The city of Padova is developing a plan to reduce food waste, with the goal of integrating it into its endeavours within the Mission for 100 Climate Neutral Cities by 2030 including updates to its Climate City Contract ( CCC) and its Greenhouse gases (GHG) inventory. In this context, through the NetZeroCities City Expert Support Facility, NetZeroCities / Climate-KIC are searching expert support for a study that creates a baseline for the construction of an ambitious, comprehensive urban food policy.

About the request

Padova’s initiative aims to provide clear insights into optimising food production and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The plan will prioritise key environmental factors, expand urban farming, support vulnerable communities in accessing healthy food, and implement long-term educational programmes on essential food-related topics, including food seasonality, a non-waste culture, and the impact of consumption choices. Additionally, local markets could be supported to promote nearby products, and a local economic system centered around sustainable food practices could be established.

In this context, we are requesting quotation for a study that creates a baseline for the construction of an ambitious, comprehensive urban food policy and that explores the following issues:

  • Framing of the operational boundary of the city of Padova and identification of the priority food chains that characterise the city of Padova and its territory;
  • Mapping of the main stakeholders and materials with respect to the identified supply chains and phases of the food system;
  • Hierarchisation of food flows by relevance and quantity of materials exchanged and CO2 emitted;
  • Definition of the main opportunities and criticalities for the Padova territory with respect to the mapping and analysis carried out;
  • Definition of the resources required for their implementation and the time needed to execute them;
  • Identification of the main intervention opportunities on food flows starting from the analysis carried out, to be transformed into policy & pilot actions;
  • Definition of the methodology to quantify the emission impact of food flows;
  • Quantification of the equivalent emissions for the pilot actions identified by the city with respect to the different stages of the food system;
  • Summary of key strategic policy opportunities and recommendations on next steps.

It is assumed that the work will be entrusted to a team with different and complementary skills, including expertise in e.g. urban planning, environmental and territorial engineering, territorial policies, local development, sustainable food systems and social studies. The proposal should consider the municipality goals that the baseline study would support.

Objectives

Proposals should address the following objectives:

  • Developing wider knowledge of Padova’s food system, useful for the decision making of the Municipality, and for the discussion with the local stakeholders involved in the creation of a food policy working group as well.
  • Establishing a solid basis for food strategy, in terms of baseline data, policy and intervention opportunities.
  • All the while linking to Climate City Contract / GHG baseline where relevant and appropriate
  • Activating the ecosystem across public private and civic sectors.
  • Confirming piloting model and pilot options, including impact tracking model.

Timeline and additional information

Interested parties are invited to submit their proposals by 13 November 2024 to Radka Reil, CESF Manager [CESF@netzerocities.eu]. Proposals should include a detailed breakdown of costs, timelines, and relevant expertise.

This project represents a significant opportunity to contribute to Padova’s climate neutrality goals and shape the future of sustainable urban planning.