MOCAM #2 Monitoring the Material Footprint of Vienna. Analysing the sustainable resource use in Vienna against the reduction targets formulated in the Smart Climate City Strategy Vienna. Study update.

The issues of climate change, dematerialization, and the circular economy have become important components of the political agenda, including the Smart City Vienna Framework Strategy 2019-2050, which defines resource conservation as one of its three main goals and aims to reduce the city's GHG emissions, energy consumption, and material footprint. But how sustainable is Vienna's urban metabolism at present? To answer this question, a study entitled “CO2 and Material Footprint for Vienna – An Analysis of Sustainable Resource Use in Vienna against the Background of the Reduction Targets in the Smart Climate City Strategy Vienna” was conducted in 2022 by BOKU Vienna, TU Vienna, and WU Vienna on behalf of the City of Vienna (Department of Economic Affairs, Labor, and Statistics). In MOCAM #2, the material-related indicators (material consumption, material footprint, material productivity) of the pilot study are now being updated. The updated indicators from MOCAM #2 will be incorporated into two policy documents of the City of Vienna, namely the update of the Vienna Climate Roadmap and the monitoring of the Smart Climate City Strategy Vienna 2022.