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Various of people walking on street2. Mid of two girls talking3. Various of people walking4. Mid of bike close to fountain5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Henrik Johansson, Environmental Controller at the Planning...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eVaxjo, Sweden - recent\u003cbr/\u003e1. Various of people walking on street\u003cbr/\u003e2. Mid of two girls talking\u003cbr/\u003e3. Various of people walking\u003cbr/\u003e4. Mid of bike close to fountain\u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Henrik Johansson, Environmental Controller at the Planning Department, city of Vaxjo\u003cbr/\u003e\"The thing is that Vaxjo, the city of Vaxjo want to become a fossil fuel free city. We don't want to contribute to the greenhouse effect anymore, and therefore the politicians have taken a unanimous decision of becoming a fossil fuel free city. This was done after a cooperation, with the biggest environmental organisation in Sweden, and we also had a measurable target that the CO2 emissions per capita shall be reduced by 50 percent until 2010, compared to 1993, and by 70 percent to 2025, and so far we have reached 30 percent which is tremendous.\"\u003cbr/\u003e6. Various of businessmen and United States Ambassador visiting power plant\u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Michael Wood, US Ambassador to Sweden\u003cbr/\u003e\"For an Ambassador who's concentrating on the development of alternative energy, it's very important to visit a city that has that aspiration, and to see as I did today at lunch the accomplishments that the city has had to, since 1990, to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels almost completely in the electricity and heat sector and the plans they have to reduce it in their transportation sector as well. This is both in Sweden and I think throughout the rest of the world one of the most advanced cities in terms of identifying that objective and doing practical things, one of which is this district heating plan, to accomplish the goal.\" \u003cbr/\u003e8. Pan left of monitors\u003cbr/\u003e9. Wide of plant and bio fuel\u003cbr/\u003e10. Close of bio fuel\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Henrik Johansson, Environmental Controller at the Planning Department, city of Vaxjo\u003cbr/\u003e\"The main thing is that we have left, gone away from oil, and replaced it with biomass in the heating sector, almost 90 percent of the energy used for heating here in the city comes from renewable energy sources, and also a lot of the electricity is based on renewable energy. We have a little more to do in the transport sector, but also there we can see that the emissions are going down. We have been able to give subsidies to people so that they will help us to reach the targets, by throwing out their old boilers and replacing them with pellet boilers for example.\" \u003cbr/\u003e12. Various of digger transporting bio fuel\u003cbr/\u003e13. Close of digger unloading \u003cbr/\u003e14. Various of forest\u003cbr/\u003e15. Mid of reindeer \u003cbr/\u003e16. Wide of building site\u003cbr/\u003e17. Various of workers on a site\u003cbr/\u003e18. Tilt up from base of building\u003cbr/\u003e19. Zoom out from workers talking\u003cbr/\u003e20. Various of building site\u003cbr/\u003e21. SOUNDBITE: (English) Erland Ullstad, architect\u003cbr/\u003e\"Well it's eight storeys high, it's the highest housing in Europe, I think, in wood construction. We try to be in the front of development and to expand the use of wood construction. We are living in regional forests so it's quite important for the economy and for the environment.\"\u003cbr/\u003e23. Various of workers on site\u003cbr/\u003e24. Mid of bikes\u003cbr/\u003e25. Various of people walking\u003cbr/\u003eThe small town of Vaxjo, in southern Sweden, has been aiming to reduce its carbon footprint for more than a decade. \u003cbr/\u003eNow thanks to the progressive initiatives it's leading the world by example -  between 1996 and 2006 it cut its carbon dioxide emissions by  thirty per cent per capita.\u003cbr/\u003eWhen this quiet city in southern Sweden decided in 1996 to get rid of fossil fuels, most people doubted the ambitious goal would have any impact beyond the shores of Lake Helga.\u003cbr/\u003eA few melting glaciers later, Vaxjo is attracting a green pilgrimage of politicians, scientists and business leaders from the U.S. to North Korea eager to learn about the city's environmental programme.\u003cbr/\u003e Vaxjo's carbon dioxide emissions have dropped a staggering 30 percent since 1993 due to a comprehensive action plan, including a switch from oil to biofuels at the city's combined heating and power plant. It's not going to stop global warming, but it sets an example that other, much bigger, cities hope to follow.\u003cbr/\u003eHenrik Johansson is an Environmental Controller at the town's planning department. He says they hope to reduce Vaxjo's emissions to 50 per cent by the year 2010, and to 70 per cent by the year 2025.\u003cbr/\u003eThe lion's share of the emissions cuts have been achieved at the heating and power plant, which replaced oil with wood chips from local sawmills as its main source of fuel.  Wood is of no shortage in a nation like Sweden where large forests provide fuel. Ashes from the furnace are brought back into the forest to add nutrients. Not only does it generate electricity, but the cooling water that warms up in the process is used in a district heating system for homes and offices in Vaxjo.\u003cbr/\u003eOne of the visitors touring the station is the United States Ambassador to Sweden Michael Wood. He says Vaxjo is one of the world leaders in managing to achieve its reductions goals.\u003cbr/\u003eBiofuel has almost entirely replaced oil as fuel for the power plant, helping reduce Vaxjo's carbon dioxide emissions by 30 percent since 1993.\u003cbr/\u003eJohansson says almost 90 per cent of the city's heating needs come from renewable energy sources.\u003cbr/\u003eThe city's target is to cut emissions by 50 percent by 2010, and 70 percent by 2025, with the long-term goal of becoming completely free of fossil fuels in the following decades.\u003cbr/\u003eBut transportation is one of the most difficult areas for local leaders to control since traffic is not confined to a single city. Without stronger national policies promoting biofuels over gasoline, Vaxjo, will have difficulty reaching its long-term target.  But it's doing what it can - green cars running on biofuels park for free anywhere in the city. About one-fifth of the City of Vaxjo's fleet of vehicles runs on biogas produced at the local sewage treatment plant.\u003cbr/\u003eIt's also invested in energy efficiency, from the light bulbs used in street lights to a new residential area with Europe's tallest all-wood apartment buildings. Wood requires less energy to produce than steel or concrete, and also less transportation since Vaxjo is in the middle of a timber industry region.\u003cbr/\u003eThe architect behind the project is Erland Ullstad. 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