Implementation of the Climate Change
Adaptation Strategy in Finland
- what has happened since 2005?
Centrala myndigheters roll i klimatanpassningsarbetet
Stockholm 2 Oktober 2008
Reija Ruuhela
Coordinator, Climate Change Adaptation Research Programme ISTO,
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Finland
How the adaptation strategy work
proceeded
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National Climate Strategy (2001) focused only on mitigation Parliament emphasized the need for adaptation strategy
– National climate policy needs to focus on both mitigation and
adaptation
Adaptation strategy - process (from 11/2003 to 1/2005)
Climate change data and information: Finnish Meteorological Institute
(FMI)
Changes in natural conditions (soil, water, air, plants and animals):
Finnish Environment Institute (FEI)
Socio-economic scenarios: Government Institute for Economic
Research
Several sectors are covered
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Natural resources:
agriculture and food production, forestry, fisheries, game husbandry,
reindeer husbandry, water resources
Biodiversity
Industry, energy
Traffic
Land use, building
Health
Tourism, recreation
Insurance
Finland’s National Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change (2005) in English:
www.mmm.fi/sopeutumisstrategia
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Aims to be achieved by 2015
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Integrate climate change impacts and adaptation into sectoral
planning, implementation and evaluation (mainstreaming)
Include climate aspects into long-term investments
Improve capacities to address extreme weather events
Develop further observation and warning systems
Strengthen and focus research and development; programme
started 2006
Address international linkages and development cooperation
Implementation of the strategy
Top-down or bottom-up process?
Collaboration between sectors, within sectors also ”top-down” steering
• Coordinated by Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
• Mainstreaming followed up and enhanced by coordination group
Finland’s National Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change
Ministries
Local and Regional
Government
Finnish Academy
Municipalities
State
authorities
Research
institutes
Sitra
Tekes
Private sector
Where are we in 2008?
Some sectoral measures
– Climate change adaptation research programme, ISTO,
2006-2010
– MIL-programme 2007-2011 – Forests in changing climate
– Finland’s national forest programme 2015
– Adaptation action plan in environmental administration
• About 40 separate measures identified
– Adaptation action plans e.g. in Finnish Road Administration,
Rail Administration
– Provincial and municipal climate strategies
• Mainly mitigation, but adaptation increasingly important
Climate change adaptation research
programme, ISTO, 2006-2010
Midterm evaluation, spring 2008
- Results of the on-going research projects are useful for adaptation
- Agriculture, forestry, biodiversity, water management and
flood risks, land use and urban planning
- Climate data (return periods, probabilistic estimates
- Regional adaptation networks
- Web-tool for the users – decision makers, researchers…
- Yet, only 8 fields out of planned 20 are covered
- Call for new projects will be opened in October
- More applied, multi-disciplinary research to support
practical adaptation measures
- New fields to be covered
- Communicating the results of the programme to decision makers and
public increasingly important
ΔT(annual), A1B, 1971-2000 => 2040-69
Probability density (1/ ºC)
Largest warming in Finland in the north
ΔT(annual), A1B, from 1971-2000 =>
Projected change (ºC)
1.5
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2.5
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3.5
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4.5
Projected change (ºC)
5
(Gt C/year)
Emission scenario
30
20
A1B
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2000
2050
2100
Lake Pielinen – changes in seasonal variation of water level
- with and without regulation 2040-69
Noora Veijalainen
SYKE
95.50
Vedenkorkeus (m, NN)
95.00
1971-2000
luonnonmukainen
94.50
2040-69
luonnonmukainen
94.00
93.50
2040-69
varautuva
93.00
92.50
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Mapping of flood risks - www.ymparisto.fi/julkaisut
webISTO
• Summary table to
give overview of
ISTO
• Short descriptions
with links to the web
sites of the projects
• Clicking on a link in
a cell of the table
leads to the next
level
Ongoing / starting soon
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New long-term climate and energy strategy under preparation
– Adaptation included
Implementation of the adaptation strategy will be evaluated
New LIFE+ -projects
– Climate Change Community Response Portal (CCCRP)
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Climate Change E-xplained Wizard
Climate Data and Scenarios Wizard
Climate Impacts Wizard
Community Response Wizard
Especially for regional and municipal decision makers of different sectors
– Adaptation in Metropolitan Area
Severe weather outlooks – operational at FMI
HYDROLOGICAL FORECASTS AND WARNINGS
www.environment.fi/waterforecast
Ongoing / starting soon
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New long-term climate and energy strategy under preparation
– Adaptation included
Implementation of the adaptation strategy will be evaluated
New LIFE+ -projects
– Climate Change Community Response Portal (CCCRP)
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Climate Change E-xplained Wizard
Climate Data and Scenarios Wizard
Climate Impacts Wizard
Community Response Wizard
Especially for regional and municipal decision makers of different sectors
– Adaptation in Metropolitan Area
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LUOVA
– National Early Warning System for Natural Disasters in Finland
- For authorities for preparedness
– Service providers: FMI, FEI, FIMR…
Thank you for your interest!
[email protected]
Flood Risk Management
danger
meteorology
watershed
hydrological
hazard
water retention,
flood-control storage
river channel
flood hazard
increase in capacity,
channel enlargening,
embankment
vulnerability
crisis management
risk
damage risk
land use,
flood proofing property
forecasting,
warning, flow
regulation,
mobile defences
damage
compensation,
insurances