Climate Change Adaptation Fitness Check for municipalities About

capitalising climate change knowledge for adaptation in the alpine space
Climate Change Adaptation Fitness Check for
municipalities
Grassau, 25th April 2013
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About Climate Change Adaptation ... ?
Climate Change Adaptation
“… adjustment in natural or human systems in response to actual or
expected climatic stimuli or their effects, which moderates harm or
exploits beneficial opportunities. ” (IPCC, 2007)
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Global warming will continue even if the emission of
greenhouse gases would be stopped
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Climate change affects the living conditions on earth
Adaptation to the impacts of climate change, e.g. urban
planning, forestry, water management, agriculture, tourism, …
Relation of Adaptation and Mitigation?
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An up to date climate policy rests on two equal pillars:
Mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions
Adaptation to the unavoidable consequences of climate change
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C3-Alps in the Alpine Space
C3-Alps bases on 11 forerunner projects
ClimAlpTour
Alp-WaterScarce
PermaNet
AdaptAlp
MANFRED
SILMAS
ALP FFIRS
CLISP
ClimChAlp
PARAMOUNT
C3Alps
AlpHouse
C3-Alps in the Alpine Space
Goals:
• Consolidation and bundling of the knowledge of the 11
forerunner projects
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Preparation of this knowledge in a way that makes it easy
to apply for administrations on different levels
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Bridging the gap between knowledge generation and
application
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Development and initiation of adaptation measures
Capitalisation approach of C3-Alps
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C3-Alps in the Alpine Space
Project Structure:
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Work Package 2: Project management
Reporting (contents, finances) towards the programme authorities
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Work Package 3: Information and Publicity
External presentation of the project
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Work Package 4: Adaptation Policy and Governance
Comparative analysis of national / regional adaptation strategies
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Work Package 5: Knowledge Transfer
Communication strategies around the topic of climate change
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Work Package 6: Synthesis Knowledge Inventory
Web based climate change adaptation platform for the Alpine Space
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Work Package 7: Piloting and Implementation
Development and implementation of pilot measures for climate change adaptation
Focus of work in Bavaria
C3-Alps in Bavaria
The Bavarian Climate Adaptation Strategy (BayKLAS)
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Decision for elaboration in June 2008 by the Bavarian
Council of Ministers
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Basing on the Bavarian Climate Programme 2020
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Published in September 2009
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Definition of 15 fields of action for climate change
adaptation (e.g. water management, energy sector,
nature conservation, industry, spatial planning, ...)
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Description for each field of action of the responsible
actors (public and non-public), impacts and
vulnerabilities, goals and adaptation options
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Municipal level is considered as crucial for successful
adaptation
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Goals
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Transfer and application of the knowledge about adaptation in Bavaria (BayKLAS, forerunner
projects of C3-Alps, further research projects, …) on municipal level
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Mainstreaming of climate change adaptation as equal pillar besides climate mitigation on
municipal level
Motivation
Climate change impact assessment
“Climate Change Adaptation Fitness Check”
Vulnerability assessment
(easy to apply tool for small and medium
municipalities in Bavaria)
Identification of adaptation measures if needed
Support for implementation and search of funding
measures
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Steps already done
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Adopting the municipal perspective Close
cooperation with two pilot municipalities
(Schwindegg and Mittenwald)
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Identification of municipal fields of
intervention (legal responsibilities) concerned
by climate change impacts
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Close cooperation with mayors
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Conversations with the responsible persons of
the different fields of intervention about the
vulnerability and adaptation options
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Findings ...
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Basically, all responsible persons / decision makers agree that climate change adaptation has
to be considered in the future (“mainstreaming in planning”)
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The vulnerability differs a lot
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The options for adaptation differ a lot according to the individual municipal situation
Responsible persons / decision makers find it hard to take action towards adaptation (missing
idea, public opinion)
... and challenges
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Coping with the individual vulnerabilities and situations of municipalities in Bavaria
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Linking vulnerable sectors and legal competences of the municipalities for identification and
implementation of adaptation measures
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