Engaging stakeholders in Climate Change Adaptation

Workshop
Guidelines for local adaptation in mountain
regions: which prospects for the Alps and
beyond?”
Camera di Commercio di Brescia - Via Einaudi, 23
BRESCIA, ITALY
23rd JUNE 2014 – 2:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Engaging stakeholders in Climate
Change Adaptation Policies at regional
level: the Lombardy case
Juan Terrádez Mas
Fondazione Lombardia per l’Ambiente
[email protected]
Outline
1. Background
2. The Regional Adaptation Strategy of Lombardy:
structure and approach
3. Methodology for stakeholders engagement
4. Key findings
Overview of Adaptation Strategies across the Alpine
space
National Adaptation
Strategy (NAS)
Regional Adaptation
Strategy (RAS)
Austria
2012
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France
2006
Rhône-Alpes and
Provence 2012 and AlpesCôte d’Azur
Germany
2008
Bavaria 2009
Itay
expected by the end
of 2014
expected Lomdardy
Region winter 2014
Alpine State
Liechtenstein
Slovenia
Swizerland
expected autumn
2014
2012 (2008 for
agricolture and
forestry)
2012
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not yet predictable
Bern, 2010; Uri, 2011;
Schaffhausen, 2011;
Graubünden, 2012; Uri,
Schwyz, Nidwalden,
Obwalden, 2013,
Source: updated from PLANALP, 2012
Why adapting at subnational level?
White paper 2009: “Due to the regional
variability and severity of climate impact
most adaptation measures will be taken at
regional or local level”
Article 4 of the UNFCCC: “every effort must
be made to adopt national and regional
adaptation strategies”
EU adaptation strategy 2013: “In view of the
specific and wide ranging nature of climate
change impacts… adaptation measures
need to be taken at all levels, from local to
regional and national level”
Action plan on climate change in the Alps
2009: “Its aim is to…offer concrete measures
that are specific to the Alps by promoting
adaptation themes and measures that could
be the subject of regional co-operations in
the frame of the Alpine Convention…
Preparing the ground for the Lombardy’s adaptation strategy
Guidelines for the elaboration of a Regional CC Adaptation Strategy (RAS)
in Lombardy region, 2012
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LINK:
http://www.reti.regione.lombardia.it/shared
/ccurl/778/935/Linee%20guida%20
PACC%20Lombardia_Abstract.pdf
Source : FLA, 2012
LINK: http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/climatechange-adaptation-practice-across-the-eupbML0113690/
Source: EC, 2013
Selected as good
practice study case
in researching,
planning and
delivering
adaptation at sub
national level in
Europe
Key outputs of the Guidelines : the roadmap for the oncoming
RAS
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Start the process of involving regional key stakeholders and decision makers in
the definition of the future Regional Adaptation Strategy
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Regional climatic characterization: overview of past and present trends as well
as future projections concerning relevant climatic variables at regional level
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State of the art concerning scientific knowledge about regional climate change present and future- vulnerabilities and impacts of climate change (CCIVA), from
a sectoral point of view
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Provide a first methodological framework to identify and prioritize future
sectoral and cross-sectoral adaptation measures through the early engagement
of key stakeholder
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Identification of key factors to ensure a successful RAS in Lombardy
Outline
1. Background
2. The Regional Adaptation Strategy of Lombardy:
structure and approach
3. Methodology for stakeholders engagement
4. key findings
1º causal matrix: climatic
stressor versus climatic
impacts by sector.
Plenary
2º DPSIR analysis of climate
workshop
change impacts in Lombardy
socio-economic sectors.
Sectoral point of view
Sectors of the RAS
Stakeholder
consultation
1.
Ecosystems, forests,
biodiversity and
protected areas;
2.
Water
resources(quantity,
quality and
management);
3.
Energy supply and
demand;
4.
Human health and air
quality;
5.
Built environment,
natural hazards,
transports and planning;
6.
Air quality and human
health;
7.
Agriculture;
8.
Tourism.
Operative structure: the actors
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The TEC, Technical Board for the Regional Adaptation Strategy. Led by FLA
research team:
production of the Review Report about the scientific-technical knowledge on CCIVA in different
regional sectors;
production of the the Policy report about adaptation objectives and measures and
mainstreaming consideration;
facilitate and drive the engagement initiatives;
coordination with the NAS ( National Adaptation Strategy)
The IAB, Institutional Advisory Board for Adaptation. Led by the Regional
coordination leader:
participate on the engagement initiatives (participation in plenary and thematic workshops and
at the ad hoc surveys)
review of the RAS and engagement on the consultation process (adaptation objectives
prioritization and adaptation options joint definition)
Horizontal coordination
Participative approach: the stakeholder involved
D.G. AMBIENTE, ENERGIA E RETI
Franco Picco; Direttore generale
U.O. Protezione aria e prevenzione inquinamenti fisici industriali
Gian Luca Gurrieri; Dirigente
Lucca Zucchelli; Dirigente Struttura Attività produttive e rischio industriale
Debora Dazzi; Quadro
Elisabetta Buganza; Quadro
Nadia Carfagno; Funzionario
U.O. Risorse idirche e programmazione
Viviane Iacone; Dirigente Struttura Pianificazione acque, regolazione servizi e garante
Marco Parini; Quadro Struttura Pianificazione acque, regolazione servizi e garante
Elena Brivio; Funzionario Struttura Pianificazione acque, regolazione servizi e garante
U.O. Sviluppo sostenibile e valutazioni ambientali
Filippo Dadone; Dirigente ,Elisabetta Ferramosca; QuadroElisabetta Pozzoli; Quadro, Francesco Coviello; Funzionario
Carlotta Sigismondi; Consulente, Silvia Vaghi; Consulente
U.O. Energia e reti tecnologiche
Alice Tura; Quadro
D.G. SISTEMI VERDI E PAESAGGIO
Daniela Marforio; Direttore generale
U.O. Sistemi verdi e foreste
Giorgio Bonalume; Dirigente
Roberto Carovigno; Dirigente Struttura Foreste
U.O. Parchi e Rete Natura 2000
Antonio Tagliaferri; Dirigente Struttura Valorizzazione delle aree protette
e biodiversità
D.G. SPORT E GIOVANI
U.O. Promozione e sviluppo dell’attività sportiva
Gianalberto Scrivani; Quadro
U.O. Impiantistica e attività della montagna
Sergio Strobelt; Quadro
More than 50 experts, managers
D.G. TERRITORIO E URBANISTICA
and officials of the Regional
D.G. AGRICOLTURA
Authorities, representatives
of 8
ARPA
Lombardia
Plenary
Regional
DG,
Regional
Monitoring
workshop
D.G. COMMERCIO, TURISMO E SERVIZI
CESTEC
Systems and research institutes
Valentina Sachero; Funzionario
Massimo Volpi; Funzionario
U.O. Multifunzionalità e sostenibilità del territorio
Giorgio Bleynat; Dirigente, Maria Lisa Sacchi; Funzionario Struttura Valorizzazione del patrimonio e delle strutture rurali, infrastrutture irrigue, eventi
eccezionaliU.O. Programmazione, risorse per lo sviluppo rurale e riduzione dei costi burocratici
Alessandro Nebuloni; Dirigente Struttura Programmazione e attuazione
del Programma di sviluppo rurale, Alessandro Pezzotta; Quadro Struttura Programmazione e attuazione
del Programma di sviluppo rurale, Tiziana Laconi; Quadro Struttura Programmazione e attuazione del Programma di sviluppo rurale
U.O. Innovazione, cooperazione e valorizzazione delle produzioni
Gianpaolo Bertoncini; Quadro Struttura Attuazione del Programma regionale di ricerca in agricoltura
U.O. Commercio e reti distrivutive
Martino Palermo; Dirigente Struttura Rete distributiva carburanti
U.O. Turismo
Angelo Zito; Dirigente Struttura Sistemi turistici e imprese
D.G. INFRASTRUTTURE E MOBILITA'
U.O. Infrastrutture Viarie e Aeroportuali
Fiorella Daniele; Funzionario Struttura Autostrade e Grande Viabilità
D.G. PROTEZIONE CIVILE, POLIZIA LOCALE E SICUREZZA
U.O. Protezione civile
Luca Vaghi; Dirigente Struttura Gestione delle emergenze
Egidio Bertolotti; Funzionario Struttura Gestione delle emergenze
Angela Elisa Musolino; Funzionario Struttura Gestione delle emergenze
D.G. SANITA'
U.O. Governo della prevenzione e tutela sanitaria
Maria Gramegna; Dirigente
Antonio Fanuzzi; Quadro Struttura Prevenzione ambienti di vita e di lavoro
U.O. Veterinaria
Piero Frazzi; Dirigente, Stefano Foschini; Consulente
U.O. Tutela e valorizzazione del territorio
Dario Fossati; Dirigente
U.O. Programmazione integrata e pianificazione territoriale
Maria Maggi; Dirigente Struttura Strumenti per la pianificazione
Alberto Giudici; Funzionario Struttura Strumenti per la pianificazione
Antonella Zucca; Funzionario Struttura Strumenti per la pianificazione
Carlo M. Marino, Commissario delegato ADP (Accordo di Programma)
Umberto Benezzoli; Direttore generale
Enrico Zini; Dirigente
Guido Lanzani; Dirigente
Claudio Frasconà
Alessandra Belloni
Giorgio Lampugnani; Direttore generale
Mauro Brolis
Stefania Ghidorzi, Luisa Tasca
ERSAF
Vicedirezione e Dipartimento Servizi all'Agricoltura - Struttura Servizi reti,
ricerca e sperimentazione, Stefano Brenna
Dipartimento Montagna e Servizi al Territorio - Struttura Azioni integrate,
Montagna e Ricerca Applicata
Roberto Chillemi, Luca Grimaldi
Università di Pavia
Graziano Rossi
Yuri Belotti
FONDAZIONE LOMBARDIA PER L’AMBIENTE
Fabrizio Piccarolo, Direttore
Antonio Ballarin Denti, Coordinatore Scientifico FLA e Università Cattolica
del Sacro Cuore, Giulio De Leo, FLA e Stanford University
Mita Lapi, Responsabile Settore Qualità dell’Aria e Cambiamenti Climatici
What?
Main elements expected…
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Evaluation (and quantification) the present and future CC impacts at regional level for each sector;
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Evaluation of sectoral vulnerabilities to present and future climate;
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Possible estimation of socio-economic costs of sectoral impacts;
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Evaluation of adaptive capacity of each sector;
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Evaluation of already implemented measures in the current sectoral policies, concerning adaptation
co-objectives (comparative analysis);
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Proposal and possible estimate of future adaptation measures per sector and cross-setoral issues,
providing methodological support for mainstreaming the proposed measures into current sectoral
policies, and monitoring systems;
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Decision-makers and other stakeholders engagement in the process thought out participatory tools;
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Public information and dissemination thought workshops and online tools, as well as networking
Outline
1. Background
2. The Regional Adaptation Strategy of Lombardy:
structure and approach
3. Methodology for stakeholders engagement
4. key findings
Stakeholder engagement: the phases approach
1
• Stakeholders mapping
2
• Online questionnaire
Plenary
workshop
3
• Plenary workshop
4
• Intersectoral workshop
Stakeholder engagement: the phase approach
1. Stakeholder mapping
2. Online questionnaire
1.
1.
2.
Identify the full range
of regional Strategic
Stakeholders
(representatives of each
key sector departments
of the regional
administration, civil
protection and other
relevant regional
research organizations);
Create a mailing list.
2.
3.
4.
definition of the RAS’s
priorities;
Statement about main
vulnerable regional
sectors to focus on;
main potential barriers
for the adaptation
process in the Region;
Other relevant strategic
information.
3. Plenary workshop
1.
2.
3.
4.
Present results of the
questionnaires;
Agreement on the
contents and key regional
sectors of the RAS;
Present the
methodological
framework for the
definition of the RAS;
Enhance commitment in
mainstreaming climate
change adaptation.
LINK: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1U2g9Ch9mKcCQvH6UUcEHbIhCIcvvSUFtVU
oPB91Jl8/viewform
Stakeholder engagement: 4. Intersectoral workshops
The workshops
The 3 thematic sections
1º Agriculture, Water
resources and Energy
2º Tourism, Forest and
Biodiversity
3º Urban planning,
Natural hazard and
Transport
4º Human health and
Air quality
Criteria:
- Common crosscutting issues
- Greater potential
conflicts of
Interest
- Shared
responsibilities
I. climate change
evidences and
projections
II. climate change
impacts and
vulnerabilities
III. Definition of
adaptation priorities
and outline of specific
adaptation options
Mainly
informative
Proactive
and
consultive
Climate change evidences and projections: example
Plenary
workshop
Example of climatic information presented during the workshops. Left:
evolution of intense precipitation events during the period 1984-2003
compared with 1958-1982 in two weather stations of the Lombardy
territory. Right: map of the rainfalls intensity in the Lombardy territory
during the 1961-1990 time period. Source: with data from STRADA
Project. 2013
Spatial distribution of the projected thermometric anomalies
for the period 2071-2100 compared to mean temperature of
the reference period 1971-2000. Source: with data from
Gobiet et al. 2013
climate change impacts and vulnerabilities: example
Plenary
workshop
Projected impact of climate change on the winter tourism sector in Lombardy: projected percentage of
skiing areas below the snow line (Snow Reliability Line) by provinces under two differet future scenarios of
global warming. Source: with data form Kyoto Lombardia Project. 2008
Definition of adaptation objectives priority and outline of specific
adaptation options
Review of
existing
sectoral
planning
documents
Evaluation of already
current sectoral policies
and
tools
with
relevance to climate
change impacts
Review of
identification of
existing
sectoral adaptation
successful
Plenary objectives and a set of
case of
workshop adaptation options
study and
peer review
Implementation
of the consulting
process
weighting of sectoral
objectives and
consulting of
proposed adaptation
measures
Proposal of sectoral
adaptation
recommendations per
sector, by specific impact
• soft measures addressing
behavior, management and
policies
•grey or technological
measures
• green/ecosystem-based
measures
Definition of adaptation objectives priority and outline of specific
adaptation
options
(bis)
adaptation
options
Relevant impacts per sector
Adaptation objectives
Plenary
workshop Weighting process in 2 dimensions:
i.
ii.
Relevance of each impact from
a sectoral pint of view (1=very
low importance; 5=very high
importance)
Need for actions to fulfill each
adaptation objective( 1=very
low priority; 5=very high
priority)
Proposed adaptation measures
Weighting climate change impacts and objectives: based on expert consultation
method
Simple additive weighting algorithm to determine objective priorities...
Relevance of
each impact
Plenary
(from 1workshop
to 5)
Need of adaptation
actions in each
adaptation objective
(from 1 to 5)
(W1+W2+W3+Wn,,,) /n +
Priority of
Adaptation
objectives
(from 1 to 5)
(W1+W2+W3+Wn,,,) /n / 2 = P
Outline
1. Background
2. The Regional Adaptation Strategy of Lombardy:
structure and approach
3. The stakeholder engagement methodology
4. key findings
Key findings
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The series of workshop undertaken with stakeholders –along with the provided
information on climate change and relative impacts –served as an important
capacity building factor
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Dissemination and effective communication of relevant information during the
engagement process of the RAS has enabled the regional government to realize
the real dimension of dealing with present and future climate change challenges:
increase awareness
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Periodic meetings, briefings and continuous information sharing, consolidated
the commitment and confidence between the Research Team, the relevant
decision-makers, the regional technicians and the executive leader in charge of
the horizontal coordination
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Key issues to enhance engagement of stakeholders were i) to guarantee an
adequate perception of the identified climate change impacts at regional level;
and ii) the contribution of stakeholders in the joint definition and prioritization of
the adaptation objectives as part of the consensus building process
Thank you !!!
“It is not the strongest of
the species that
survives, nor the most
intelligent that survives.
It is the one that the
most adaptable to
change”
Charles Darwin (1809-1882)