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The Italian National Adaptation Strategy

The Italian National Adaptation Strategy. High-Level Conference on Water, Climate and Health Arezzo, Nov. 23, 2012. Sergio Castellari, CMCC, INGV sergio.castellari@bo.ingv.it. INGV - Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia. Outline:. European context Towards an Italian NAS

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The Italian National Adaptation Strategy

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  1. The Italian National AdaptationStrategy High-Level Conference on Water, Climate and Health Arezzo, Nov. 23, 2012 Sergio Castellari, CMCC, INGV sergio.castellari@bo.ingv.it INGV - Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

  2. Outline: • European context • Towards an Italian NAS • Conclusions

  3. The challenge: Even if policies and efforts to reduce emissions prove effective, some climate change is inevitable; therefore, strategies and actions to adapt to its impacts are alsoneeded. Despite attribution of causes of climate change, we need to adapt.

  4. EU Coesion Policy 2014 – 2020 • A menu of thematic objectives: • Research & innovation • Information and communication technologies (ICT) • Competitiveness of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) • Shift towards a low-carbon economy • Climate change adaptation & risk prevention and management • Environmental protection & resource efficiency • Sustainable transport & removing bottlenecks in key network infrastructures • Employment & supporting labour mobility • Social inclusion & combating poverty • Education, skills & lifelong learning • Institutional capacity building & efficient public administrations

  5. EU – adaptation: • Policy EC papers; • GREEN PAPER “Adapting to climate change in Europe - options for EU action” (2007) • WHITE PAPER “Adapting to climate change: Towards a European framework for action” (2009)

  6. Some definitions: NAS and NAP National Adaptation Strategy (NAS): • Involvement of stakeholders and decision-makers. • Analysis of possible mainstreaming of adaptation in the different sectorial policies. • Recommendations and guidelines to build up adaptive capacity in different sectors and at different spatial scales (national, regional and local) and to reduce societal costs. • Review after n years. National Adaptation Plan (NAP): • Implementation of NAS with governance and funding allocatton. • Evaluation of implementation.

  7. EU WHITE PAPER: an agenda for adaptation • (Article 4 of the UNFCCC stipulates that every effort must be made to adopt national or regional adaptation strategies. ) • Framework of action in 2 phases. • Encourage the further development of National and Regional Adaptation Strategies with a view to considering mandatory adaptation strategies from 2012.

  8. Adaptation Strategy 2013 - objectives • The knowledge objective: • furthering the understanding of climate change vulnerability/adaptation • improving the knowledge base • dealing with uncertainties •  Feeds into the EU Climate-ADAPT platform • The facilitation and cooperation objective: • facilitating exchange between and cooperating with Member States, regions, cities and all other relevant stakeholders • providing guidelines for adaptation • The policy and market objective: • Integrating adaptation into EU policies • Use potential of market, market-based instruments and the private sector in strengthening adaptive capacity, preparedness and response actions

  9. Objective 1:CLIMATE-ADAPT http://climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu/ • Supports governmental decision-makers developing/implementing climate change adaptation strategies, policies and actions • Guided by advise from countries (agencies and ministries), Adaptation Steering Group (chaired by DG CLIMA), other organisations (e.g. WHO Europe), experts EU FP projects • Launched 23 March 2012 (DG CLIMA, EEA) • Connie Hedegaard, EU Commissioner for Climate Action • Ida Auken, Minister for the Environment, EU Danish Presidency • Prof. Jacqueline McGlade, EEA Executive Director • JRC, country and city representatives • EEA to maintain with JRC and supported by ETC/CCA

  10. NASs in Europe 12 EU Member Stated adopted a NAS: Finland (2005), Spain (2006), France (2007), Hungary (2008), Denmark (2008), Netherlands (2008), UK (2008), Germany (2008), Sweden (2009), Belgium (2010), Portugal (2010), Malta (2012) 2 no EU MS adopted a NAS: Norway (2008), Switzerland (2012) Some EU MS are adopting a NAS: Ireland (by 2012), Ceck Rep. (by 2012), Austria (by 2012) NAS prepation in progress: Italy (2012 – 2013) Da CLIMATE-ADAPT (settembre 2012)

  11. Italian NAS: the process The Italian Ministry for Environment, Land and Sea started the work toward a NAS. Feb. 27, 2012 – Preliminary Meeting, (IMELS, Roma)“Stato delle conoscenze riguardo ai cambiamenti climatici in Italia” July 6, 2012 – Agreement IMEL and CMCC (Euro-Mediterranean Center for Climate Change) for support to preparation of scientific – technical contens of NAS. 06/07/12

  12. Italian NAS: 2 elements: Reviewof the scientic-technicalknowledge on CCIVA in different nationalsectors; Possiblegovernanceof NAS. • NAS objective: • Involvementofstakeholder and decision-makers, • Provisionofsectorial and intersecotiralrecommandations and • guidelines

  13. Italian NAS: The sectors 1) Water resources (quantity and quality) 2) Desertification, land degradation and droughts 3) Hydrogeologic risk Biodiversity and ecosystems: 4) Terrestrial ecosystems • Marine ecosystems • Inner water ecosystems • Health • Forestry Agriculture, aquaculture and fishery: • Agriculture amd food production • Aquaculture and fishery 11) Energy 12) Coastal zones 13) Tourism 14) Urban and metropolitan centers Critical infrastructures: 15) Cultural heritage 16) Transport Special cases: 17) Alpine and Appenine areas (mountain areas) 18) Po river basin

  14. Italian NAS: Synthesis Report • Identificationof the nationalsectorsimpactedfrom CC; • Evaluation and estimate of the present and future CC impacts • foreachsector; • Evaluationofsectorialvulnerabilitiestopresent and future • climate; • Possibleestimationofsocio-economiccostsofsectorialimpacts. • Evaluationofalreadyimplementedadaptationmeasures in • sectors: • Evaluationofadaptivecapacityofeachsector. • Possible estimate of future adaptationmeasures per sector.

  15. Italian NAS: Governance • Analysis of governance in other EU MS. • Learning from coming up EU NAS. • Multiphases approach Italian case and allignement to EU NAS

  16. Italian NAS: participatory approach • On-line Questionare (Sept. 24 – Nov. 15) • Institutional Table • Stakeholders public consultations

  17. Questionare : http://www.minambiente.it/home_it/showitem.html?item=/documenti/notizie/notizia_0423.html&lang=it https://www.cmcc.it/questionario/questionario

  18. CONCLUSIONS • Italian MAS in progress. • EU MS lesson learnt. • Allignement to EU NAS.

  19. Thanks • Sergio Castellari • Address: Viale A. Moro 44, 40127 Bologna • Office: : +39 051 3782618 • Mobile +39 334 1155037 • E-mail: sergio.castellari@bo.ingv.it

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