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Climate Change and regions: Challenges and opportunities

Climate Change and regions: Challenges and opportunities. Brussels, 25 September 2007 Eddy HARTOG Head of Unit, DG Regional Policy. Outline. Climate change policy in a nutshell Climate change and regions Cohesion Policy supports a range of actions in addressing climate change

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Climate Change and regions: Challenges and opportunities

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  1. Climate Change and regions:Challenges and opportunities Brussels, 25 September 2007 Eddy HARTOG Head of Unit, DG Regional Policy

  2. Outline • Climate change policy in a nutshell • Climate change and regions • Cohesion Policy supports a range of actions in addressing climate change • Cohesion Policy is a flexible policy well positioned to address climate change challenge • Sharing knowledge and experience: Enhanced interregional cooperation

  3. Climate Change policy in a nutshell 1. Double challenge: • Mitigation • Low carbon economy • Air quality • Adaptation • Risk prevention • Innovation • Infrastructural adjustments 2. Unique opportunity: early action minimises damages and creates a competitive advantage

  4. Climate Change is a regional issue Disparities in impact: • Arctic regions, mediterranean, mountain areas, coastal zones, densely populated floodplains, Scandinavia • Action planning, risk prevention Multi-level governance

  5. Cohesion Policy supports a variety of actions targeted at: • Limiting global climate change and related impact • Adapting to climate change impacts • Compensating for disaster damages

  6. Climate Change as a priority in Cohesion Policy • Council Regulations • Environment (and thus climate change is a cross-cuting issue) • Community Strategic Guidelines • Partly included in earmarking

  7. Some figures • Overall 2000-2006: €9.5 billion (4.5%) • Overall 2007-2013: €45 billion (13%)

  8. Energy generation: example Objective 1 • Wood fire heating plant which supplies hot water and heating to local homes and businesses, Güssing, Burgenland

  9. Energy efficiency: example Objective 2 • Promoting energy efficient sources: solar panels, Marstal, Fyns amt, Denmark.

  10. Figures 2007-2013

  11. Cohesion Policy would like to do more • Spring Council conclusions • Report EU cash for climate clash • 4th Cohesion Report

  12. Fourth Cohesion Report Communication: • poses questions for EU debate about Cohesion policy The report analyses • The economic and social situation in EU & regions • The Impact of Cohesion policy • National policies and cohesion • Community policies and cohesion

  13. Proposed questions for discussion for future policy development • Climate changeand its impact are an essential part of the starting policy debate for post 2013. Issues at stake: • How far is cohesion policy adapted to the new challenges European regions will face in the coming years? • How can cohesion policy further develop an integrated and more flexible approach to development/growth and jobs in this new context? • What is the assessment of the appropriate policy management for the 2007-13 period?

  14. Cohesion Policy is a flexible policy that integrates climate change issues in an integrated manner

  15. Cohesion policy governance • Regional governance based on strategic development, broad partnership, programming, monitoring and iterative evaluation • Integrated and innovative regional development strategies • Targetting and tailoring to specific regional needs, thus reducing disparities within EU

  16. Networking and exchange of experience • Not re-invent the wheel • Good existing projects

  17. EXAMPLE 1: ENERCYREGIO • A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN FIVE EUROPEAN REGIONS: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND INCREASE AWARENESS IN RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY. • Saxony (Germany) • Smaland Med Öarna (Sweden) • Emilia-Romagna (Italy) • Crete (Greece) • Border Midland and Western (BMW Region) Ireland www.enercyregio.net

  18. EXAMPLE 2: CHANGELAB Changing lifestyles, attitudes and behaviour. European partner organisations will share experience and knowledge on how to promote sustainable patterns of consumption in order to help solve increasingly serious environmental problems at home and worldwide. www.changelabproject.org

  19. EXAMPLE 3: REGIOSUSTAIN Experiences show that the cultivation of biomass can trigger processes of endogenous development by initialising regional economic cycles, especially in regions that are dominated by agriculture and forestry. The whole value added - from the cultivation of biomass to the energetic utilisation and consumption - remains in the region. www.regiosustain.net

  20. Regions for Economic Change: reinforced partnership and cooperation Interregional cooperation + urban development network (to be adopted later in 2007)= 375 m€+Four new aspects:1. Themes (incl. climate change) 2. Bridge to mainstream programmes (impact) 3. Communication 4. Fast Track option

  21. RFEC – themes relevant to climate change • Low carbon economy • Integrated policies on urban transport • Improving monitoring of environment and security (spatial planning) • Managing coastal zones

  22. Thank you for your attention http://ec.europa.eu/inforegio

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