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Climate Change - Adapting to The Impacts, by Communities in Northern Peripheral Regions. A Project part-financed by the European Union and the European Rural Development Fund. www.clim-atic.org. What is climate change adaptation?.

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  1. Climate Change - Adapting to The Impacts, by Communities in Northern Peripheral Regions A Project part-financed by the European Union and the European Rural Development Fund www.clim-atic.org

  2. What is climate change adaptation? • Climate change impacts are the consequences of the interactions between our natural and human systems. • The impacts depend on the vulnerability of these systems. Vulnerability is “the exposure to multiple stresses, to shocks and to risk over a longer period”. • Both impacts and vulnerability may be reduced by adaptation – adjustments in natural or human systems to a new or changing environment. www.clim-atic.org Climate Change - Adapting to The Impacts, by Communities in Northern Peripheral Regions

  3. Various types of adaptation can be distinguished: • anticipatory and reactive adaptation • private and public adaptation • autonomous and planned adaptation. • Adaptation can be seen as a process of social learning. • Adaptive capacity is the ability; • to understand climate changes and hazards, • to evaluate the consequences for communities, places and economies, • to moderate potential damages • to take advantage of opportunities, or to cope with consequences. www.clim-atic.org Climate Change - Adapting to The Impacts, by Communities in Northern Peripheral Regions

  4. Socio-economic development Changes in natural systems Climate Change Impacts Advantages Disadvantages Adaptive capacity Mitigation Adaptation Opportunities Threats Decision making Diagram from Finland’s National Adaptation Strategy (2005) www.clim-atic.org Climate Change - Adapting to The Impacts, by Communities in Northern Peripheral Regions

  5. Or let the polar bear demonstrate Climate change adaptation!........ www.clim-atic.org Climate Change - Adapting to The Impacts, by Communities in Northern Peripheral Regions

  6. Clim-ATIC is an ambitious, 2.35 Million Euro, trans-national project that will result in the best possible understanding of all issues associated with climate change adaptation at a community level It is part funded by the Northern Periphery Programme. www.clim-atic.org Climate Change - Adapting to The Impacts, by Communities in Northern Peripheral Regions

  7. Clim-ATIC’s overall objective The project will establish a sustainable, self-financing delivery mechanism to provide information, training and advice on climate change adaptation to communities, small businesses, and local administrations across the Northern Periphery. www.clim-atic.org Climate Change - Adapting to The Impacts, by Communities in Northern Peripheral Regions

  8. 5 participating regions with similar climate change impact issues Lapland, Finland County of Vasterbotten, Sweden (and Åre) Flora, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Sisimiut, Greenland Highlands and Islands, Scotland “A European approach is necessary to ensure proper coordination and the efficiency of policies that address the impacts of climate change.” The EC Green paper ‘Adapting to climate change in Europe- options for EU action’ (2007) www.clim-atic.org Climate Change - Adapting to The Impacts, by Communities in Northern Peripheral Regions

  9. Climate change adaptation cuts across all sectors and political levels. Clim-ATIC will focus on 4 key priority themes for the Northern Periphery risk and response management sustainable transport tourism opportunities local sustainable energy www.clim-atic.org Climate Change - Adapting to The Impacts, by Communities in Northern Peripheral Regions

  10. Project management, coordination & communication Regional Climate Change and Scenarios Identify community climate adaptation opportunities Adaptation Demonstration Projects Community Climate Change Adaptation Information, Training & Advice Service Clim-ATIC is a 3 year project with 5 interlinked transnational workpackages WP 1 WP 2 WP 3 WP 4 WP 5 Community exchange visits Project launch meeting International seminar www.clim-atic.org Climate Change - Adapting to The Impacts, by Communities in Northern Peripheral Regions

  11. Regional Climate Change impacts, scenarios and visualisations WP 2 Using existing climate models and data to provide relevant scenarios to communities UKCIP08 data will provide climate change scenarios for the UK : Current climate Current society Future climate change scenarios Future social change scenarios • scenarios (High, Medium and Low) • information about extreme events • relative to a baseline period Community Vulnerability Scenarios “uncertainties remain particularly in relation to more accurate and detailed forecasts as to the impacts of climate change at regional and local levels” The Commission of European Communities’ Green paper ‘Adapting to climate change in Europe- options for EU action’ (2007) www.clim-atic.org Climate Change - Adapting to The Impacts, by Communities in Northern Peripheral Regions

  12. Community climate adaptation opportunities and strategies WP 2 WP 3 Climate change impact visualisations Community adaptation action plans Community / stakeholder brainstorming meetings “adaptation measures should be fit for purpose, be based on a good evidence base, involve all stakeholders and aim to achieve SMART objectives” The UK Climate Impacts Programme report ‘Identifying Adaptation Actions’ (2007) www.clim-atic.org Climate Change - Adapting to The Impacts, by Communities in Northern Peripheral Regions

  13. Community Adaptation Demonstration Projects WP 4 Planning, supporting, managing, evaluating and extracting lessons from 12 adaptation projects across the Northern Periphery with a strong emphasis on local economic benefits “Building adaptation capacity involves creating information and conditions that enable adaptation actions to take place and delivering adaptation actions that will help to reduce vulnerability to climate risks or exploit opportunities ” ‘Climate Change – the UK Programme’ (2006) www.clim-atic.org Climate Change - Adapting to The Impacts, by Communities in Northern Peripheral Regions

  14. Establish a Northern Periphery Community Climate Change Adaptation Information, Training, and Advice service WP 5 Carry out feasibility studies and business planning to establish an affordable, accessible, relevant and up-to-date service for local communities, businesses, administrations and politicians across the entire Northern Periphery. The University of the Arctic will be the initial framework for this service; the aim is to have a network with a node in each region. “There is an obvious need to strengthen policy relevant research and development relating to the impacts of climate change and adaptation” Finland’s National Adaptation Strategy (2005) www.clim-atic.org Climate Change - Adapting to The Impacts, by Communities in Northern Peripheral Regions

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