The Italian National The Italian National

Adaptation StrategyAdaptation Strategy

Sergio Castellari, CMCC, INGVsergio.castellari@bo.ingv.it

High-Level Conference on Water, Climate and Health High-Level Conference on Water, Climate and Health Arezzo, Nov. 23, 2012 Arezzo, Nov. 23, 2012

INGV - Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

Outline:

European context

Towards an Italian NAS

Conclusions

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

also needed.

Despite attribution of causes of climate change,

we need to adapt..

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

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)

EU – adaptation:

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.

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.

TIME OBJECTIVE

Phase 1

(2009-2012)

Preparation of a EU NAS

Phase 2

(from 2013)

Adoption of the EU NAS -

Spring 2013

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

Objective 1: CLIMATE-ADAPTCLIMATE-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 ActionIda Auken, Minister for the Environment, EU Danish PresidencyProf. Jacqueline McGlade, EEA Executive DirectorJRC, country and city representatives

EEA to maintain with JRC and supported by ETC/CCA

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)

NASs in Europe

Da CLIMATE-ADAPT (settembre 2012)

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

Italian NAS: the process

Italian NAS:

2 elements:

1.Review of the scientic-technical knowledge on CCIVA in different

national sectors;2.Possible governance of NAS.

NAS objective: Involvement of stakeholder and decision-makers,

Provision of sectorial and intersecotiral recommandations and guidelines

Italian NAS: The sectors

1) Water resources (quantity and quality) 2) Desertification, land degradation and

droughts 3) Hydrogeologic risk

Biodiversity and ecosystems: 4) Terrestrial ecosystems5) Marine ecosystems6) Inner water ecosystems7) Health8) Forestry

Agriculture, aquaculture and fishery:9) Agriculture amd food production10) Aquaculture and fishery

11) Energy12) Coastal zones13) Tourism14) Urban and metropolitan centers

Critical infrastructures:15) Cultural heritage16) Transport

Special cases: 17) Alpine and Appenine areas (mountain

areas) 18) Po river basin

Italian NAS: Synthesis Report

•Identification of the national sectors impacted from CC; •Evaluation and estimate of the present and future CC impacts

for each sector; •Evaluation of sectorial vulnerabilities to present and future climate; •Possible estimation of socio-economic costs of sectorial

impacts. •Evaluation of already implemented adaptation measures in sectors:•Evaluation of adaptive capacity of each sector. •Possible estimate of future adaptation measures per sector.

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

Italian NAS: participatory approach

• On-line Questionare (Sept. 24 – Nov. 15)

• Institutional Table

• Stakeholders public consultations

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

https://www.cmcc.it/questionario/questionario

CONCLUSIONS

Italian MAS in progress.

EU MS lesson learnt.

Allignement to EU NAS.

Thanks

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

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