Objective

Giving information on climate change.

Description

Organization of future conventions on climate change. It could be possible to focus the meetings on different themes like storms, drought, temperature, precipitations, wind, sea.

Expected results

Raised awareness in order to stimulate people to act proactively, investing in technical, cost-intensive end-of-pipe solutions such as higher dikes or a bigger sewer.

Result indicators

Number of participants.

Involved actors

Local authorities, climate experts, technicians, citizens.

Expected timeline for action

• Short term (1-4 years)

Best practices

• Emscher Region – Germany
• Italy
• Friuli Venezia Giulia Autonomous Region – Italy
• Veneto Region – Italy
• Marche Region – Italy
• Apulia Region – Italy

Criticalities

Space and cost for meetings and commitment to rise people involvement.

Scope of the action

• Adaptation

Type of proposed actions

• Soft

Sector of action

• Agriculture / Forests / Land use
• Aquaculture / Fishing
• Biodiversity / Conservation of ecosystems
• Coastal management
• Energy
• Industry
• Public health
• Tourism and leisure
• Transport and infrastructure
• Urban settlement
• Waste management
• Water resource management
• Other

Climate impacts

• Change or loss of biodiversity
• Coastal erosion
• Drought
• Extreme precipitation
• Extreme temperatures
• Fires
• Floods
• Salinization and acidification of water
• Strong winds

Implementation scale

• Municipality

Source

http://www.future-cities.eu/fileadmin/user_upload/pdf/FC_AdaptationCompass_Supplement_web.pdf