Auf dem Weg zu einer klimaangepassten und resilienten Metropolregion Bremen-Oldenburg International conference on Regional climate Adaption and Resilience towards climate Adapted and Resilient Regions CLARR 2014 hosted by nordwest2050
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2 | Willkommen Scientifi c Session 3 Welcome 21-23 | Analysing Impacts and Assessing Vulnerabilities 3 | vorwort 24-25 | Designing and Testing Solutions for Regional Preface Climate Adaptation and Resilience 26-28 | Implementing Climate Adaptation and Paths to 4-5 | Programm zeitplan a Resilient Future Programme Schedule 6-7 | Programm Deutsch 29 | Posterpräsentation German Programme Posterpresentation 8-9 | Programm Englisch English Programme 30-31 | Regionale Anpassung Regional Adaptation 10-11 | Scientifi c Keynotes 32 | Wettbewerb »Fit für den Klimawandel« Scientifi c Session 1 contest »Fit for climate change« 12-13 | Analysing Impacts and Assessing Vulnerabilities 33-37 | Finalisten 2014 14-15 | Designing and Testing Solutions for Regional Finalists 2014 Climate Adaptation and Resilience 38-39 | Gewinner 2012 16-17 | Implementing Climate Adaptation and Paths to Winner 2012 a Resilient Future 40-41 | Stadtplan Scientifi c Session 2 citymap 18-20 | Resilience for Business: Climate Adaptation Challenges and Strategies of Sectors and Companies
nordwest2050 1 Prof. Dr. Arnim von Gleich | Prof. Dr. Bernd Siebenhüner Wissenschaftliche Leitung nordwest2050 Scientific Directors of nordwest2050
Herzlich willkommen! Welcome!
Es ist uns eine besondere Freude, Sie zur internationalen Kon- It is our great pleasure to welcome you to the 2014 Internatio- ferenz CLARR 2014 –‘Auf dem Weg zu einer klimaangepassten nal Conference on Regional Climate Adaptation and Resilience und resilienten Region‘ willkommen zu heißen. Der Umgang mit towards Climate Adapted and Resilient Regions (CLARR 2014). den Folgen des Klimawandels ist eine der großen Herausforde- Dealing with climate change impacts is one of the great chal- rungen des 21. Jahrhunderts, zumal ihre Relevanz erst in jüngs- lenges of the 21st century and its importance is only just being ter Zeit erkannt wird. Die Herausforderungen sind insbesondere discovered. The challenges arise from uncertainties in climate durch die Unsicherheiten des Klimawandels und seinen Folgen, change and its impacts, from the long time-horizon, from regio- die langen Zeithorizonte, die regional sehr unterschiedlichen nally widely varying vulnerabilities, and from a lack in public awa- Verletzlichkeiten und einen Mangel an Problembewusstsein reness. In this light, we hope that this conference will contribute gravierend. In diesem Lichte hoffen wir, dass die Konferenz zur to a debate on how adequate responses to these challenges can Beantwortung der Frage beitragen kann, wie adäquate Antwor- be found and implemented in particular on a regional level. ten auf diese Herausforderungen gefunden und – insbesondere auf der regionalen Ebene – umgesetzt werden können. What is more, it is a central goal of this conference to pro- mote discussions on the potentials and implications of the Darüber hinaus ist es ein zentrales Ziel dieser Konferenz, Dis- resilience approach towards regional adaptation to climate kussionen über die Potenziale und Folgen des Resilienzansatzes change. It seeks to render systems better adapted to uncer- zur regionalen Klimaanpassung zu befördern. Dieser zielt darauf, tainty and surprise in general and might provide a guideline Systeme besser auf Unsicherheiten und Überraschungen im All- for adaptation processes. Therefore, our conference seeks gemeinen vorzubereiten, und könnte als Orientierungsansatz für to foster an exchange between the international discourses Anpassungsprozesse dienen. Deswegen möchten wir mit unse- on resilience and adaptation to climate impacts as well as rer Konferenz den internationalen Diskursen über Resilienz und between scientists and practitioners. Anpassung an den Klimawandel sowie den Austausch zwischen Wissenschaftler/innen und Praktiker/innen befördern. The conference will provide room for scientific debates as well as for the discussion of practically applied solutions and strategies Die Konferenz bietet sowohl Raum für wissenschaftliche De- in particular for the northwestern region of Germany. As the final batten als auch für Diskussionen über angewandte Lösungen conference of the project nordwest2050, we are grateful that und Instrumente, insbesondere für Nordwestdeutschland. many representatives from different societal groups from the Zugleich ist die Konferenz die Abschlussveranstaltung des region will attend and enrich the debates on the regional impli- Klimaanpassungspassungsprojekts nordwest2050. Umso cations of findings from scientific studies. In addition, we strive mehr sind wir erfreut, dass eine Vielzahl von Vertreter/innen to incorporate experience and expertise from other regions. It is verschiedener gesellschaftlicher Gruppen und Organisati- therefore our particular pleasure to welcome international guests. onen aus der Region an diesen Debatten teilnehmen, sie bereichern und in den Dialog mit den Wissenschaftler/innen We hope you will enjoy the conference and the city and wish und ihren Erkenntnissen treten. Wir möchten aber auch von you all an inspiring and memorable stay in Bremen! anderen Regionen lernen. Daher ist es uns eine besondere Ehre, unsere internationalen Gäste zu begrüßen. On behalf of the conference organizers and all members of the transdisciplinary network nordwest2050 Wir hoffen, Sie genießen die Konferenz und die Gastgeber- Arnim von Gleich, Bernd Siebenhüner stadt und wünschen Ihnen inspirierende und erinnerungswür- dige Momente bei Ihrem Aufenthalt in Bremen.
Im Namen des Konferenzteams und allen Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeitern des transdisziplinären Verbundprojekts nordwest2050 Arnim von Gleich, Bernd Siebenhüner
2 nordwest2050 Ministerialdirektor Dr. Karl Eugen Huthmacher | Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung Abteilungsleiter »Zukunftsvorsorge – Forschung für Grundlagen und Nachhaltigkeit« Undersecretary Dr. Karl Eugen Huthmacher | Federal Ministry for Education and Research Director General, Department for Provision for the Future – Basic and Sustainability Research
Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, Ladies and gentlemen, im Herbst 2013 hat der Weltklimarat IPCC den ersten Teil seines in the fall of 2013, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate fünften Sachstandsberichts veröffentlicht. Wir können uns dort Change published the first part of its Fifth Assessment Report. ein weiteres Mal davon überzeugen, dass sich an den grundlegen- Once again, we have been confirmed in our view that nothing den Befunden der Klimaforschung nichts geändert hat: Das Klima has changed with regard to the fundamental findings of cli- verändert sich kontinuierlich und wir Menschen sind mit unseren mate research: the climate is still changing, and human made Treibhausgasen maßgeblich dafür verantwortlich. greenhouse gases are largely responsible for that fact. An eine weitere Tatsache des menschengemachten Klimawan- This report also reminds us of another fact with regard to dels werden wir in diesem Bericht erneut erinnert: Der Klimawan- anthropogenic climate change: climate change will affect del betrifft nahezu alle Lebensbereiche und Regionen der Erde, virtually all areas of our lives and all regions of our planet, wenn auch regional in unterschiedlich starkem Maße. Gerade die albeit to differing degrees in different regions. Particularly Projektionen für die Extremereignisse wie Hitzewellen, Starkregen the projections with regard to extreme events, such as heat oder starken Stürmen unterscheiden sich mitunter recht deutlich waves, heavy rainfall or major storms, often differ greatly von Region zu Region. from one region to another.
Vor fünf Jahren haben wir die Fördermaßnahme KLIMZUG gestar- Five years ago, we launched the KLIMZUG funding program in or- tet, um der großen Herausforderung zu begegnen, Regionen auf der to address this great challenge, to prepare regions for climate den Klimawandel vorzubereiten und die negativen Auswirkungen change, and to manage its negative impacts, but also to seize zu bewältigen, aber auch Chancen im Zuge dieser Veränderungen upon opportunities emerging in the context of these changes. aufzugreifen. Mit dem Programm KLIMZUG verfolgen wir im Bun- With the KLIMZUG program, we at the German Federal Ministry for desforschungsministerium das Ziel, in unterschiedlichen Hand- Education and Research are pursuing the goals of developing con- lungsfeldern konkrete Klimaanpassungsoptionen zu entwickeln crete options for climate adaptation in a wide variety of areas, and und praktisch umzusetzen. Dabei sollten die spezifischen Beson- implementing them in practice. This program seeks to take the derheiten einer jeden Region berücksichtigt und zugleich deren specific peculiarities of each region into account, and at the same Entwicklung für eine nachhaltige Umwelt, einen wirtschafts- time, foster the development of these regions toward economic- starken Standort und eine hohe Lebensqualität vorangebracht ally viable business locations with a sustainable environment and werden. Seit 2009 haben sich sieben Modellregionen auf diesen a high quality of life. Since 2009, seven model regions have joined Weg begeben und intensiv nach regionalspezifischen Lösungen this effort, and have been searching for regionally specific solu- gesucht. Darunter auch die Metropolregion Bremen-Oldenburg im tions. One of these is the Metropolitan Region Bremen-Oldenburg, Forschungsverbund nordwest2050. where the research association nordwest2050 has been working. nordwest2050 hat transdisziplinäres Arbeiten ‚groß‘ geschrie- nordwest2050 is strongly influenced by transdisciplinary me- ben. Hier wurden wissenschaftliche Expertise mit gesellschaft- thods. That means connecting scientific expertise with socie- lichen Fragen verbunden und gemeinsame Antworten zu den tal issues, and seeking collaborative answers to urgent pro- drängenden Zukunftsproblemen gesucht. Die Bewältigung der blems of the future. Managing the effects of climate change Folgen des Klimawandels ist eine der zentralen Herausforderun- is one of the key challenges which we will have to master in gen, die wir in den kommenden Jahren und Jahrzehnten gemein- the coming years and decades. In the joint KLIMZUG pro- sam lösen müssen. Im Klimzug-Verbundprojekt nordwest2050 ject nordwest2050, we have truly succeeded in integrating ist es sehr gut gelungen, die Wirtschaft und ihre Akteure mit ih- business and stakeholders with their specific questions, and ren spezifischen Fragen zu integrieren und konkrete Lösungsan- developing approaches to solutions which will be able to sätze zu entwickeln, die einen spürbaren Beitrag zur deutschen make a palpable contribution to Germany’s climate adapta- Klimaanpassungsstrategie leisten können. Dabei ist das in tion strategy. And the key concept of resilience developed by nordwest2050 entwickelte Leitkonzept der Resilienz ein wesent- nordwest2050 is a major factor in our successful efforts to licher Erfolgsfaktor dafür, auch auf Überraschungen, die gerade be well prepared even for surprises, which, particularly in the beim Klimawandel zu erwarten sind, gut vorbereitet zu sein. context of climate change are certainly to be expected. Ich wünsche dem Forschungsverbund nordwest2050 eine I wish the nordwest2050 research association an interesting interessante und erfolgreiche Abschlußveranstaltung und bin op- and successful concluding event. I am optimistic that the timistisch, dass die erarbeiteten Ergebnisse aus den fünf Jahren results developed in five years of intensive research work will intensiver Forschung dazu beitragen, die Metropolregion Bremen- contribute preparing the Metropolitan Region Bremen-Olden- Oldenburg auf den Klimawandel vorzubereiten. burg for the challenges of climate change.
nordwest2050 3 Programm Zeitplan Programme Schedule
Montag, 24. Februar 2014 Monday, February 24, 2014
Posterausstellung an beiden Tagen in der Unteren Rathaushalle Poster Exhibition on both days in the Lower Hall of the Old Town Hall
RAThAuS | OLD TOWn hALL OBERE RATHAUSHALLE | UPPER TOWN HALL
08.30 Registrierung (nur möglich im Rathaus) Registration (only possible in the Old Town Hall)
09.30 Plenarsitzung 1 Plenary 1
10.00 Plenarsitzung 2 Plenary 2
11.00 Kaffeepause | Coffee-Break
11.45 Plenarsitzung 3 Plenary 3
13.30 Mittagspause | Lunch-Break
RAThAuS | OLD TOWn hALL hAuS DER WISSEnSchAFT InDuSTRIEcLuB BREMEn OBERE RATHAUSHALLE | UPPER TOWN HALL hOuSE OF ScIEncE InDuSTRycLuB BREMEn
14.30 Klimaanpassung in der Praxis 1 Wissenschaftsblock Keynotes Wissenschaftsblock 2 (Teil 1) Climate Adaptation in Practice 1 Scientifi c Session Keynotes Scientifi c Session 2 (Part 1)
16.00 Kaffeepause | Coffee-Break
16.30 Klimaanpassung in der Praxis 2 Wissenschaftsblock 1 Wissenschaftsblock 2 (Teil 2) Climate Adaptation in Practice 2 Scientifi c Session 1 Scientifi c Session 2 (Part 2)
RAThAuS | OLD TOWn hALL OBERE RATHAUSHALLE | UPPER TOWN HALL
19.30 Festakt mit Empfang und Preisverleihung Ceremony with Reception and Award
4 nordwest2050 Dienstag, 25. Februar 2014 Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Posterausstellung an beiden Tagen in der Unteren Rathaushalle Poster Exhibition on both days in the Lower Hall of the Old Town Hall
RAThAuS | OLD TOWn hALL RAThAuS | OLD TOWn hALL OBERE RATHAUSHALLE | UPPER TOWN HALL UNTERE RATHAUSHALLE | LOWER TOWN HALL
09.00 Klimaanpassung in der Praxis 3 Poster Session Climate Adaptation in Practice 3 Poster Session
10.30 Kaffeepause | Coffee-Break
RAThAuS | OLD TOWn hALL hAuS DER WISSEnSchAFT OBERE RATHAUSHALLE | UPPER TOWN HALL hOuSE OF ScIEncE
11.00 Klimaanpassung in der Praxis 4 10.45 Wissenschaftsblock 3 Climate Adaptation in Practice 4 Scientifi c Session 3
12.30 Mittagspause | Lunch-Break
RAThAuS | OLD TOWn hALL OBERE RATHAUSHALLE | UPPER TOWN HALL
13.30 Die regionale Perspektive The Regional Perspective
15.30 Schlussworte und Auslobung der besten Posterpräsentationen Concluding Address and Award for the Best Poster Presentations
16.00 Ende der Konferenz End of the Conference
nordwest2050 5 Programm Montag, 24. Februar 2014
Ort: Rathaus Klimaanpassung in der Praxis 2 (Deutsch-Englisch) 16.30 – 18.00 08.30 Registrierung – nur im Rathaus nordwest2050 Ergebnisse im Cluster Ernährungs- und Landwirtschaft Plenarsitzung 1 (Deutsch-Englisch) Klimaanpassungsstrategien in der Ernährungswirtschaft 09.30 - 10.00 Begrüßung und Einführung nordwest2050 Prof. Dr. Reinhard Pfriem | Dr. Hedda Schattke | Dr. Nana Prof. Dr. Arnim von Gleich, Dekan des Fachbereichs Karlstetter, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg Produktionstechnik der Universität Bremen Die Bedeutung des Klimawandels für die Landwirtschaft Prof. Dr. Bernd Siebenhüner, Vizepräsident der Ansgar Lasar, Klimabeauftragter der Landwirtschaftskam- Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg mer Niedersachsen Grußwort des Bundesministeriums für Bildung und Offene Diskussion und Austausch u.a. mit den Forschung Praxispartnern an deren Projektständen Dr. René Haak, Referat »Globaler Wandel«, Bonn Plenarsitzung 2 (Deutsch-Englisch) Ort: Haus der Wissenschaft 10.00 – 10.30 Grußworte Wissenschaftsblock Keynotes (Englisch) Klimaanpassung in der Metropolregion Bremen-Oldenburg 14.30 – 16.00 Analyse und Bewertung von Verwundbarkeiten durch im Nordwesten den Klimawandel Jörg Bensberg, 1. Vorsitzender des Metropolregion Keynote + Chair: Dr. Jochen Hinkel, Global Climate Forum, Bremen-Oldenburg im Nordwesten e. V. und Landrat des Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung Landkreises Ammerland Entwicklung und Auswertung von Lösungen zur Anpassungsprojekte in Bremen Klimaanpassung und Verbesserung der Resilienz Dr. Joachim Lohse, Senator für Umwelt, Bau und Verkehr Keynote + Chair: Prof. Dr. Katrien Termeer, Universität Wage- der Freien Hansestadt Bremen ningen, Niederlande 10.30 – 11.00 Unternehmen in Zeiten des Klimawandels – Implementation von strategischen Ansätzen regionaler Chance oder Krise? Klimaanpassung und resilienter Strukturen Prof. Dr. Andrew Griffiths, Global Change Institute, Keynote + Chair: Roger Street, Technischer Direktor, UKCIP, University of Queensland, Australien Oxford, Großbritannien 11.00 – 11.45 Pause 16.00 – 16.30 Pause Plenarsitzung 3 (Englisch-Deutsch) Wissenschaftsblock 1 (Englisch) 11.45 - 13.30 Die globale Perspektive der Klimaanpassung 16.30 – 18.15 Wissenschaftliche Beiträge Neues vom 5. Sachstandsbericht des IPCC: Zeit zum Handeln Ort: IndustrieClub Bremen Prof. Dr. Daniela Jacob, Leiterin Abteilung Klimasystem im Climate Service Center (Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsblock 2 (Englisch) Meteorologie), Hamburg 14.30 – 18.30 Resilienz von Unternehmen: Herausforderung von Die europäische Klimaanpassungsstrategie Klimaanpassungsstrategien und -maßnahmen für Alexander Ferstl, Europäische Kommission Generaldirektion Sektoren und Unternehmen CLIMA, Brüssel, Belgien Chair: Prof. Dr. Klaus Fichter, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Die Anpassungsstrategie von Durban Oldenburg Sean O‘Donoghue, Fachbereich Klimaschutz und Keynote: Unternehmerische Resilienz im Licht des Umweltplanung Stadt Durban, Südafrika Klimawandels und Extremwetterereignissen Klimaanpassung in den USA Prof. Dr. Andrew Griffiths, Global Change Institute, Prof. Dr. Matthias Ruth, Northeastern University, Boston, USA University of Queensland, Australien 13.30 - 14.30 Pause / Mittagsimbiss Ort: Rathaus Klimaanpassung in der Praxis 1 (Deutsch-Englisch) Festakt mit Empfang und Preisverleihung (Deutsch-Englisch) 14.30 – 16.00 nordwest2050 Ergebnisse im Cluster Energiewirtschaft 19.30 – 22.00 Senatsempfang in der Oberen Rathaushalle Klimaanpassung und Resilienz in der regionalen Eröffnungsrede: Energieversorgung
Dr. Stefan Gößling-Reisemann, Universität Bremen Klimawandel und ökonomische Transformation Präsident des Wuppertal- Kühlung mit Abwärme: Abwärmenutzung eines Prof. Dr. Uwe Schneidewind, Instituts für Klima, Umwelt und Energie Blockheizkraftwerkes durch Heinrich Siemering, Varrel Preisverleihung »Fit für den Klimawandel« Senator für Umwelt, Bau und Verkehr Geothermale Kühlung eines Rechenzentrums Dr. Joachim Lohse, der Freien Hansestadt Bremen Andres Dickehut, ColocationIX GmbH , Bremen Moderation: Carl von Ossietzky Ruminotec – Biogas aus Reststoffen Prof. Dr. Klaus Fichter, Universität Oldenburg Dr. Michael Strecker, RuSiTec GmbH , Bremerhaven 16.00 – 16.30 Pause
Posterausstellung an beiden Tagen in der Unteren Rathaushalle
6 nordwest2050 Dienstag, 25. Februar 2014
Ort: Rathaus Ort: Haus der Wissenschaft 09.00 – 10.30 Poster Session Wissenschaftsblock 3 (Englisch) 10.45 – 12.30 Fortsetzung des Wissenschaftsblocks 1 Klimaanpassung in der Praxis 3 (Deutsch-Englisch) 9.00 – 10.30 nordwest2050 Ergebnisse im Cluster Hafenwirtschaft und Logistik Ort: Rathaus Input: Klimaanpassung in der Hafen- und Logistikwirt- 12.30 – 13.30 Pause / Mittagsimbiss schaft. Der Ansatz im Projekt nordwest2050 Plenarsitzung 4 (Deutsch-Englisch) Prof. Dr. Winfried Osthorst, Hochschule Bremen 13.30 – 15.30 Die regionale Perspektive Praxisprojekt »resiliente Hafeninfrastrukturen« – Ergebnisse und Erfahrungen Die niedersächsische Klimaanpassungsstrategie Robert Howe | Uwe von Bargen, Stefan Wenzel, Minister des Niedersächsischen bremenports Gmbh & Co KG, Bremerhaven Ministeriums für Umwelt, Energie und Klimaschutz Klimaanpassung in der Logistik und im Logistikknoten Wie schafft man eine klimafitte und resiliente Region? Güterverkehrszentrum (GVZ) Bremen Podiumsdiskussion Dr. Thomas Nobel, Institut für Seeverkehrswirtschaft und Katrin Fahrenkrug, Projektleiterin Klima-Moro, Raum und Logistik, Bremen Energie, Institut für Planung GmbH, Hamburg Projektleiterin Klimaanpassungsprojekt Ex- 10.30 – 11.00 Pause Angelika Hanel, WoSt. Fachbereich Bau, Planung, Umwelt der Gemeinde Syke Klimaanpassung in der Praxis 4 (Deutsch-Englisch) Jens Hasse, Koordinator KLIMZUG Projekt dynaklim, Be- 11.00 – 12.30 Regionale Steuerungsmöglichkeiten zur Integration reichsleiter Zukunftsstrategien der Wasserwirtschaft und von Klimaanpassung in Entscheidungsprozessen – Projektkoordination, RWTH Aachen (FiW) e. V. Möglichkeiten und Grenzen Helga Schenk, Referentin für Klimawandel und Anpassung, Governance der Klimaanpassung – Was ist das? Behörde für Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt, Freie und Hanse- Prof. Dr. Bernd Siebenhüner, Carl von Ossietzky Universität stadt Hamburg Oldenburg Stefan Wenzel, Minister des Niedersächsischen Analyse der Governance in der Region: Ministeriums für Umwelt, Energie und Klimaschutz Stärken und Schwächen der Anpassungskapazität Dr. Joachim Lohse, Senator für Umwelt, Bau und Verkehr und Innovationspotenziale der Freien Hansestadt Bremen (angefragt) Maik Winges | Torsten Grothmann, Carl von Ossietzky Moderation: Frank Schlegelmilch, BPW baumgart+partner, Universität Oldenburg Bremen Partizipative Entwicklung von Visionen, Handlungs- 15.30 – 16.00 Schlussworte und Auslobung der besten empfehlungen und –pfaden Posterpräsentationen Dr. Heiko Garrelts, Universität Bremen 16.00 Ende der Konferenz Governance-Innovationspfad: Erfahrungen aus der Beteiligung am Konsultationsverfahren zum regionalen Raumordnungsprogramm des Landkreises Oldenburg Kevin Grecksch, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg © greenpapillon | photocase.com © greenpapillon
Posterausstellung an beiden Tagen in der Unteren Rathaushalle
nordwest2050 7 Programme Monday, February 24, 2014
Location: OLD Town Hall Climate Adaptation in Practice 2 (German-English) 16.30 – 18.00 08.30 Registration – only in the Old Town Hall nordwest2050 Results in the Food and Agriculture Cluster Plenary 1 (German-English) Climate Adaptation Strategies in the Food and 09.30 – 10.00 Welcoming Address and Introduction to nordwest2050 Agriculture Cluster Prof. Dr. Arnim von Gleich, Dean of the Production Technology Prof. Dr. Reinhard Pfriem | Dr. Hedda Schattke | Dr. Nana Department of the University of Bremen, Germany Karlstetter, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Prof. Dr. Bernd Siebenhüner, Vice President of the Carl von Germany Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany The Significance of Climate Change for the Food and Welcoming Address from the Federal Ministry for Agriculture Cluster Education and Research Ansgar Lasar, Representative on Climate Change, Dr. René Haak, Department, Global Change, Bonn, Germany Chamber of Agriculture Lower Saxony Plenary 2 (German-English) Open Discussion and Exchange, incl. Practical Partners 10.00 - 10.30 Welcoming Addresses at their Project Stations Climate Adaptation in the Metropolitan Region Bremen- Oldenburg, North-West Germany Location: House of Science Jörg Bensberg, Chairperson of the Metropolitan Region Scientific SESSIONS keynotes (English) Bremen-Oldenburg, North-West Germany and District 14.30 – 16.00 Analysing Impacts and Assessing Vulnerabilities Executive of the District of Ammerland, Germany Keynote + Chair: Dr. Jochen Hinkel, Global Climate Forum, Climate Adaptation Measures in Bremen Potsdam Institute, Germany Dr. Joachim Lohse, Senator for Environment, Urban Deve- Designing and Testing Solutions for Regional Climate lopment and Mobility of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Adaptation and Resilience Germany Keynote + Chair: Prof. Dr. Katrien Termeer, Wageningen 10.30 – 11.00 The Business Sector in Times of Climate Change – University, The Netherlands Crisis or Opportunity? Implementing Climate Adaptation and Paths to a Prof. Dr. Andrew Griffiths, Global Change Institute, Resilient Future University of Queensland, Australia Keynote + Chair: Roger Street, Director, Adaptation Science 11.00 – 11.45 Break & LWEC Climate Adaptation Fellow UKCIP, Oxford, United Kingdom Plenary 3 (German-English) 11.45 - 13.30 The Global Perspective of Climate Adaptation 16.00 – 16.30 Break New Information from the 5th Assessment Report Scientific SESSIONS 1 (English) of the IPCC: Time to Act 16.30 – 18.15 Presentation of Scientific Findings Prof. Dr. Daniela Jacob, Head of Climate System Depart- ment at the Climate Service Center (Max Planck Institute for Location: Bremen Industryclub Meteorology), Hamburg, Germany The European Climate Adaptation Strategy Scientific SESSIONS 2 (English) Alexander Ferstl, European Commission, DG Climate Action, 14.30 – 18.30 Resilience for Business: Climate Adaptation Challenge Brussels, Belgium and Strategies of Sectors and Companies The Durban Adaptation Strategy Chair: Prof. Dr. Klaus Fichter, Carl von Ossietzky University Sean O‘Donoghue, Environmental Planning and Climate Protec- of Oldenburg, Germany tion Department Ethekwini Municipality Durban, South Africa Keynote: Beyond Adaptation – Resilience for Business in Climate Adaptation in the United States Light of Climate Change and Weather Extremes Prof. Dr. Matthias Ruth, Northeastern University, Boston, USA Prof. Dr. Andrew Griffiths, Global Change Institute, University of Queensland, Australia 13.30 - 14.30 Break / Lunch Climate Adaptation in Practice 1 (German-English) Location: OLD Town Hall 14.30 – 16.00 nordwest2050 Results in the Energy Cluster Ceremony with Reception and Award (German-English) Climate Adaptation and Resilience in the 19.30 – 22.00 Senate Reception in the Upper Hall of the Town Hall Regional Energy Supply Opening Speech: Dr. Stefan Gößling-Reisemann, University of Bremen, Germany Cooling with Process Heat Climate Change and Economic Transformation President of the Wuppertal Heinrich Siemering, Varrel, Germany Prof. Dr. Uwe Schneidewind, Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, Germany Geothermal Cooling
Andres Dickehut, ColocationIX GmbH, Bremen, Germany Awards ceremony of the »Fit for Climate Change« contest Senator for Environment, Biogas from Residues Dr. Joachim Lohse, Urban Development and Mobility of the Free Hanseatic City Dr. Michael Strecker, RuSiTec GmbH, Bremerhaven, Germany of Bremen, Germany 16.00 – 16.30 Break Moderation: Prof. Dr. Klaus Fichter, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany
Poster Exhibition on both days in the Lower Hall of the Old Town Hall
8 nordwest2050 Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Location: Old Town Hall Location: House of Science 09.00 – 10.30 Poster Session Scientific SESSIONS 3 (English) 10.45 – 12.30 Continuation of Scientific Block 1 Climate Adaptation in Practice 3 (German-English) 09.00 – 10.30 nordwest2050 Results in the Port Management and Logistics Cluster Location: Old Town Hall Climate Adaptation in the Ports and Logistics Sector – 12.30 – 13.30 Break / Lunch the Approach of the nordwest2050 Project Plenary 4 (German-English) Prof. Dr. Winfried Osthorst, Bremen University of Applied 13.30 – 15.30 Sciences, Germany The Regional Perspective Practical Project »Resilient Port Infrastructures« – The Climate Adaptation Strategy of the State of Results of Experiences Lower Saxony Robert Howe | Uwe von Bargen, bremenports Stefan Wenzel, Minister for Environment, Energy and Gmbh & Co KG, Bremerhaven, Germany Climate Protection of the State of Lower Saxony, Germany Climate Adaptation in Logistics and in the GVZ-Freight How do we Create a Climate Capable and Resilient Region? Village of Bremen Panel Discussion Dr. Thomas Nobel, Institute of Shipping Economics and Katrin Fahrenkrug, Project Manager »Klima-Moro« (Spatial Logistics, Bremen, Germany Development Strategies for Climate Change). »Raum und Energie« (Spatial Development and Energy) – Institute for 10.30 – 11.00 Break Planning, Communication and Process Management GmbH, Climate Adaptation in Practice 4 (German-English) Hamburg, Germany 11.00– 12.30 Possibilities of Regional Management for the Angelika Hanel, Project Manager Climate Adaption Project »Ex- Integration of Climate Adaptation in Decision-Making WoSt« (Experimental Housing and City Planning). Department Processes – Opportunities and Limits for Construction, Planning and Environment, Syke, Germany Governance of Climate Adaptation – What does that mean? Jens Hasse, Coordinator for the »KLIMZUG« (Climate Prof. Dr. Bernd Siebenhüner, Carl von Ossietzky University Change in Regions) Project »Dynaklim«. Divisional Director of Oldenburg, Germany Future Strategies of the Water Management and Project Analysis of Governance in the Region: Strengths and Weak- Coordination, University Aachen, Germany nesses of Adaptation Capacity and Innovation Potentials Helga Schenk, Referent for Climate Change and Adaption, Agen- Maik Winges | Dr. Torsten Grothmann, Carl von Ossietzky cy for Urban Development and Environment, Hamburg, Germany University of Oldenburg, Germany Stefan Wenzel, Minister for Environment, Energy and Participatory Development of Visions, Recommendations Climate Protection of the State of Lower Saxony, Germany and Paths for Action Dr. Joachim Lohse, Senator for Environment, Urban Dr. Heiko Garrelts, University of Bremen, Germany Development and Mobility of the Free Hanseatic City of Governance Innovation Paths: Experiences from Parti- Bremen, Germany (invited) cipation in the Consultation Procedure on the Regional Moderation: Frank Schlegelmilch, BPW baumgart+partner, Spatial Planning Program of the District of Oldenburg Bremen, Germany Kevin Grecksch, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, 15.30 - 16.00 Concluding Address and Award for the Germany Best Poster Presentations 16.00 End of the Conference
Poster Exhibition on both days in the Lower Hall of the Old Town Hall
nordwest2050 9 Scientifi c Session Keynotes
adaptation funding mechanism will allow the poorer countries Title: Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation: to make the necessary investment in coastal adaptation. For From Problem-Oriented to Solution-Oriented Approaches. food security, it is known that socio-economic development name: Dr. Jochen Hinkel has a much greater effect on impacts than climate change, Organisation: Global Climate Forum (GCF), and two problems emerge: How can we assure the security Potsdam Institute, Germany of the global food and trade system? And how can we assure the development of the poor so that they can access the mar- In this paper I argue that the role of vulnerability and impact ket? For health impacts, the effect of local socio-economic assessment approaches in climate change adaptation re- development is of even greater importance, and one major search needs to be redefi ned. These approaches were most challenge to be addressed is the limited access of the poor to useful in the »early days« of climate change research in order clean water and sanitation. Across all of these three domains to identify and scope out the adaptation challenges we are fa- I conclude that climate change exacerbates existing prob- cing. Now many of these challenges are known and, in many lems of coastal fl ooding, food insecurity and disease. Climate instances, vulnerability and impact assessments are either change adaptation thus means addressing known challenges not necessary or need to change form in order to advance including poverty reduction, equitable development and the adaptation. Overemphasising the need for exact quantitative establishment and maintenance of global governance arran- assessments on impacts may even delay adaptation. For hel- gements that ensure fi nancial assistance as well as stability in ping climate change adaptation action on the ground the story trade and food prices. behind the impact numbers is often more important than the numbers themselves. Many of these stories are already well known and, other than the numbers, robust in the sense that Title: Designing and Testing Solutions for conducting more impact assessments is not likely to change Regional Climate Adaptation and Resilience the stories over the next decade or two. In many (but not all) in- name: Prof. Dr. Katrien Termeer stances, research aiming at advancing adaptation may there- Organisation: Wageningen University, The Netherlands fore start off with the known problems instead of conducting impact and vulnerability assessments. Climate proofi ng the Netherlands is not only a technical is- I illustrate this shift in focus needed for promoting clima- sue but also a demanding matter of governance. Because of te adaptation action in the context of three impact domains: the high stakes and many uncertainties surrounding climate sea-level rise, food security and health. I fi nd robust stories change, it has been called a »wicked problem par excellence«. for all three domains. For sea-level rise, it is known that im- Adaptation to climate change poses some specifi c, particular- pacts will be signifi cant, but also that adaptation is possib- ly demanding governance challenges like: le and affordable for most countries. For some of the poorer ≥ controversies due to important uncertainties about the countries, however, adaptation costs are clearly not affordable nature of climate risks and the effectiveness of mitigation and the problem that needs to be addressed is what kind of and adaptation responses;
10 nordwest2050 Monday, 24.02.2014 | 14.30-16.00 HOUSE OF SCIENCE
≥ long term perspective of climate change; ≥ multilevel and fragmented policy contexts at various levels Title: Learning from Experience: and policy sectors (energy supply, forestry, water manage- Implementing Climate Adaptation ment, spatial planning, infrastructure and agriculture) are name: Roger Street involved; Organisation: Director Adaptation Science & LWEC ≥ diverse interests and logics are at play; Climate Adaptation Fellow UKCIP, Oxford, United Kingdom ≥ complex science-policy relations due to the strategic use of knowledge, the misfi t of demand for and supply of know- Critical to understanding and implementing climate adaptation ledge and diffi culties in handling scientifi c uncertainties. is accepting that it is a learning process. In a complex system The specifi c complexities of adaptation call for new advanced of systems with many agendas/perspectives and the existence governance knowledge. The Dutch governance of adaptation pro- of interdependencies, adaptation poses many challenges for gram (Knowledge for Climate; 2010-2014) aims to contribute to which adopting a learning perspective can prove to be benefi - this knowledge. The focus was on developing and testing gover- cial. Some of the key elements of this learning process relate nance arrangements that can contribute to realizing adaptation to understanding what compromises adaptation and how what options, and to increasing the adaptive capacity of society. These can be and is implemented changes with capacity, time and arrangements should be effective, legitimate and resilient. This learning; who needs to be involved/engaged, and how and when; speech will present and discuss the fi rst results of this program. and how the learning process can be best supported. Mainstream literature about climate adaption governance This presentation will explore these aspects of the adapta- focusses on emphasizing the big long term challenges of tion process based on lessons learned within the UK, but also climate change, the many controversies, the need for parti- drawing on lessons from other parts of the world. It will explore cipative approaches, the advantage of smart science-policy the challenges of implementing adaptation as a learning pro- arrangement’s and boundary workers, the importance of decis- cess, including what this means for assessment of adaptation ion support tools to deal with the many uncertainties involved, options and for monitoring and evaluating implemented mea- the importance of mainstreaming, etc. The fi rst insights from sures. It will also draw on experiences in other countries and this program, however, show a more nuanced picture. Empha- regions to look at the challenges associated with supporting sising the enormous challenge of climate change problems adaptation as a learning process. can also result in leaning backwards, participation is not always effective, emphasizing controversies can result in deadlocks, science-policy arrangements can also result in less innovative approaches, drawing of clear boundaries between (for examp- le) the public and the private is as important as boundary span- ning, and in some cases cherry-picking can be more effective than integrating and mainstreaming everything. © suze | photocase.com
nordwest2050 11 Scientific Session 1 Analysing Impacts and Assessing Vulnerabilities
ministration units and stakeholders. And they will provide an Title: Climate Change Risk Analysis as a Basis for important input to the next version of the national adaptation Adaptation: Case Study of Aargau/Switzerland strategy. Names: Dr. Niels Holthausen1 | Pamela Köllner-Heck2 | Dr. Michael Bründl3 | Peter Locher1 | Dr. Marco Pütz4 | Lilian Blaser1 | Sabine Perch-Nielsen1 | Martina Zoller2 | Thomas Title: A Strategy for Bremen’s Adaptation to Extreme Cli- Probst2 | Roland Hohmann2 mate Change-Related Rainfall Events: The KLAS Project Organisations: 1) Ernst Basler + Partner, Switzerland; Names: Dr. Holger Hoppe1 | Jan Benden2 | Michael Koch3 2) Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), Switzerland; Organisations: 1) Dr. Pecher AG, Germany | 2) RWTH 3) WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Aachen, Germany | 3) Free Hanseatic City of Bremen: The Switzerland; 4) Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Senator for Environment, Urban Development and Mobility Landscape Research WSL, Switzerland of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Germany
In Switzerland, an analysis of both risks and opportunities of Hotter and drier summers, wetter winters and more stormy days climate change is to provide a transparent basis for adaptati- – climate change has many different aspects in Bremen. These on decision making on the national scale. To account for the also include extreme rainfall events, which, according to vari- strong regional differences (e.g. high mountains vs. lowlands), ous climatic projections, could affect Bremen more frequent- the analysis will comprise a case study for each of six prede- ly in future. The extreme rainfall events of 2011 have already fined regions. Here, the case study Aargau, representing the demonstrated the problems. That is why the KLAS project is lowlands, is in the focus. setting out to develop a climate change-related adaptation The risk analysis focuses on climate change impacts on strategy with regard to extreme rainfall events, for the purpose the policy areas health, agriculture, forestry, buildings and inf- of getting Bremen to adapt to the risk of such rainfall events, rastructure, water management, tourism, energy consumption thus making long-term preparations for the city’s future. and supply, and biodiversity. Today’s risks are compared with KLAS has set out to develop strategies and courses of ac- those projected into the future (2060).For that purpose, future tion that might help to mitigate the repercussions of extreme risks and opportunities are calculated for two different climate rainfall events and enable the city to manage the risk better. To change scenarios and one socioeconomic and demographic that end, all the pertinent protagonists in Bremen have been scenario. brought to one table for the purpose of elaborating joint stra- Impacts on each policy area are compiled for every short tegies; e.g. urban drainage, town-, transport- and landscape term hazard or long term effect. In a semi-quantitative ap- planning departments. proach, most relevant impacts on the policy areas are quan- KLAS’s goal is to investigate whether or not, and the extent tified and monetized. The results show quantified impacts to which, concrete measures in the sewer system and on the but also consider descriptions of non-quantifiable impacts in surface can be found that are capable of improving adapta- the final assessment. The assessment is based on a rigorous tion to the hazards of extreme rainfall events and that might treatment of uncertainties through to the presentation of re- help to reduce the impacts occurring in critical areas. The first sults. For the moderate climate scenario (+1.4°C from 2010- step to be taken here is to identify areas that are sensitive to 2060), the results show relevant stress for public health and urban flooding. Maps are already developed to describe the biodiversity. The major opportunity is a decrease in costs (and situation for the whole city. In these areas, it is to be investi- emissions) due to reduced heating in winter time. The other gated what kind of combination of measures can be taken to policy areas show relatively moderate benefits and risks until mitigate the damage and obstructions associated with extre- 2060. The more serious climate scenario (+3.1°C) would lead me rainfall events efficiently. Possible measures are centred, to serious stress in public health with heat waves as those of on the one hand, in the public sphere, but, on the other hand, 2003 becoming normal. As a consequence of longer vegetati- property owners are also called upon to carry out measures on periods, increasing stress due to hay fever is expected. Bio- to bring their properties into line with comprehensive proper- diversity would suffer from relevant changes in ecosystems. In ty protection goals. Furthermore, the project aims, in the long this scenario, most benefits of the moderate scenario turn into term, to establish »water-sensitive urban design« as a part of risks and most policy areas will experience relevant impacts. urban development and planning activities in the context of a Climate change will change today’s opportunities and city wide climate adaption strategy. Consequently, every indi- risks. There will be winners (e.g. consumers due to lower hea- vidual citizen is called upon to participate in a climate change- ting costs) and losers (e.g. people stressed by heat waves or related adaptation strategy relating to extreme rainfall events. pollen). The results provide a valuable basis for the discussion Both the city and its inhabitants must act hand in hand. An of climate change adaptation priorities among responsible ad- information strategy is developed.
12 nordwest2050 Monday, 24.02.2014 | 16.30-18.15 House of Science Chair: Dr. Jochen Hinkel, Global Climate Forum, Potsdam Institute, Germany
lience. In a next step, we link this model with an agent-based Title: An Assessment of Options for Supporting sub-model which explores how future patterns of investment a Climate-Resilient Electricity Infrastructure – may affect the infrastructure’s resilience. The Case of the Netherlands Names: L. Andrew Bollinger | Gerard P.J. Dijkema Organisation: Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Title: Adaptive Capacity and Water Governance in northwes- tern Germany and the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa Climate change may affect the electricity infrastructure in Name: Kevin Grecksch myriad ways. Of particular concern are anticipated changes in Organisation: Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, the frequency and severity of extreme weather events such Germany as floods, windstorms, droughts and heat waves. Events such as these can induce the failure of infrastructure components Successful adaptation to climate change requires flexible ad- and threaten the integrity of the infrastructure as a whole. This aptation strategies which consider regional ecologic, econo- has been forcefully demonstrated by events such as the 2012 mic and social circumstances. Coastal zones are considered blackouts in India (620 million people without power) and Hur- to be significantly vulnerable to climate change impacts. This ricane Sandy (8.5 million people without power). paper presents two case studies and compares them with re- A resilient electricity infrastructure may be defined as gard to results, implications and transferability of the method. one which preserves continuity of service despite perturba- This paper uses an existing framework, the Adaptive Capacity tions in its environment – if it fails, it does so gracefully, not Wheel (ACW), complemented by two additional dimensions: catastrophically. As complex systems, however, electricity adaptation motivation and adaptation belief. The objectives infrastructures may be prone to catastrophic failure, caused were first to assess the adaptive capacity of water governance by disturbances propagating through the network. This begs in the study region, and second, to show how the ACW can be the question of how and where we must support the climate- used as an approach and a communication tool with stake- resilience of our electricity infrastructure? holders to identify strengths and weaknesses. Based on this, As a low-lying coastal country located at the mouth of a further objective was to discover what lessons and recom- several major rivers, the Netherlands may be particularly ex- mendations can be drawn that could help water experts and posed to anticipated changes in the frequency and severity stakeholders in the future. of floods and windstorms. This paper introduces results from The first case study is the Keiskamma River Catchment in a model for assessing the vulnerability the Dutch electricity the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. South Africa, being infrastructure to such events and exploring options for sup- a semi-arid country faces water resource constraints. The porting infrastructure resilience. projected impacts of climate change in the study area are, for The starting point for the model is a comprehensive dataset example, changes in rainfall with effects to the streamflow, that describes the current configuration of the Dutch electricity salt water intrusion, decreasing water quality due to run-off infrastructure – including generation, demand and transmissi- and erosion and droughts. The results show a low adaptive ca- on – as well as key environmental sensitivities of infrastructure pacity and that the addition of the psychological dimensions components. The model uses the technique of structural vul- was valuable. However, it is important to look closely at each nerability analysis to assess patterns of degradation in infra- dimension assessed by the ACW. The key recommendations structure performance following from the successive failure are: to ensure better coordination across and within govern- of components under extreme weather conditions. The per- mental levels; to raise awareness, capacity and skills among formance of the infrastructure is captured using a resilience decision makers and the public; and to reduce the lack of poli- metric. The state of the network is gauged using a power flow tical will to overcome adaptation barriers. analysis sub-model, and the consequences of the network’s The projected impacts of climate change in the second complexity are captured using a cascading failure algorithm. study area, the metropolitan region of Bremen–Oldenburg, The Dutch electricity infrastructure is tested against the Germany, are, for example, rising sea level, salt water intrusion, occurrence two types of extreme events – floods and wind- temporary ground water scarcity in the summer and increa- storms. By observing patterns of degradation in infrastruc- sed (heavy) rainfalls. The results show a high adaptive capaci- ture performance, we seek to discern the degree to which ty and that the addition of the psychological dimensions was the infrastructure may be vulnerable to impending climatic valuable. However, it is important again to look closely at each changes. By assessing how various targeted changes in the dimension assessed by the ACW. The key recommendations infrastructure’s use, composition and management affect are: to improve public participation; to ensure better coordina- these patterns of degradation, we aim to gain insight into the tion; to raise awareness; and to reduce the lack of political will potential effectiveness of various options for supporting resi- to overcome adaptation barriers.
nordwest2050 13 Scientific Session 1 Designing and Testing Solutions for Regional Climate Adaptation and Resilience
would result in optimum use of inputs like water, fertili- Title: Climate Change and Adaptation Preparedness zer etc. – using the natural moisture and nutrient – thus of Tribal Farmers in Jharkhand, India making agriculture less susceptible to climate vagaries. Names: Dr. Hari Shankar Gupta | Debajyoti Kundu Organisation: Jharkhand Tribal Development Society, India Title: Same, Same, but very Different: Climate change is having its adverse affect on livelihood of al- Discussing the Transferability of Adaptation Solutions most all sectors, but the worst affected are those totally depen- Developed in northwest2050 dent on agriculture and forest for their livelihood. Tribal people in Names: Dr. Torsten Grothmann1 | Manfred Born2 | Jharkhand, an Indian state, are no differently placed. Most of the Dr. Heiko Garrelts3 tribal in state are still subsisting on agriculture. Supplementing Organisations: 1) Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Ger- their need, these people depend on various timber and non tim- many | 2) econtur, Germany | 3) University Bremen, Germany ber forest produces. Change in the climatic condition has star- ted affecting badly both agriculture and forest. Changing pat- Research on capacities for and barriers to climate change ad- tern of rainfall during the monsoon aggravates the problems in aptation shows that a multitude of intertwined factors is influ- agriculture also. In the last decade erratic monsoon has caused encing the emergence, progress and success of adaptation famine like situation in tribal Jharkhand, many a times. processes: biogeophysical (e.g. exposure to sea-level rise), his- Thus tribal can be termed as victims and not the creator torical (e.g. weather extremes in the past), political (e.g. political of climate change; hence suitable adaptation to the climate will for adaptation), institutional (e.g. existence of science-policy change is only option for their survival. This study tries to un- interactions), cultural (e.g. norms and values for proactive risk derstand how tribal are using their indigenous knowledge and management), educational (e.g. skills for stakeholder engage- how they can be enabled to tackle this problem. How they can ment), cognitive (e.g. risk awareness and knowledge), economic be supplemented by additional scientific adaptive methods, (e.g. costs of climate change impacts and adaptation costs), which can be scaled up and replicated in the other tribal do- technological (e.g. access to technological adaptation options), minated areas. infrastructural (e.g. existing energy infrastructure), and other Major issues with tribal farmers: factors. As the characteristics of these factors differ between ≥ Erratic behavior of rainfall and temperature. regions a direct transfer of adaptation solutions from one region ≥ Rampant use of high breed seeds requires high input in to another appears impossible. Instead, before adaptation solu- terms of water, fertilizer etc. Which if not fulfilled and with tions or ‘good practices’ are transferred and implemented simi- climate variability – result in poor yield. larities regarding the factors influencing adaptation processes ≥ Abandoning the practice of using traditional indigenous should be analyzed, and where differences appear, adaptation seeds – forcing them high input mode. solutions have to be tailored to the regional conditions. ≥ Various agencies working in the field of climate adaptati- Nevertheless, scholars highlight generic guiding princip- on recommend various technologies; most of them are in les and lessons learnt for adaptation. For example, multi-level isolation, hence not easily adapted by tribal farmers. governance and cross-sectoral policy integration are conside- Methodology: red as requirements for successful adaptation. Prutsch et al. ≥ Six villages have been randomly selected from two dis- (2010, 2014) identified a list of guiding principles for adaptation tricts of Jharkhand, covering 435 farmers. (e.g. »Identify and cooperate with relevant stakeholders); from ≥ Information regarding details of land type, topography, soil local to European decision making levels; from governmental properties (both chemical and physical), area of plot, plot organizations, NGOs, business and research organizations; detail of individual farmers’ land – collected by primary and from 17 climate sensitive sectors such as civil protection, survey, for each farmer in ‘Excel’ sheet. energy, forestry, health management, protection of biodiversi- ≥ Based on the above integrated information; suitable crop ty, tourism, water management. Hence, on a rather general le- variety, crop combination and annual crop cycle would be vel transferability and generalizability of adaptation solutions prescribed to individual farmers. seem to exist. ≥ Institutes like »Birsa Agricultural University« and »Central Addressing this tension between region specific conditions Upland Rain fed Rice Research Centre« are helping in and generic guiding principles for adaptation we discuss the prescription. transferability of adaptation solutions developed in the project Expected outcome: northwest2050. Based on policy transfer literature we evalu- ≥ Prescription would be tested in field, analyzed and taken ate the transferability focusing on two regions we cooperate for adaptation, at large level. with: Maryland (USA) and Durban (South Africa). Furthermore, ≥ Promotion of locally available climate resilient variety we compare the northwest2050 adaptation solutions with
14 nordwest2050 Monday, 24.02.2014 | 16.30-18.15 HOUSE OF SCIENCE Chair: Prof. Dr. Katrien Termeer, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
solutions developed in adaptation processes in other coas- of these measures. Although policies at national level are being tal regions, e.g. Rotterdam region (Netherlands), Helsinki area formulated, translating these policies into proper and binding (Finland) and Queensland (Australia). legal provisions is rare to be seen, especially in the developing countries that are particularly vulnerable. Action is required to include clear legislative provisions to establish appropria- Title: The Role of National Water Legislation in the te rights and obligations and institutional framework. Inaction Adaptation of Climate Change: Could the EU Experience could render the quality and quantity of available water at risk be a Model for the Rest of the World? and lead to increased water related confl icts and disasters. name: Abdul Raheem Mohamed Faiz Although adaptation strategies are country specifi c and Organisation: University of Canterbury, New Zealand broadly depend on changing circumstances and societal needs specifi c to the country, the principles of law relating to It is suffi ciently established through a number of researches climate change adaption have universal application. The Euro- and projections that water resources are vulnerable to climate pean Union has set precedence in this aspect that could pro- change. Climate change potentially brings a range of adverse vide a model for countries outside the Union. In my paper, I will impacts on the sustainability of water resources. The conse- discuss the salient features of relevant EU directives; and the quences of these impacts can seriously affect human life and implementation measures under these Directives at national ecosystems. The impacts of fl oods and droughts on the use level with a view to highlighting the likelihood of these features of water and the management of water resources require ap- setting out a model for other nations. The salient features un- propriate responses. The prudent responses should aim at de- der discussion include the recognition of water as a unique veloping and implementing measures mitigating the adverse resource; identifi cation of water as, the basic need of human impacts; and strengthening the ability to adapt and be resili- and the ecosystems, part of the environment and the resource ent to the eventualities of climate change. for satisfying the economic, social and cultural aspirations of While advancement of science and technology contribute human; the framework legislative approach; catchment based to the development of measures, underdevelopment of policies multilevel governance; preventive mechanism; mandatory dis- and law in this area will considerably affect the implementation closure provisions and stakeholder participation. © mickey120 | photocase.com © mickey120
nordwest2050 15 Scientific Session 1 Implementing Climate Adaptation and Paths to a Resilient Future
Title: Problems of Fit in the Multi-Level Implementation Title: Extension of Regional Governance in the Emscher- of Climate Change Adaptation Policies Lippe Region (North Rhine-Westphalia) by the Roadmap in Copenhagen and Stockholm 2020 »Regional Adaptation to Climate Change« Names: Bart Jan Davidse | Sonja Deppisch Names: Jürgen Schultze2 | Jens U. Hasse1 | Organisation: HafenCity University Hamburg, Germany Michael Kohlgrueber2 | Nicole Rauscher2 Organisations: 1) FiW Research Institut for Water and Waste This paper presents an analysis of ongoing implementation Management Aachen, Germany | processes in the context of adapting to the effects of clima- 2) ZWE Technical University Dortmund, Germany te change in two urban regions along the Baltic Sea coast, Copenhagen and Stockholm. The analytical multi-level gover- By developing the Roadmap 2020 from the perspective of ap- nance perspective used in this paper enables to uncover which plied research, the concept of Integrated Roadmapping has for enabling and constraining elements can be discovered in the the first time been transferred to a region and used for the de- multi-level implementation processes in both urban regions. velopment of a region-spanning climate adaptation strategy. It In the analysis, urban regions are conceptualised as social helped to translate strategic guidelines into specific – technical ecological systems, in which problems of fit occur between as well as people-related and organizational – measures. The the multi-level governance structures in the social system and roadmap process developed new potential for regional and local the spatial and temporal challenges of climate change adap- governance processes and successfully broadened the existing tation in the ecological system. It is argued that such prob- framework of master plans, regional plans and action programs. lems of fit have to be minimised, in order to successfully im- With the aim to develop a network-based regional adaptati- plement climate change adaptation policies. The problems of on strategy for the Emscher-Lippe region, the roadmap process fit in Copenhagen and Stockholm are discussed, based on the integrated multiple issues and dimensions. It connected vari- analysis of a series of semi-structured expert interviews with ous relevant actors beyond administrative, disciplinary, sector representatives from all governmental levels, involved in the and knowledge limits and involved many of those affected as implementation of climate change adaptation policies and/ well as user groups in decision and implementation processes. or spatial planning, complemented by an analysis of relevant At the same time, it summarized separated stocks of regional policy documents. knowledge and abilities and linked them in a synergetic way. In the Danish policy context, climate change adaptation Not least, the process called and still calls for clarification and is formally considered to be a municipal responsibility. Every if necessary renegotiation of requirements and priorities of the municipality is obliged to develop and implement a separate region and its actors regarding regional development. climate change adaptation strategy. Interviewees from local First, this contribution provides first-hand information about and regional government however state that the spatial and the roadmap process of the dynaklim network which covers temporal challenges of climate change go beyond the munici- government processes (formal planning, guidelines and legisla- pal boundaries, water issues for instance often have a regional tion) as well as governance processes (e.g. voluntary integrated dimension. Informal efforts to develop regional strategies to planning processes in municipal pilot projects) and cross-sector deal with these challenges are hampered by the formal divi- and cross-organizational cooperation requirements and solutions. sion of tasks and responsibilities. In the Swedish context, ef- In the last three years, the regional actors participating in forts are made to mainstream climate change adaptation into the process developed region-spanning as well as thematic existing policies, for instance through a formal obligation to strategies, adaptation paths and measure profiles in the light consider climate change in urban planning. Interviewees from of the coordinated goals and options for action. These sets of Stockholm however state that the sectoral character of formal actions give information about specific measures, responsibili- institutions forms a barrier to deal with the cross-sectoral and ties, time periods as well as required resources and abilities for long-term characteristics of climate change. proactive implementation of the climate adaptation. The analysis in both urban regions uncovers these and In the second part, the advancement of the roadmap con- other problems of fit in both approaches, showing that the cept for applications in the field of regional development will be governance structures do not match the characteristics and reflected in the light of current governance discussions and fin- challenges of climate change adaptation. It is questionable dings delivered by various KLIMZUG publications. Furthermore, if such constraining elements in governance structures can region specific and systematic success factors and obstacles be fully eliminated. We argue that by continuously monito- of implementation as well as a transfer of the method to other ring, addressing and reflecting on constraining elements, it is regions will be discussed. In conclusion, a set of recommenda- possible to optimize implementation processes, whereas the tions for the initiation and execution of further »regional integ- result is at best ‘sub-optimal’ and highly context dependent. rated roadmap processes« will be framed.
16 nordwest2050 Monday, 24.02.2014 | 16.30-18.15 House of Science Chair: Roger Street, Adaptation Science & LWEC Climate Adaptation Fellow UKCIP, Oxford, United Kingdom
Title: Successfully Adapted with Regional Governance? Title: Regional Governance and Management for The Case of northwest2050 Drought and Scarcity Adaptation in North West Europe: Names: Dr. Heiko Garrelts | Prof. Dr. Michael Flitner First Insights from the DROP Project Organisation: Artec, University of Bremen, Germany Names: Ulf Stein1 | Hans Bressers2 | Cheryl de Boer2 | Rodrigo Vidaurre1 | Isabelle La Jeunesse3 | Jenny Tröltzsch1 The governance principles of the German research initiative Organisations: 1) Ecologic Institute, Germany | »KLIMZUG – Climate change in regions« consist of various in- 2) University of Twente, The Netherlands | struments such as competition, promotion of best practices, 3) University Francois Rabelais, France funding based on certain conditions, and the steering of the program by regional management bodies (beyond geographi- North West Europe (NWE) will increasingly face drought peri- cal and administrative boundaries, wherever feasible). With ods that harm inter alia agricultural production, natural eco- regard to its regional addressees, the focus lies on participati- systems and fresh water supplies. In addition to adaption on, networks and cooperation. In so far, the KLIMZUG program measures, an optimal water governance setting is crucial for matches perfectly with the theoretical concept of regional effective drought adaptation in NWE. The DROP project aims governance which has so far prominently been promoted in to take early action to adapt to climate change and water scar- European rural policy, among other things. city, with a focus on adapting to drought. To this purpose, DROP With its mechanisms mentioned above, the concept is linked promotes the use of governance models in the process of de- to several expectations. First, political processes in accordance signing long-term drought adaptation strategies. with regional governance are supposed to pool the resources of In the project, a governance assessment tool was develo- a range of different actors and thus to improve not only the ef- ped as a model for analyzing governance systems regarding fectiveness but also the input legitimacy. Second, win-win-cons- droughts and water scarcity. The bare-bones of the model is tellations among different actors shall enhance the emergence a matrix in which five governance dimensions are evaluated of new integration and innovation processes. Third, it is sugges- according to four qualitative governance criteria. This tool ted that regional governance might help the state which is con- enables the development of the concept of »governance« as ceptualized as an overburdened and rather homogenous entity. a modification and extension of the concept of »policy«. In The paper reflects the project northwest2050 in the light of general, the model can be used to systematically describe the these optimistic expectations. We will show that participation contents of a governance regime in a certain area concerning has taken place in a selective manner. The involvement of many a certain issue, like drought. In particular, the model draws market-based actors stands in contrast to the modest represen- attention to the governance conditions that can hinder water tation of both legislative actors and of the organized and non- resources management policies and projects under complex organized civil society (first expectation). Win-win constellations and dynamic conditions. can be identified among members of the consortium and dif- This paper first presents insights of the operationalization ferent market-based actors. However, such constellations were process, which adapts a general governance tool for its speci- limited to the design and subsequent implementation of techni- fic application to drought adaptation in northern Europe. In a cally oriented innovations. In contrast, when parts of the regional second step, results of applying this tool for analysis of gover- stakeholders asked for modifying both, decision making proces- nance systems in selected case study regions are presented. ses and land use patterns, severe conflicts between the project Interviews with an extensive set of stakeholders involved in the and status-quo oriented political actors arose (second expecta- management of drought, dryness and water scarcity form the tion). Instead of unburdening »the« state, a majority of state ac- basis for this analysis of the governance setting. These regio- tors rather acted as opponents of substantial climate adaptation nal assessments help identify barriers and hindrances in the processes. The explanation lies in »multi-level games« (A. Benz) governance context that practitioners will have to reckon with state actors are involved in, with a range of linked cooperative or circumvent in adapting to drought. Preliminary lessons will and conflictual constellations (third expectation). be drawn in the identification of a range of possible pathways Finally, we will reflect about the notion of success of pro- for better governance of drought and water scarcity across jects such as northwest2050. Conflicts as the observed ones North West Europe. Cross-region comparisons of the different can of course be highly problematic for some members of the case studies round up the analysis. regional consortium. Nevertheless, we argue, that it is exactly these conflicts which can disclose important starting points for broader processes of societal transformation as they may be necessary for a meaningful climate change policy.
nordwest2050 17 Scientific Session 2 Resilience for Business: Climate Adaptation Challenges and Strategies of Sectors and Companies
Title: Adaptation to Climate Change in the German Railway Title: Resilient Electricity Generating Infrastructures – System: The Interplay between Actors and Institutions Enhancing Climate Action Plans Names: Maja Rotter1 | Esther Hoffmann2 | Anna Pechan3 | Name: Jeannette Sieber Rebecca Stecker3 Organisation: European Institute for Energy Research, Organisations: 1) German Society for International Coope- Germany ration (GIZ), Ghana | 2) Institute for Ecological Economy Research, Germany | 3) Carl von Ossietzky University Within the Energy Turnaround, Germany established ambitious Oldenburg, Germany goals regarding the development of renewable energy installa- tions on a regional level. Effective instruments to guide such a Railway infrastructure is a critical infrastructure, which is cha- development in terms of climate resilience are so-called Climate racterized by its importance for society as a whole and for a Action Plans (CAPs). Until now, within the concepts of Climate Ac- sustainable transport system; its failure may result in both, tion Plans, potential analyses are carried out to estimate »to-be- shortages of supply and dangers to public safety and securi- installed« wind turbines, PV modules or hydro power plants without ty. Recent extreme weather events have moreover shown that taking into account risks for installations posed by extreme wea- railway infrastructure is vulnerable to weather events and cli- ther events (EWEs). Thus, this project develops a risk factor based mate change. on number and location of EWEs and renewable energy installati- Based on the framework of the actor-centered institutio- ons on a district level. Subsequently, this risk factor is implemented nalism we conducted an exploratory case study on the Ger- into Climate Action Plans. Accordingly, this work shows the combi- man railway system. We aimed at identifying how the actors in nation of high risk and high potential areas to integrate adaptation the system (railway companies, ministry for transport, public and mitigation into one enhanced plan with a common catalogue authorities) are adapting to climate change and what influ- of adaptation and mitigation options developed in a CAP. ences action and decision-making towards a (climate) robust The input of EWE data as well as infrastructure data on a infrastructure. Following the guiding framework we analyzed regional level allows for a transfer of the approach to other re- action situations, institutional setting, actor constellations, gions and needs worldwide. The approach is structured into and actor orientations. Our empiric approach includes docu- various steps: the first step consists of a Geographical Infor- ment analysis, semi-structured in-depth interviews and sec- mation System (GIS)-based analysis of the spatial and the toral workshops. temporal distribution of EWEs and renewable energy installa- The main results of the analysis are: Although the Ger- tions in Germany. Therein, measured EWEs and installed rene- man railway system was severely affected by extreme wea- wable energy units are mapped on a zip-code level using three ther events during the last decade, the different actors have time slices between 1980 and 2009. The second step uses a only tentatively started adaptation measures (e.g. improved literature review of possible adaptation measures and displays vegetation management, integration of climate aspects in the them on the most affected structures. Consequently, there will environmental impact assessment for new railway construc- be a ranking of best practice solutions in the context of clima- tions), but do not follow a strategic proactive approach to ad- te change. The last point is the transfer of these findings into aptation. Hampering factors can be found in the institutional a decision-support for districts in planning issues. Here, the setting, the actor constellation and the actor orientation: exis- options of localisation for renewable energies in an adapted ting institutions in the railway sector do not define responsibi- manner help to improve the concept of local climate mitiga- lities for decision-making on climate change. On this topic an tion strategies. The above described risk factor is an assess- institutional void prevails. Moreover the different actors have ment of past events in combination with in the past installed contrasting perceptions how adaptation should proceed and infrastructures. With the help of climate change projections who should be responsible. Interestingly, most actors ask for concerning frequency and intensity of EWEs, the present ap- top-down decision-making while adaptation research often proach could also be extended to a prospective assessment. argues for bottom-up approaches for successful adaptation. On the other hand, we found that single actors, who have a high willingness to act, are able to use the unclear responsi- bilities to proactively integrate adaptation issues in existing institutions such as the environmental impact assessment. Our results hence show that existing institutions are not per se constraints to adaptation but may be changed by the ac- tors in the system.
18 nordwest2050 Monday, 24.02.2014 | 14.30-18.30 Industryclub Bremen Chair: Prof. Dr. Klaus Fichter, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany
Title: Serious Gaming Improves Flood Title: Feasibility Study of Drought Index Insurance in Disaster Communication Shandong Province, China Names: Nikéh Booister1 | Rense Bakker1 | José Kooi1 | Names: Wen Chen | Roman Hohl | Lee Kong Tiong Darja Tretjakova2 Organisation: Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Organisations: 1) FloodCom, The Netherlands | 2) Wageningen University, The Netherlands The objective of the research paper is aiming to analyze the drought impact on corn yield in Shandong province during In order to deal with the increased chance of flooding in the fu- 1980 to 2012. Given the shortfalls of indemnity-based agri- ture, the Netherlands adopted the so-called multi-layer safety cultural insurance and weather risks occurred in China recent approach for water safety. The first layer, primary protection, is years, a feasibility analysis of drought index insurance for in- well represented in the Netherlands by strong dikes and dunes. surers and government policymakers is studied as well. The second layer, spatial planning and adaptation of buildings, Standard Precipitation Index (SPI) calculated after clean- is now being worked on as cities are preparing to cope with the sing and detrending precipitation data at prefectural level is coming changes through, among others, adaptive and green used to assess the impact of drought on corn yield fluctuation, design. The third layer, crisis management has not received as showing that year of 1987 and 2002 has huge deviation of corn much attention yet mainly because the last large flood hap- yield with negative SPI. pened in 1953 and the awareness of flood risk has gradually In the drought index insurance model, growth period of been subsiding since then. The third layer of the multi-layer sa- corn in Shandong is divided into three phases based on corn fety approach focuses on disaster management, and includes phenology, which is Germination and Jointing (I), Flowering (II) evacuation plans, communication towards civilians and also and Harvest (III), cumulative rainfall of each phase shows ob- communication between governmental bodies involved in di- vious correlation with yield deviation. Two insurance contracts saster management. Governmental bodies in the Netherlands are developed with previous study: one is based on lifelong admitted that this communication is a problem, because large growth period, another one is based on three growth phases. floods are rare in the Netherlands. The organizations involved in Trigger and limit is set according to water requirement of corn flood disaster management can only learn from smaller events, in different growth stages and payout per tick is based on corn events from other countries or from non-water-related events. market price and production cost per mu in Shandong pro- To practice with large flood events and communication vince in recent three years. The historical burnt analysis shows between governmental bodies, serious-gaming has been con- that insurance company would have huge loss in year of 1987 sidered. The Flood Control game was designed to improve and 2002 for both two contact model. communication between organizations involved in flood di- saster management in Rotterdam and surrounding areas. The players work together to save the city from flooding. This board game is based on reality: the tasks of the orga- nizations, topography of the city, possible events during floo- ding are taken into account. Uncertainty is generated by dice and randomized events and players are kept under stress by constant time pressure. Players are forced to work together to solve problems on the game board, and are thus learning about each other’s tasks. The game is played in a workshop setting, creating an opportunity for representatives of the in- volved organizations to sit together, discuss and interact on decision-making processes and high levels of uncertainty. Players experience that they are more aware of the pos- sible communication problems during flooding, and are more informed of the tasks and responsibilities of the other organi- zations. © en.joy.it | photocase.com © en.joy.it
nordwest2050 19 Monday, 24.02.2014 | 14.30-18.30 Scientific Session 2Resilience for Business: Industryclub Bremen Climate Adaptation Challenges and Chair: Prof. Dr. Klaus Fichter, Carl von Ossietzky University Strategies of Sectors and Companies Oldenburg, Germany
ment and transfer in order to support action on mitigation of Title: Advancing Private Sector Adaptation greenhouse gas emissions and adaption to climate change. It to Climate Change consists of the following two components: a Technology Exe- Names: Tina Schneider | Prof. Dr. Klaus Fichter cutive Committee (TEC) and a Climate Technology Centre and Organisation: Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Network (CTCN). The mission of the CTCN is to stimulate tech- Germany nology cooperation, to enhance the development and transfer of technologies and to assist developing country Parties at their In contrast to mitigation the emerging necessity of adapting request, according to their respective capabilities, national cir- to climate change is not yet considered by the vast majority of cumstances and priorities. National Designated Entities (NDEs) business organizations. The project »nordwest 2050« (http:// serve as contact points in the countries for the development www.nordwest2050.de/), that is funded by the German Federal and transfer of technologies. They act as focal points for inter- Ministry of Education and Research, therefore has undertaken acting with the CTC regarding requests from developing country a panel survey (N=4.000) to analyze how business organiza- Parties about their technology needs. tions cope with risks and opportunities caused by direct and Up to now no developed country (industrialized country) indirect impacts of climate change. can provide a systematic overview of adaption technologies, Though the IPCC (2013) reveals that in industrialized coun- products and services provided by companies or organizations tries several branches of economy are vulnerable to climate in their country. Against this background the NDE in Germany, change and for some economic branches climate change im- the Division Climate Change and International Environmental plies opportunities, the IPCC does not respond to the micro le- Policy of the Federal Ministry of Economic and Technology, vel and the fact that business organizations hold a diverse ex- has commissioned a study to develop a suitable classifica- posure, a diverse vulnerability and a diverse adapting capacity. tion of relevant climate adoption technologies, products and Thus, our aim is to broaden the view on resilience manage- services, collect information to enable access to German pro- ment in the private sector. Based upon our assumption, that ducts and services for climate mitigation and adaption and to exposure, vulnerability and adaptive capacity are endogenous make suggestions how this information on existing climate variables that can be modified by decision makers, we present solutions and its suppliers can be made easily accessible for a theoretical framework and results from our panel study that developing countries. The study is the first worldwide to deal we have conducted in summer 2010 and autumn 2012 in the with this aspect and is carried out by the Borderstep Institute study area called »Metropolitan Region Bremen-Oldenburg in for Innovation and Sustainability, Berlin, Germany. northwestern Germany«. We emphasize on two main issues: The oral presentation will be presenting first results of this 1) How to operationalize the concept of resilience for empiri- study. It will particularly focus on: cal research in the private sector. 1) Demand side: Key insights from Technology Needs Assess- 2) Results from our survey with the focus on factors that im- ments for climate adaption from developing countries pede and advance climate change adaptation in business 2) Supply Side: Classification and climate adaption techno- organizations. logies, products and services and its challenges to make it easily accessible 3) Cooperation mechanisms: How to provide easy access in- Title: Climate Technology Cooperation: formation on climate adaption solutions from industrialized Making Adaptation Solutions Accessible within the countries to developing countries. UN Climate Technology Centre and Network Names: Dr. Severin Beucker | Prof. Dr. Klaus Fichter | Dr. Jens Clausen Organisation: Borderstep Institut, Berlin, Germany
Promoting and enhancing national and international coopera- tive action on the development and transfer of environmentally sound technologies to developing country Parties are critical to supporting action on mitigation and adaption. In 2010 in Can- cun, the United Nations as represented at the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) have established a Technology Me- chanism. The Technology Mechanism is expected to facilitate the implementation of enhanced action on technology develop-
20 nordwest2050 Tuesday, 25.02.2014 | 10.45-12.30 Scientific Session 3 House of Science Analysing Impacts and Chair: Dr. Jochen Hinkel, Global Climate Forum, Assessing Vulnerabilities Potsdam Institute, Germany
Title: Climate Shocks and Patterns of Change of Title: Effects of Climate Change on Agro-Biodiversity City-Regions in Asia: Variations in Historical Resilience of Central Himalayas Name: Dr. Adriana Kocornik-Mina Names: Dr. Mohammad Rais | Shatroopa Acharya Organisation: The London School of Economics and Organisation: National Institute of Science, Technology Political Science, United Kingdom and Development Studies, India
A body of work has examined the intersection of climate hazards Agro biodiversity is the basis for human survival. However, due and urban areas with a view towards preparing for an uncertain to climate change it is under tremendous pressure. Central Hi- future under climate change. Key products include estimates of malayan region of India is not only a mega plant biodiversity current and future exposure of urban areas to climate hazards zone but also it has rich agro-biodiversity coverage. However, and associated losses; and classifications of cities according reducing natural resources, changing climatic conditions and to characteristics known to determine levels of future risk and sudden surge of population in the region has led to depleti- resilience in the face of climate hazards, for example. on of agro-biodiversity in the region. The fourth IPCC Report The proposed research places an emphasis on past dy- (2007) states that by the end of this century climate change namics of city-regions. It is postulated under the assumption will be the main cause of biodiversity loss. Irregular rainfall and that the historical experience with climate shocks of today’s snowfall; change in climatic condition; and rising temperatu- city-regions (and by inference, their level of resilience), can be res affect crop production. For example during 2007 and 2008 observed and analyzed using night-time light satellite data. there has been huge variation in rainfall in Central Himalayas, The paper asks how patterns of change of city-regions in Asia in 2007 low rainfall in monsoon crop season and high rainfall in have differed according to their historical experience with cli- winter crop season, and in 2008 high rainfall in monsoon crop mate shocks /hazards. season and low rainfall in winter crop season severely ham- The paper acknowledges that climate shocks are one of pered the yield of the region. the many factors that drive patterns of change of city-regions, The continuous loss of agro-biodiversity not only hampers including agglomeration economies, innovation, policy, and the genetic resources and food security but also pose a seri- culture. It recognizes there are differences in the impact of cli- ous threat to the livelihood for the locals of the region (Saxena, mate shocks by type, and within types according to their mag- 2005). This paper explores the multiple ways in which clima- nitude and duration. It also recognizes other major challenges te change is affecting agro biodiversity in Central Himalayas, associated with this type of analysis, including that climate and its consequences on traditional farming system and food hazards are internalized and reflected in a city-region’s pat- system in the region. The study involving primary survey of tern of change at no set point in time, particularly in the con- 610 households of 43 villages of Kumaon and Garhwal regi- text of fast-paced urbanization; and that the stimuli (climate on of Uttarakhand indicates that, climate change is affecting shock) – response (change in city-regions) relation of interest agro-biodiversity of the region; there has been a decrease in is the product of the interaction of two complex systems. the productivity of agricultural crops, which adversely affects Despite potential pitfalls, it is the notion of complexity food security and rural ecosystem of the region. Therefore, it that suggests a way forward through Perrow’s (1999) work on is essential to develop a common policy for the sustainable interactive complexity and tight couplings. Perrow’s sources utilization of biodiversity. The policy has to be comprehensi- of vulnerability (concentrations of populations, some of them ve in nature, including mitigation of and adaptation to climate high-density, concentration of economic and political power, change. On the one hand efforts to check deforestation, miti- concentration of energy) are one element of a conceptual gate impacts of climate change, maintain food security, and framework that outlines the most likely patterns of change restore ecosystem services of the region and on another front that a city-region can observe. Other elements in this concep- fast and appropriate action to enhance the capacity to adapt tual framework, both static and dynamic, rely on stylized facts to changes. Indian authorities should stronghold the mega- from the extensive work on path dependency, urban growth measures for limiting average global temperature increase in and disaster studies. Thus the conceptual framework provides the wake of globally effective and widely accepted efforts of a point of reference for contrasting results from the empirical UNFCC, for conserving rare, traditional and wild plant genetic analysis, as well as in the matching exercise to be conduc- resources of the area. ted using classes or typologies of city-regions some of which have experienced climate hazards and some of which have not. Spatial-temporal methods are used to examine data for the period 1992 – 2010 for Asia.
nordwest2050 21 Scientific Session 3 Analysing Impacts and Assessing Vulnerabilities
Title: Implication of Local Knowledge in Title: Analysing Impacts of Long and Short Term Framing Coastal Resilience Assessment Indicators: Disasters on Vulnerable Occupations in Gujarat, India Case Study from Indian Sundarbans Names: Nitin Kumar Srivastava | Rajib Shaw Names: Rajarshi DasGupta | Rajib Shaw Organisation: Kyoto University, Japan Organisation: Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Japan The paper elaborates on the underlying characteristics of ‘vulnerable occupations’ and introduces the new concept of Every coastal area is unique in terms of its risk profile, social, occupational resilience, which is the ability of an occupation economical and most importantly ecological settings. Further, exposed to hazards, to resist, absorb, accommodate to and as we march into a regime marked by climate uncertainties, recover from the effects of a hazard in a timely and efficient significant variation is also expected in climate exposure manner, including through the preservation and restoration of along the world’s coast line. Therefore, understanding of the providing livelihood to its erstwhile employees. Vulnerability is local context remains extremely important in order to assess categorized as exposure, as social condition, and as spatial and enhance coastal community’s resilience against climate dimension of integration of potential exposures and societal change & climate induced natural disasters. The present study resilience. High levels of vulnerability suggest low levels of re- attempts to formulate a pragmatic coastal resilience assess- silience and vice versa. ment framework which is flexible to the need of the local con- It is widely accepted that the low income population is text and takes into account all major socioeconomic & ecolo- bound to be affected more than others. gical interactions in coastal areas. People with different income levels have different resilient This dynamic framework consists of five major dimensi- capacities against disaster. The authors define vulnerable oc- ons i.e. socioeconomic, physical, institutional, coastal zone cupations described by 9 parameters: loss of productive as- management & Natural with 125 variables/indicators and es- sets, displacement and migration, loss of employment, dec- sentially supplements some of the earlier resilience assess- line in productivity, reduced income, workforce participation, ment frameworks. In the present study, it has been used to change in occupation, effect on social structure and recovery assess community resilience of 19 coastal administrative time. blocks in Indian Sundarbans (Delta region of lower Gangetic The authors examine two case studies in the form of flood- basin) which serves as a typical example of low-lying coastal affected Ahmedabad and salinity-inflicted Jamnagar districts area extremely prone to climate induced disasters and de- of Gujarat state in India. Both the disasters vary in the effec- pleting mangrove ecosystem services coupled with dire po- tual period, and therefore have different effects on the occup- verty projects it to be among the future climate hot spots. In ations of these areas. The findings are based on assessment order to capture community resilience in Indian Sundarbans, through focused group discussions, and household surveys of the study essentially gathered local knowledge about social, both urban and rural populations. economical, ecological and climatic settings and their dyna- The concept of occupational resilience is the key to achie- mic interaction to modify the present assessment framework ve overall resilience of the community and requires that the accordin g to the local need. An institutional survey of admi- strategies should consider the market demand, local skills nistrative officials was conducted to get precise data for each and experience. The paper also provides a framework for the coastal block. The study also collected secondary data from governments to strive for occupational resilience, with fol- scientific literature to obtain a detailed understanding of the lowing objectives: complex geo-climatic scenario of the delta. The overall resili- ≥ Provide occupational opportunities with stable income ence of the study area through support to agrarian interventions; microfinance was found to be extremely unsatisfactory with composite interventions and enterprise development, score varying from 2.51 (lowest) to 3.6 (highest) in a five point ≥ Provide training and placement programs: cash-for-work assessment scale. Although, natural exposure was found to and food-for-work; and building-in-camp economies be the key contributor, distinct examples of socioeconomic ≥ Rebuilding of assets for improved productivity and income & physical resilience were also observed to play an important ≥ Limit migration to nearby or distant places in search of role in overall community resilience. Further, gradual depleting employment ecosystem services leads to significant risks of lowering com- Following quantitative and qualitative analysis, the paper co- munity resilience against projected climate change threats. mes out with the following findings: The study concludes with an urgent call for ecosystem based ≥ The factors to analyze and assess the impacts of even adaptation in order to improve community resilience in Indian small scale disasters on micro economy of an area Sundarbans. ≥ The vulnerable populations in rural areas rely to urban
22 nordwest2050 Tuesday, 25.02.2014 | 10.45-12.30 HOUSE OF SCIENCE Chair: Dr. Jochen Hinkel, Global Climate Forum, Potsdam Institute, Germany
areas as survival strategy in case of unemployment due gion/area based on other existing frameworks. By integrating to disasters in both the cases approaches from different paradigms, the proposed process ≥ The urban occupational resilience is greater than the rural offers a holistic approach for measuring vulnerability. Measu- resilience due to diversity of employment opportunities ring vulnerability would facilitate towards the responses to and better micro economic structure within the small combat the climate change challenges or at-most provide communities. strategies for adaptation. A case study of Shimla City, India is included in the paper to validate its applicability. In the current study both natural and anthropogenic events Title: An Approach towards Developing Framework for are considered. The city is vulnerable to natural hazards like Assessing Impacts and their V ulnerabilities earthquake, landslides, fl ash fl oods and many more. The incre- name: Parameswaran Radhakrishnan asing population also creates pressure on land demand. This Organisation: Indian Institute of Management, India indeed results in illegal construction along the steep slopes of the hills, thus disturbing the natural topography. Increasing More than a billion people across 100 countries are directly land pressure would result in deforestation, thus would loosen or indirectly vulnerable to climate change. There has been a the soil and may lead to landslides. Increased construction rise in extreme weather events in the recent past, thereby af- activities have also lead the lesser natural surface area, this fecting more people. The concept of vulnerability expresses reduces the permeability of the soil & therein reducing the wa- the multidimensionality of cause and effect relationships, ter table levels. This indirectly hampers the hydrological cycles combining with the inability to withstand environment forces. & minor changes in micro climate. The city is vulnerable to all Vulnerability to climate change is a function of exposure to these natural and human induced hazards in every sense. Only climate variability, sensitivity to climate shocks and adaptive a proper institutional framework along with other social, physi- capacity. Several vulnerability frameworks have been develo- cal, economic and political framework can mitigate the impact. ped to strengthen the adaptive capacity. These impacts should be dealt considering the present condi- Vulnerability is determined by physical, environmental, so- tion of the region. In the current study, assessing the impacts cial, economic, political and institutional factors. This paper and their vulnerabilities are conducted for the Shimla city. It focuses on developing vulnerability framework for a given re- also proposes suitable strategies for mitigation the impact.
nordwest2050 23 Scientific Session 3 Designing and Testing Solutions for Regional Climate Adaptation and Resilience
suggest that the influence of emission reduction policies that Title: Stakeholder-Based Dynamic Modeling as a Tool for do not involve demand reductions will be limited. Furthermore, Regional Climate Adaptation in the Energy and Food Sector cost-oriented policies may not be resilient to shocks because Names: Dr. Jakob Wachsmuth1 | Prof. Dr. Matthias Ruth2 | of a low generation diversity. Onur Özgün2 | Dr. Stefan Gößling-Reisemann1 | Dr. Nana Karlstetter3 | Rebecca Gasper4 | Andrew Blohm4 | Sönke Stührmann1 Title: Effective Emergency Flood Control with Organisations: 1) University of Bremen, Germany | Innovative Constructions 2) Northeastern University Boston, USA | 3) Carl von Names: Prof. Dr. Bärbel Koppe1 | Armin Krebs2 | Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany | 4) University of Karsten Daedler3 Maryland, USA Organisations: 1) University of Applied Sciences Bremen, Germany | 2) Optimal – Tarpaulin and Environmental Decision making about adaptation to climate change requires Technics GmbH, Germany | 3) Karsten Daedler e.K. – knowledge about potential technical, social, economic and Manufacturer of Tarpaulin and Fabrics, Germany ecological conditions in the future. The interplay of all these conditions and their uncertain evolution makes it difficult to Natural hazards have become natural disasters since people prepare decisions today that produce desirable results in the have been settling in flood prone areas. During the last decades future. Moreover, decision making has to take into account that the need of protection has been increasing with rising popula- individual measures may have an impact on the overall system tion density and con-centration of assets in low lying coastal – such as an entire economic sector or region. Promotion of and river areas. It is expected that climate change will lead to a biomass as an energy source, for instance, will trigger changes further increase of floods in number as well as severity. There- in crop mix and thus input requirements in the agricultural sec- fore, the demand for technical protection measures is growing, tor. Changes in outputs from agriculture, in turn, are likely ac- but these can never provide overall but only a limited protection companied by differences in energy demands for processing, against inundation. The degree of safety depends on a Cost- cooling and shipments of food products. »Optimal« strategies Benefit Analysis of the measure. Additionally, limited financial thus usually do not exist in such complex situations. With suf- budgets lead to restrictions in technical flood protection. ficiently good understanding of the issues and interactions, A failure of a flood protection system must always be ta- however, it may be possible to find strategies that can be con- ken into account. In an emergency, appropriate interim pro- sidered acceptable for a broad set of developments. tection systems must be at hand to support weak and over- In the course of the research project northwest2050 we loaded structures in withstanding the flood event. Within the have developed a model designed to capture the dynamic in- research project HWS-Mobile1, funded by the German Federal terrelationships between the energy (electricity + district hea- Ministry of Economics and Technology, different prototypes of ting) and food production sectors in the northwest metropoli- water-filled tube constructions for the use in emergency flood tan region of Germany. The model has three main purposes: (a) control have been developed and tested in the field as well as provision of a structured platform for data organization and di- in laboratories. After completion of the project HWS-Mobile alog with stakeholders; (b) exploration of a wide range of what- three types of constructions were tested and certified by the if scenarios in preparation of investment and policy making; German Technical Inspection Agency TÜV Nord for the use in and (c) recursive (adaptive) planning where the results of past emergency flood control in 2012. The innovative flood control actions are assessed within an ever-changing socioeconomic, systems offer the following advantages: technological and environmental context to guide future ac- ≥ low consumption of resources tion. Based on consultations of selected regional stakeholders ≥ rapid deployment from the energy and agriculture sector, as well as regional pl- ≥ small number of personnel required anning, we derived principles and constraints for regional stra- ≥ deployable on different undergrounds without any de- tegies, e.g. to satisfy the monthly electricity demand solely structive installations with regional wind, solar and CHP plants and to avoid increa- The constructions can be used either for strengthening endan- sing fodder imports. Given these principles and constraints we gered dikes due to long lasting high water levels as well as for evaluated the effects of two competing strategies, an emis- the construction of emergency dams in low-lying areas where sion-oriented strategy and a cost-oriented strategy, for three no permanent flood protection exists. different framing scenarios for the external conditions (e.g. The paper will describe the pros and cons of water-filled climate change) and two possible developments of energy de- tube constructions for emergency flood control. It will conclu- mand. Here cost refers to the costs of regional electricity ge- de with impressions of the successful use of the systems du- neration when the regional demand is met monthly. Our results ring the major flood event in Germany in 2013.
24 nordwest2050 Tuesday, 25.02.2014 | 10.45-12.30 HOUSE OF SCIENCE Chair: Prof. Dr. Katrien Termeer, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Title: Understanding the Concrete Boundary Title: Lessons Learned in Adaptation: Qualities of Resilience Application of the »Stadtbaukasten«-Toolkit for Kiel, name: Christopher James Lawless Germany Organisation: Durham University, United Kingdom names: Dr. Hinnerk Ries | Prof. Dr. Steffen Bender | Dr. Markus Groth | Dr. Jörg Cortekar It has been observed that the term ‘resilience’, as it relates to Organisation: Climate Service Center, Hamburg, Germany climate change and social-ecological systems, is often defi - ned in malleable and sometimes ambiguous ways. It has been Supporting cities in increasing their resilience to the adverse argued that this malleability gives ‘resilience’ the loose quality of impacts of climate change is highly context specifi c. It is not a ‘boundary object’, namely a linguistic device which, while open only the city specifi c vulnerability due to its location, structure, to individual interpretation, provides a focus to unite groups and inhabitants and operational capability. Equally important is actors who may hold differing perceptions and interests. The in- the consideration of the individual backgrounds of the stake- creasingly widespread use of the term ‘resilience’ has however holders involved in the process of adaptation. As an interdis- raised concerns that its descriptive value risks becoming diluted. ciplinary topic the approaches of the different stakeholders This paper seeks to redress this issue by sketching a new way involved are very diverse and so are the specifi c preferences of framing climate change resilience as a boundary object. This for adaptation. The range of different impacts, backgrounds framing places greater emphasis on the more concrete mani- and stakeholder preferences makes the implementation and festations of boundary objects, rather than how they are con- transferability of adaptation measures a diffi cult issue. ceived in abstract terms. I argue that more attention should be With the example of Kiel, our pilot city for the application of paid to the ways in which tangible material, technical and social the »Stadtbaukasten«-toolkit, we learned that enhancement elements (people, objects, environments, institutions etc.), may of inter-departmental communication is a prerequisite for the combine, over potentially wide spatial and temporal domains, adaptation process. Another prerequisite is to build consen- to realize local instances of climate resilience. Drawing upon sus about threats and preferences for adaptation measures Science and Technology Studies (STS) literature I introduce a between the stakeholders. The consensus is defi ned in the framework which could be used to understand how the boundary form of a general principle. Also the inventory of existing data qualities of resilience manifest themselves in empirical terms. is a valuable source for the generation of adaptation rele- The aim of this framework is to facilitate interpretations of clima- vant knowledge. However, in order to respond fl exibly to the te resilience which are both critically aware and practicable, and cities’ needs, the most important lesson learnt is to have a which can accommodate various policy and economic interests. fl exible consultation framework. With its modular concept the In doing so, this framework seeks to meet key criteria advocated »Stadtbaukasten«-toolkit tries to fulfi ll this aspect. The mo- by Brand & Jax (2007): that resilience should be framed in a way dules are designed in a way that they integrate in existing pro- which permits its specifi cation to particular objects, but which cesses, thus offering effi ciency benefi ts. This leads to broad also recognises the useful versatility of the term. acceptance in the administration.
nordwest2050 25 Scientifi c Session 3 Implementing Climate Adaptation and Paths to a Resilient Future
Title: Fostering Stakeholder’s Refl exive Capacity Title: Land Use and Climate Change: New Approaches to to Cope with Long-Term Challenges Integrate Climate Adaptation into Stakeholder Processes names: Dr. Manuel Gottschick1| Cornelius Laaser2 names: Julia Oberdörffer1 | Dr. Nana Karlstetter2 | Organisations: 1) University of Hamburg, Germany | Prof. Dr. Reinhard Pfriem2 | Prof. Dr. Ulrich Scheele1 2) Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany Organisations: 1) ARSU GmbH, Oldenburg, Germany | 2) Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany The German research project »KLIMZUG-NORD« and the European FP7 research project »PSI-connect« conducted a workshop series This contribution describes research on land use under cli- »For the children of our children« in the city of Buxtehude, Germa- mate change conducted in the project northwest2050 in Nor- ny (in 2011). Participants were relevant civil society organizations thwest Germany: With the aim to identify decision options for that have a mandate to stipulate change for the community as a a climate resilient region an approach to integrate indicator whole (selection criteria: ‘no individuals’, but a ‘representative vari- based decision support with local and regional stakeholder ety of organizations/institutions’; a ‘variety of issues, gender, and processes has been developed. age’; ‘interest in discussing long-term sustainable development’). Northwest Germany is characterized by fossil and renewab- In the series of four consecutive workshops participants were le energy production, intensive agriculture and a unique natural meant to estimate future challenges for their city up to 2060 (the landscape. Extensive studies in northwest2050 have shown that next 50 years) that could arise from the nexus of demographic, most of these facilities are vulnerable to climate change. Parti- economic, and climate change. Against this background they cularly in the energy and food sector vulnerabilities are tightened should commonly determine objectives for a future sustainable by current confl icts on land use. These confl icts will most likely development of their city, learn about dynamic interrelations and worsen under changing climatic conditions: Sustainable climate interdependencies between sectors, and fi nally discuss means adapted transition in both sectors is dependent on land intensive to achieve the agreed objectives for a sustainable development. measures. Expansion of renewable energies and energy effi cien- The fi rst workshop »Buxtehude makes for the future« inten- cy as well as suffi cient food production despite the maintenance ded to help participants to develop a common vision for the city of natural resources meet with current problems such as loss of of Buxtehude (participatory scenario development). The second arable land due to biogas production or excess manure aggra- workshop »See the forest for the trees« aimed at examining in- vated by early summer droughts. Necessary ongoing and future terrelations and interdependencies more precisely and clarify transformation processes they are constrained by (i) scarcity of who could be affected by which effects of long-term changes land and resources, (ii) path dependencies and confl icting inte- (conceptual [System Dynamic] infl uence diagram, group model rests of regional actors such as enterprises, administrative au- building). At the third workshop, participants started to discuss thorities etc., and (iii) uncertainties due to cross scale dynamics, options for action to reach a sustainable future for their city. At e.g. overlapping institutional, spatial or time frames. the last workshop we continued to discuss the requirements nee- In the years 2009 to 2014 climate adapted land use strate- ded to implement strategies successfully (Back-Casting). gies have been analyzed with a strong stakeholder involvement. The presentation focus on stakeholder’s refl exive capacity As on one result an event-based procedure has been developed which is necessary to cope with uncertain or disputed know- with the output of a regional document: the »Auricher Erklärung« ledge and to build evidence based opinions for informed deci- is a joint statement on paths towards resilient land use, which has sions. Furthermore, I will introduce the underlying theoretical been signed by relevant stakeholders and can be basis for realiza- approaches introduced (refl exive governance; social innovati- tion steps. Secondly a method for indicator based decision sup- on). Subsequently, I will present some practical lessons lear- port has been elaborated, based on assessing land use decisions ned relevant for multi-stakeholder adaptation networks. in terms of their environmental impact on specifi ed ecosystem
26 nordwest2050 Tuesday, 25.02.2014 | 10.45-12.30 HOUSE OF SCIENCE Chair: Roger Street, Adaptation Science & LWEC Climate Adaptation Fellow UKCIP, Oxford, United Kingdom
services. By visualizing geographic information for explicit areas and consequences of land use decisions, discussions on fl exible, Title: When the Future is Present: Experiences from a multifunctional and timely measures can be supported. Although Transdisciplinary Pilot Project about Coping with a Local regional actors know current problems well, it is diffi cult to fore- Water Confl ict and Climate Change in Germany cast their development. In illustrating the environmental situation name: Frank Sondershaus related to decision capacities, the approach is able to frame op- Organisation: Leibniz-Institute for Regional Development tions under uncertain climate change impacts. and Structural Planning, Erkner, Germany Thus, this contribution outlines a way to reduce uncertain- ty and complexity in climate adaptation by interleaving know- In recent years transdisciplinary research became an impor- ledge and capacities of stakeholders with data-based regional tant part of science in Germany. Therefore there is a growing information. need to refl ect and to evaluate the experiences within in- ter- and transdisciplinary projects on adaptation to climate change, regarding the potential and especially the limits of Title: From Climate Adaptation to Climate Resilience implementation orientated research. name: Dr. Achim Daschkeit The characteristics of the pilot project are periodic wa- Organisation: German Federal Environment Agency, ter shortages culminating in a water confl ict, between water Dessau-Roßlau, Germany users of two villages. Within the context of a local water con- fl ict the social, spatial and institutional dimension are of high Climate adaptation policy in Germany is embedded in a multi- importance. On the background of the measure programme level governance structure with an increasing dynamic: In the developed within the project it becomes clear that the water last 6 years numerous adaptation strategies and/or action shortages cannot be solved within technical measures, but plans are developed as the basis for EU-, national and regional social measures (within the fi elds of cooperation/governance adaptation activities. Most of these activities favor a »mainstre- and participation, mediation, social learning) are necessary to aming approach«, which means an integration of adaptation is- cope with the confl ict-situation. Contrasting necessary mea- sues in sectoral and regional policies. Recently, adaptation stra- sures and prospect measures is leading to the limits of trans- tegies as well as adaptation measures are discussed under the disciplinary research and its reasons. overall objective of achieving a sustainable future: The question With respect to the experiences of the last four years of whether adaptation is sustainable or not, is apparently »simple« inter-transdisciplinary research, three types of limits are sket- but diffi cult to answer, and the answer is not possible, if adapta- ched: management limits (e.g. water confl ict as a zero sum tion is defi ned as a stand-alone issue. To achieve a sustainable game) (1), limits due to unpredictable events (e.g. windows of adaptation, the development and implementation of adaptation opportunities / impossibility) (2) and socio-spatial limits (e.g. strategies and measures should be seen in the broader context administrative borders and its consequences, the social cons- of transformation to a climate-resilient future, e. g. the trans- truction of vulnerabilities) (3). formation of the German energy system (Energiewende) should The conclusions focus on transdisciplinary research for consider not only mitigation efforts, but also projections of cli- adaptation to climate change, pointing out the scientifi c value mate extremes as well as further land use demands. of »bad practice«-examples and a need for a basic refl ection The presentation depicts two crucial aspects on the way of goals and structures within transdisciplinary research. Illus- from climate adaptation to climate resilience in Germany: First- trated by personal experiences and examples the main thesis ly, success factors and barriers: Which exogenous or endoge- highlights that many catchments as well as transdisciplinary nous boundary conditions could be infl uenced by actors or ac- socio-ecological research are confronted with these limits. tor groups? Secondly, good practise of climate resilience: Is it possible to defi ne good resilience practice at present, and what should be done to overcome the gap from niche to mainstream.
nordwest2050 27 Tuesday, 25.02.2014 | 10.45-12.30 Scientifi c Session 3 HOUSE OF SCIENCE Implementing Climate Adaptation Chair: Roger Street, Adaptation Science & LWEC Climate Adaptation and Paths to a Resilient Future Fellow UKCIP, Oxford, United Kingdom
natural resource governance mechanism were analyzed in Title: Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation Kumaon Himalaya. Results indicated ongoing climate change through its Integration with Multilevel Natural Resource adaptation measures, such as water conservation, rural live- Governance System in Himalaya lihood improvement and natural risk reduction programs are names: Prakash Chandra Tiwari1 | Bhagwati Joshi2 highly complementary to integrated watershed management, Organizations: 1) Kumaun University, India | integrated rural development and disaster reduction programs 2) Government Post Graduate College, India under implementation in the region. A multi-stakeholder con- sensus based integrated climate adaptation and resource Increasing rainfall variability is resulting into decreased rain- governance framework was evolved and implemented. Besi- fall, hydrological disruptions, increased extreme weather des receiving community support and active participation, this events, water-resource depletion and decreased food pro- lessened inter-sectoral confl icts, maximized mutual-benefi ts duction in Himalaya. Climate change adaptation plans have with other developmental processes and helped in reducing not been effective as being stand-alone and confl icting with risks of cop failure (27%), increased groundwater recharge ongoing resource management programs. Environmental and (15%), improved rural livelihood (17%) and food production socio-economic benefi ts, feasibility, complementarities and (11%) that contributed towards building resilience against cli- confl icts of mainstreaming climate adaptation processes with mate change. © designritter | photocase.com
28 nordwest2050 Posterpräsentation Poster Presentation
Serious Gaming Learning from Extreme Alert, London, United King- Building Resilience for the Improves Flood Disaster Weather Events: dom | 3) SICSS, Germany Education Sector in the Communication How Companies Make [email protected] Coastal Areas: A Case Stu- Nikeh Booister1 | Darja Sense of Climate Risks dy in Central Vietnam Tretjakova2 | Rense Bakker1 | Dr. Esther Hoffmann1 | Strategies and Indicators Thi Thi My Tong | Rajib Shaw Jose Kooi1 Maja Rotter2 for Green Building as a Kyoto University, Japan 1) FloodCom, The Nether- 1) Institute for Ecological Key Factor for Climate [email protected] lands | 2) Wageningen Uni- Economy Research, Germa- Change Adaptation in Cities versity, The Netherlands ny | 2) German Society for Torsten Lipp1 | Tina Gäbler1 | Flood Risk Governance [email protected] International Cooperation Ryan Weber2 | Mitchell Rear- in the Flemish Scheldt (GIZ), Ghana don2 | Christian Fredricsson2 Estuary Climate Adaptation [email protected] | Ines Vilhena da Cunha3 | Hannelore Mees | Strategies for the Agri- Carla Silva3 | Stefan Dirlich4 Ann Crabbé Food Industry SEAP and Local Adaptation 1) University of Potsdam, Antwerp University, Belgium Dr. Hedda Schattke | Plan Development Parti- Germany | 2) Nordregio, hannelore.mees@ Dr. Karsten Hurrelmann | cipatory Process: Critical Sweden | 3) Inteli, Portugal | uantwerpen.be Dr. Marion Akamp Points and Opportunities 4) IÖR, Germany Carl von Ossietzky University Piero Pelizzaro [email protected] Paths to a Resilient Oldenburg, Germany Kyoto Club, Italy Future: Integration of Hedda.Schattke@uni- [email protected] Strengths and Weaknesses Local Climate-Related oldenburg.de of Policy Frameworks for Disaster Resilience and Climate Change and Climate Change Adaptation Risk Communication A Block Level Estimation Livelihood Security in in Switzerland and Germany Farah Mulyasari | Rajib Shaw of Water Scarcity in Rural Indian Perspectives Marco Pütz1 | Kyoto University, Japan Semi-Arid India Mahendra Singh Pal Prof. Dr. Winfried Osthorst2 [email protected] Mrittika Basu | Satoshi Hos- G. B. Pant University of Agri- 1) Swiss Federal Research hino | Shizuka Hashimoto culture & Technology, India Institute WSL, Switzerland | Economic Impact of Kyoto University, Japan [email protected] 2) University of Applied Sci- Climate Change on Crop [email protected] ences Bremen, Germany Production in Lower Saxony Seasonal Migration as a [email protected] Margit Paustian Developing Guiding Visions Choice to Adaption and Georg-August-University and Goals for Adaptation: Resilience in the Context of Participation of Youth Göttingen, Germany Potentials and Current Climate Change in the Vul- Councils in Local-level HFA margit.paustian@ Practice in Europe nerable Coastal Bangladesh Implementation in Makati agr.uni-goettingen.de Dr. Torsten Grothmann Mehdi Azam and Infanta, Philippines Carl von Ossietzky University Macquarie University, Glenn Fiel Fernandez | Increasing Vulnerability Oldenburg, Germany Australia Rajib Shaw to Climate Change: torsten.grothmann@ [email protected] Kyoto University, Japan Challenges in Adaptation uni-oldenburg.de [email protected] in India On Vulnerability and Shadananan Nair Adaptation to Climate Violence: Analyzing the Climate Change Adaptation: Krishnapillai Change and Land Use Geographical Distribution Applying Science Nansen Environmental Conflicts in northwest of Vulnerability to Climate and Strategies at the Research Centre, India Germany Change-Related Violent Community Level [email protected] Stefan Wittig | Conflict Across Kenya Caroline van Bers1 | Matt Dr. Bastian Schuchardt and Uganda Hare1 | Peter van der Keur2 BioConsult Schuchardt & Tobias Ide1, 3 | Janpeter 1) seeconsult GmbH, Ger- Scholle GbR, Germany Schilling2 | Jürgen Schef- many | 2) Geological Survey [email protected] fran1 | Grace Ngaruiya1, 3 | of Denmark and Greenland, Thomas Weinzierl1 Denmark 1) University of Hamburg, [email protected] Germany | 2) International
nordwest2050 29 Regionale Anpassung 24.02.2014 RATHAUS BREMEN | OBERE RATHAUSHALLE Regional Adaptation OLD TOWN HALL | UPPER HALL
14.30-16.00 uhR 16.30-18.00 uhR Klimaanpassung und Resilienz Klimaanpassung im Cluster im Energiecluster Ernährungs- und Landwirtschaft climate Adaptation and Resilience climate Adaptation in the Food in the Energy Sector and Agriculture Sector chair and Input: Dr. Stefan Gößling-Reisemann, chair and Input: Prof. Dr. Reinhard Pfriem, University Bremen, Germany Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany
Klimaanpassung und Resilienz in der Klimaanpassungsstrategien in der Ernährungswirtschaft regionalen Energieversorgung Climate Adaptation Strategies in the Food and Climate Adaptation and Resilience in the Agriculture Cluster Regional Energy Supply Prof. Dr. Reinhard Pfriem | Dr. Hedda Schattke | Dr. Stefan Gößling-Reisemann, University Bremen, Germany Dr. Nana Karlstetter, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany Pilotprojekte für resiliente und klimaangepasste Energiesysteme | Pilot Projects for Resilient and climate Die Bedeutung des Klimawandels für die Landwirtschaft Adapted Energy Systems The Signifi cance of Climate Change for the Food and Kühlung eines Putenstalls mit Abwärme Agriculture Cluster Cooling a Turkeyhen Barn with Process Heat Ansgar Lasar, Representative on Climate Change, Heinrich Siemering, Varrel, Germany Chamber of Agriculture Lower Saxony, Oldenburg, Germany Geothermale Kühlung eines Rechenzentrums Geothermal Cooling of a Data Center Offene Diskussion und Austausch u. a. mit den Andres Dickehut, ColocationIX GmbH, Bremen, Germany Praxispartnern an deren Projektständen Biogas aus Reststoffen nach dem Kuhmagenprinzip Open Discussion and Exchanges with Practical Partners Biogas from Residues at their Project Booths Dr. Michael Strecker, RuSiTec GmbH, Bremerhaven, Germany
Abschlussdiskussion | Final Discussion Verbindung von Klimaanpassung, Klimaschutz und Resiliente Energiesysteme Combination of Climate Adaptation, Climate Protection and Resilient Energy Systems
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30 nordwest2050 25.02.2014 RATHAUS BREMEN | OBERE RATHAUSHALLE OLD TOWN HALL | UPPER HALL
09.00-10.30 uhR 11.00-12.30 uhR Klimaanpassung im Cluster Regionale Steuerungsmöglichkeiten Hafenwirtschaft und Logistik zur Integration von Klimaanpassung climate Adaptation in the in Entscheidungsprozessen – harbour and Logistics Sector Möglichkeiten und Grenzen Possibilities of Regional Management chair and Input: Prof. Dr. Winfried Osthorst, University of Applied Sciences Bremen, Germany for the Integration of climate Adaptation in Decision-Making Processes – Erfahrungen aus dem Praxisprojekt »Resiliente Hafeninfrastrukturen« Opportunities und Limits Practical Project »Resilient Port Infrastructures« – Results and Experiences chair and Input: Prof. Dr. Bernd Siebenhüner, Robert Howe | Uwe von Bargen, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany bremenports GmbH & Co. KG, Bremerhaven, Germany Analyse der Governance in der Region: Stärken und Schwä- Klimaanpassung in der Logistik und im chen der Anpassungskapazität und Innovationspotenziale Logistikknoten GVZ Bremen Analysis of Governance in the Region: Strengths and Weak- Climate Adaptation in Logistics and in the nesses of Adaptation Capacity and Innovation Potentials GVZ Bremen Logistical Node Maik Winges | Dr. Torsten Grothmann, Dr. Thomas Nobel, Institute of Shipping Economics Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany and Logistics, Bremen, Germany Partizipative Entwicklung von Visionen, Handlungsempfehlungen und -pfaden Participatory Development of Visions, Recommendations and Paths for Action Dr. Heiko Garrelts, University Bremen, Germany
Governance-Innovationspfad: Erfahrungen aus der Betei- ligung am Konsultationsverfahren zum Regionalen Raum- ordnungsprogramm des Landkreises Oldenburg Governance Innovation Paths: Experiences from Participa- tion in the Consultation Procedure on the Regional Spatial Planning Program of the District of Oldenburg Kevin Grecksch, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany
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nordwest2050 31 Wettbewerb »Fit für den Klimawandel« Contest »Fit for Climate Change«
Bereits zum zweiten Mal richtet nordwest2050 den mit insgesamt 30.000 Euro Preisgeld dotierten Klimaanpassungswettbewerb »Fit für den Klimawandel« aus. Gesucht werden inno- vative Klimaanpassungsmaßnahmen von Unternehmen, Start-Ups, Studierende und sonstige kreative Köpfe für den Nordwesten Deutschlands. Zugelassen wird die gesamte Bandbreite möglicher Ansätze zur Verbesserung der Anpassungs-, Widerstands- und Innovationsfähig- keit von Produkten und Verfahren bis hin zu speziellen Dienstleistungsangeboten. nordwest2050 is conducting its contest »Fit for climate change« for the second time. The climate adaptation contest offers prize money totaling 30,000 Euro. nordwest2050 is seeking submissions of climate adaptation measures from companies, start-ups, students and other creative people for the northwestern region of Germany. Eligible entries include the entire range of possible approaches of improving the adaptation, resilience and innovation capacity of products and procedures, including special service provision.
In der Kategorie PROJEKT wird die beste bereits umgesetz- nordwest2050 awards a prize of 10,000 Euro to the te Anpassungsmaßnahme mit 10.000 Euro ausgezeichnet. best already implemented adaptation measure in the In der Kategorie IDEE werden zweimal 10.000 Euro für die category PROJECT. Further, two IDEAS will be awar- beiden besten Konzepte und Ideen vergeben, um im Ener- ded with each 10,000 Euro for concepts in the energy giesektor die zukünftigen klimawandel- und energiewende- sector addressing future climate-change and energy- bedingten Herausforderungen bewältigen zu können. transition challenges.
Alle eingereichten Bewerbungen wurden von Expertinnen All submitted entries have been examined by climate und Experten aus dem Bereich Klimaanpassungsforschung adaptation experts. The presentation of the fi nalists begutachtet. Die Präsentation der Finalisten 2014 fi ndet mit for 2014, and the ensuing presentation of the prizes, anschließender Preisverleihung im Rahmen der internatio- will be carried out at a reception as part of the conclu- nalen nordwest2050-Abschlusskonferenz statt. ding conference of nordwest2050.
Jury
Matthias Brandt, Vorstand Deutsche Windtechnik AG Dr. christian Jacobs, Referatsleiter beim Niedersächsischen Ministerium für Umwelt, Energie und Klimaschutz Dr. Rita Kellner-Stoll, KELLNER & STOLL–Stiftung für Klima und Umwelt Prof. Dr. Georg Müller-christ, Universität Bremen, Fachgebiet Nachhaltiges Management Michael Pelzl, Geschäftsführer Klimaschutzagentur energiekonsens Prof. Dr. Klaus Fichter, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg und Leiter des Borderstep Instituts für Innovation und Nachhaltigkeit © inacio pires | fotolia.com © inacio pires
34 nordwest2050 Finalisten 2014 Finalists 2014
Finalist | projekt projects Finalist | projekt projects
Vegane Bio-Spezialitäten vom Metzger Ökologische Ausgleichsmaßnahmen auf der Luneplate Biohof Bakenhus GmbH, Großenkneten in Bremerhaven bremenports GmbH & Co. KG, Bremerhaven Der Biohof Bakenhus produziert und vertreibt hausgemach- te, biologisch erzeugte, Fleisch- und Wurstspezialitäten aus Als Ausgleich für Hafenerweiterungen schuf die bremenports eigener Herstellung oder der Region. Damit entfallen weite GmbH & Co. KG vor über 20 Jahren auf der Weserinsel Lune- Lieferwege. Bei häufiger auftretenden extremen Wetterereig- plate im südlichen Bremerhaven eine Ausgleichsfläche. Dieses nissen bietet dies den Vorteil, dass ein Ausfall von Produkti- naturbelassene Gebiet wurde seitdem ständig erweitert. Heu- onsketten unwahrscheinlicher wird. Das Unternehmen hat te ist die Fläche etwa 1000 ha groß. Die Insel hat eine wichtige sein Sortiment jetzt in eine auf den ersten Blick ungewöhnli- Funktion als Rast- und Brutgebiet für verschiedenste Vogelar- che Richtung erweitert: Es findet sich nun auch veganer Knipp ten. Doch nicht nur der Natur ist durch die Ausgleichsfläche oder vegetarischer Grünkohl im Angebot. Damit soll ein neuer geholfen: Auch bremenports selbst profitiert davon. Durch Kundenstamm angesprochen werden, denn mehr Menschen den Klimawandel werden in Zukunft Starkregenereignisse und in Deutschland entscheiden sich für eine fleischfreie Ernäh- Sturmfluten zunehmen. Auf der Luneplate befinden sich zahl- rung. Der weltweit gleichzeitig steigende Fleischkonsum ist reiche Polder und ein Sturmflutsperrwerk wurde gebaut: Bei ein wichtiger Grund für den Klimawandel. Der Biohof schenkt Hochwasser kann die Fläche so überschwemmt werden und auch der lokalen Wasserversorgung Aufmerksamkeit: Durch schützt den nahegelegenen Hafen vor Flutschäden. Durch die umweltgerechte Produktionsweisen und dem Verzicht von Arbeit am Projekt der Luneplate erhielt bremenports auch den chemischen Zusatzstoffen soll das Grundwasser geschont Anstoß für die hafenbezogene Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie der werden. Ein Hinweis zum vorbeugenden Trinkwasserschutz ist bremischen Häfen unter der Marke »greenports«. auch auf den Produkten des Unternehmens aufgedruckt, um ≥ www.bremenports.de Kundinnen und Kunden in dieser Frage zu sensibilisieren. ≥ www.biofleisch-bakenhus.de Ecological Compensation Measures on Luneplate Island in Bremerhaven Vegan Organic Specialties from the Butcher’s bremenports GmbH & Co. KG, Bremerhaven, Germany Biohof Bakenhus GmbH, Großenkneten, Germany As compensation for its harbor expansion, more than 20 ye- The Biohof Bakenhus produces and markets homemade, orga- ars ago bremenports GmbH created a compensation area on nically produced meat and sausage specialties of its own ma- the island of Luneplate in the Weser, in the southern part of nufacture or from the region. That eliminates a number of deli- Bremerhaven. This natural area has since been continually ex- very routes. In case of more frequent extreme weather events, panded. Today, the area is approx. 1000 ha large. The island it has the advantage of reducing the probability of interruption has an important function as a resting and breeding area for of the production chain. The company is now expanded its ran- a wide variety of bird species. But not only nature has been ge of products in a direction which, at first glance, may seem supported by this compensation area: bremenports, too, has unusual: it now includes such items as vegan knipp sausage benefited. In the future, heavy rain events and flood surges are or vegetarian kale. The idea is to address a new range of cus- likely to increase because of climate change. There are nu- tomers, for ever more people in Germany are decided in favor merous polders on the island, and a flood surge barrage has of a meat- free diet. At the same time, the worldwide increase been built, so that in case of flooding, it is possible to flood the in meat consumption is a major factor in climate change. The area and protect the nearby port from flood damage. The work Biohof Bakenhus also pays attention to the local water supply. on the Luneplate project sparked a move at bremenports to An environmentally appropriate manner of production, and the develop a harbor-related sustainability strategy for the ports use of no chemical additives is designed to protect the ground- of Bremen, under the brand name »greenports.« water. A notification about preventive drinking water protection ≥ www.bremenports.de is also printed on the company’s products, in order to raise con- sciousness among customers around this issue. ≥ www.biofleisch-bakenhus.de
nordwest2050 33 Wettbewerb »Fit für den Klimawandel« Contest »Fit for Climate Change«
Finalist | projekt projects Finalist | projekt projects
Klimaanlage für den Putenstall Pilze statt chemischem Dünger D. Meyer Kühlanlagen GmbH, Wildeshausen Wilhelms GmbH, Garrel
Puten können nicht schwitzen und geraten bei hohen Tem- Für unsere Region wird wegen des Klimawandels mit heißeren peraturen in Stress, was zu Leiden, Krankheit und dem Tod und trockeneren Sommern, bei gleichzeitig häufiger auftretenden der Tiere und damit auch zu wirtschaftlichen Schäden für Stürmen, gerechnet. Das stellt die Landwirtschaft vor Herausfor- Landwirte führen kann. Die D. Meyer Kühlanlagen GmbH aus derungen. Um diesen zu begegnen, setzt die Wilhelms GmbH aus Wildeshausen im Landkreis Oldenburg stellt mit ihrem inno- Garrel auf eine altbekannte Symbiose aus der Natur: Pilze heften vativen Energiekonzept sicher, dass auch bei langfristig stei- sich als unterirdisches Geflecht, genannt Myzel, an die Wurzeln genden Außentemperaturen sich die Luft in Putenmaststäl- von Pflanzen und fungieren dadurch als deren »Erweiterung«. len nicht über 21°C erwärmt. Das Konzept beruht auf einem Über die Myzel nehmen die Pilze Nährstoffe auf, die sie an die Kreislaufgedanken: Dung und Einstreu aus dem Putenstall Wurzel der Pflanze weitertransportieren. Die Wilhelms GmbH bie- werden in einer Biogasanlage vergärt. Das anfallende Biogas tet Landwirten an, dieses Prinzip wirtschaftlich nutzbar zu ma- wird zu einem Blockheizkraftwerk (BHKW) geleitet und dort in chen. Die Firma hat für verschiedenste Nutz- und Gartenpflanzen Strom und Wärme umgewandelt. Der Strom wird an den örtli- Pilze im Angebot. Das unterirdische Pilzgeflecht hat viele Vortei- chen Versorger verkauft. Im Winter beheizt das BHKW Stall und le, die auch zur Vermeidung negativer Umwelteffekte beitragen: Wohngebäude; im Sommer wird die überschüssige Wärme mit Durch die weitverzweigte Myzel wird der Boden gelockert, und Hilfe einer Absorptionskälteanlage direkt für die Stallkühlung die Standfestigkeit der Pflanze auch bei Sturm und Starkregen verwendet. Hierzu erzeugt die Kälteanlage aus der Abwärme erhöht; gleichzeitig bietet das erweiterte Wurzelgeflecht Vorteile Kaltwasser, das wiederum die Ställe abkühlt. Seit dem Som- in langen Trockenperioden, da die Pflanze effizienter Wasser aus mer 2013 beim Landwirt Heinrich Siemering aus Varrel eine dem Boden ziehen kann. Durch die Mitarbeit der Pilze gelangt die erste solche Anlage störungsfrei in Betrieb. Pflanze zudem an Nährstoffe; die Zufuhr von chemischem Dün- ≥ www.meyer-kuehlanlagen.de ger kann daher reduziert und der Ertrag gesteigert werden. ≥ www.wilhelmsbest.de An Air Conditioner for the Turkey Stall D. Meyer Kühlanlagen GmbH, Wildeshausen, Germany Mushrooms instead of Chemical Fertilizer Wilhelms GmbH, Garrel, Germany Turkeys cannot sweat, which means that high temperatures cause them stress, leading to suffering, disease and death of In our region, we can expect hotter and drier summers, and at the the animals; that can mean economic damage to the farmers. same time more frequent storms as a result of climate change. The company D. Meyer Kühlanlagen GmbH of Wildeshausen, in From this it follows that agriculture is facing challenges. In or- Oldenburg District, Lower Saxony, has an energy concept which der to deal with them, the company Wilhelms GmbH in Garrel, ensures that even in case of long-term rising outdoor tempe- Cloppenburg District, Lower Saxony, is using a well-known natu- ratures, the air in the turkey-fattening stalls will not rise above ral symbiotic process: the underground networks of mushrooms, 21°C. The concept is based on the circulation principle: manure called mycelia, attach themselves to the roots of plants, and and litter from the turkey stall are fermented in a biogas plant. thus function as the »extensions« of the latter. The mycelia per- The resulting biogas is fed into a block-scale cogeneration plant, mit the mushrooms to absorb nutrients which they pass on to where it is turned into power and heat. The power is sold to the the roots of the plants. Wilhelms provides farmers with the op- local grid. In winter, the cogeneration plant heats the stall and portunity to use this principle economically. The company has the residential buildings; in summer, the excess heat is used di- mushrooms for sale for a variety of commercial and garden rectly for cooling the stall with the aid of an absorption cooling plants. The underground mushroom network has many advan- facility: the cooling plant creates cold water from the exhaust tages which also contribute to avoiding negative environmental heat, which then cools the stalls. Since the summer of 2013, the effects: the extensive network of mycelia loosens up the soil and facility has been in operation on the farm of Heinrich Siemering increases the resilience of plants to storms and heavy rainfall; at in Varrel, and has operated without problems. the same time, the extended network of roots has the advantage ≥ www.meyer-kuehlanlagen.de during dry spells of allowing plants to more efficiently draw water from the soil. Moreover, the synergy with the mushrooms permits the plants to obtain nutrients and thus reduce the use of chemi- cal fertilizers, while increasing yields. ≥ www.wilhelmsbest.de
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Aufbau eines Systems zur Kreislaufverwendung Lagerkühlung durch selbst erzeugtes Eis von alten Bauteilen Kornkraft Naturkost GmbH, Großenkneten Architekturbüro Dechantsreiter, Bremen Als Großhandel für biologische Produkte in Nordwestdeutsch- Vor dem Abriss oder Umbau eines Gebäudes sind längst nicht land kommt die Kornkraft Naturkost GmbH aus Großenkneten alle verbauten Elemente schrottreif. Viele Bauteile könnten im nicht umhin, Lebensmittel zwischenzulagern. Durch den Kli- Sinne der Kreislaufwirtschaft und Ressourceneffizienz de- mawandel steigen zukünftig vor allem im Sommer die Tem- montiert und an anderer Stelle wieder neu genutzt werden. Um peraturen, was für die Lagerung von frischen Lebensmitteln diesen Gedanken in die Praxis umzusetzen, baut das Archi- ein Problem darstellt. Um dieser Herausforderung gerecht tekturbüro Dechantsreiter mithilfe einer Genossenschaft ein zu werden, möchte die Kornkraft Naturkost GmbH in einem zentrales Zwischenlager für solche wiedernutzbaren Bauteile Tiefkeller einen Eisspeicher errichten. Die Technik des Eis- im Nordwesten auf. Regionalen Bauhöfen und Bauunterneh- speichers ermöglicht es, warmes Wasser abzukühlen und men sollen diese Teile dann zugänglich gemacht werden. Die dabei die Abwärme zum Heizen zu nutzen. Danach wird dem Genossenschaft strebt einen möglichst großen Verbund aus Wasser zusätzlich seine Kristallisationswärme entzogen, was Abbruchunternehmen, Handwerkern, Planern und Wohnungs- zum Durchfrieren der Flüssigkeit führt. Das gewonnene Eis baugesellschaften an. Gleichzeitig könnte die Genossen- soll dann im Keller gelagert und im Sommer zur Kühlung des schaft neue Arbeitsplätze schaffen und zum Beispiel Lang- Lagers genutzt werden. Durch eine intelligente Lagerung (Kühl zeitarbeitslose in der Demontage und Lagerung der Bauteile gelagerte Lebensmittel stehen innen, andere außen) und eine schulen. Insgesamt soll das Projekt Ressourcen schonen und schattenspendende Photovoltaik-Anlange auf dem Dach wird Abfall vermeiden. Im Angesicht des Klimawandels könnten in der Kühlaufwand im Sommer weiter reduziert. Zukunft auch durch Sturm oder Hagel betroffene Hauseigen- ≥ www.kornkraft.com tümer schnell und einfach auf so ein Lager voller Ersatzteile zugreifen. Warehouse Cooling with Self-Made Ice ≥ www.bauteilnetz.de Kornkraft Naturkost [organic food] GmbH, Großenkneten, Germany Construction of a System for the Recycling of Old Building Parts Kornkraft Naturkost GmbH in Großenkneten, Lower Saxony, an Dechantsreiter Firm of Architects, Bremen, Germany organic foods wholesaler in northwestern Germany, necessa- rily stores foodstuffs temporarily. Climate change will lead to When a building is torn down or rehabilitated, far from all of the future temperature increases, especially in summer, which will elements contained in it are ready for the scrap heap. Many be a problem for the storage of fresh foods. In order to meet of them can be dismantled and use again somewhere else, a this challenge, Kornkraft Naturkost plans to establish an ice- process which promotes a recycling economy and resource ef- storage space in a deep cellar. Storage technology permits the ficiency. In order to implement this idea and practice, the De- cooling of warm water and the use of the waste heat for hea- chantsreiter Firm of Architects, with a cooperative to establish a ting. Thereafter, the crystallization ice is also removed from central transfer warehouse for such reusable building elements the water, causing the liquid to freeze. This ice will then be in northwestern Germany. Building yards and construction com- stored in the cellar and used in summer to cool the tempora- panies in the region are to be given access to these elements. ry storage warehouse. Intelligent storage, with the foods that The cooperative is eyeing as large an association is possible of need the most cooling inside and the others around the edges, demolition companies, tradesmen, planners and housing con- and the shade of a photovoltaic facility on the roof will further struction companies. At the same time, the cooperative could reduce cooling expense during the summer. create new jobs, for instance training long-term unemployed ≥ www.kornkraft.com people in the dismantling and storage of construction elements. Generally, the project is designed to save resources and reduce waste. In view of climate change, house owners who have suffe- red damage from storms or hail could in the future quickly and easily access such a warehouse full of spare parts. ≥ www.bauteilnetz.de
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Solarstromerzeugung auch an vertikalen Gebäudewänden Aufbau eines Kompetenzcenters für Klimaanpassung Onlyglass GmbH, Verden Bi-Transfair (Protea), Bremen
Zunehmende extreme Wetterereignisse wie Stürme und Ha- Die Folgen des Klimawandels erfordern nicht nur in der Me- gelschauer könnten große Kraftwerke und Stromleitungen tropolregion Bremen-Oldenburg sondern weltweit Anpas- treffen und beschädigen. Eine dezentrale Energieversorgung sungsmaßnahmen in verschiedensten Ausmaßen. Dr. Frank ist weniger störanfällig für solche Ereignisse und wird daher Brüning, Geschäftsführer von Protea aus Bremen, möchte mit wichtiger; gleichzeitig trägt lokal und erneuerbar erzeugte Bi-Transfair das lokale Wissen zu Klimaschutzanpassungs- Energie dazu bei, die Klimabelastung zu reduzieren. Das Un- maßnahmen mit betroffenen Regionen aus dem Ausland ver- ternehmen Onlyglass GmbH aus Verden hat eine Idee, die netzen. Dazu soll ein Unternehmen aufgebaut und betrieben der Stromgewinnung aus Sonnenergie in Zukunft weiteren werden, das diesen Austausch betreut und koordiniert. Die Auftrieb bereiten kann: Mit dem »Powerfacade«-Modul kann Kooperation steht dabei Vordergrund. Denn hier vor Ort leben- jetzt auch an verglasten und vertikalen Häuserfronten Strom de Migrantinnen und Migranten bilden in diesem Konzept eine erzeugt werden. Das Modul ähnelt einem heruntergelassenen Schnittstelle für den Technologie- und Wissenstransfer in die Rollladen, der horizontal aufgeklappt ist und somit noch mehr Länder, um vor Ort effektive und wirksame Klimaanpassungs- 50 Prozent Durchsicht erlaubt. Gleichzeitig können die Module maßnahmen durchzuführen. einen Teil der Selbststromversorung des Gebäudes sicherstel- len und spenden Schatten – im Sommer heizen sich Räume Construction of a Competence Center mit Glasfassaden nicht so schnell auf, womit auch Energie for Climate Adaptation zum Kühlen gespart werden kann. Mit den Powerfacade-Mo- Bi-Transfair (Protea), Bremen, Germany dulen kann Strom sehr günstig produziert werden, in etwa auf dem Niveau des herkömmlichen Netzstrompreises, was dazu The effects of climate change will require a wide range of ad- beiträgt, der Photovoltaikenergie weiteren Aufschwung zu ver- aptation measures, not only in the Metropolitan Region Bre- leihen. men-Oldenburg, but worldwide. Dr. Frank Brüning, the business ≥ www.onlyglass.de manager of Protea in Bremen, wants to use the Bi-Transfair system to network global knowledge on climate adaptation Solar Power Generation, even on Vertical Building Walls measures with affected regions in other countries. For this ONLYGLASS GmbH, Verden, Germany purpose, a company is to be established and operated to ma- nage and coordinate this exchange. Cooperation is the key: Increasing extreme weather events such as storms and under this concept, immigrants living in this area will cons- hailstorms can damage power plants and high-voltage power titute an interface for technology and knowledge transfer to lines. Central energy supply facilities are less prone to damage countries in order to implement climate adaptation measures from such events, and are thus becoming more important; at effectively in those countries. the same time, local and renewably generated energy sour- ces help reduce the impact on the climate. The company ONLYGLASS GmbH of Verden, Lower Saxony, has an idea which could further promote the generation of solar power in the future: It has developed a »Powerfaçade« module with which electric power can also be generated on vertical glass façades. The module is similar to an open roller shutter, except that it opens horizontally and thus provides 50% more transmitted light. At the same time, the module can provide part of the in-house power supply for the building, and provides shade, for in summer, rooms with glass façades do not heat up as fast, which saves energy for air-conditioning. With the Powerfaça- de modules, electric power can be produced at very low cost, approximately at the level of standard grid rates, which helps promote photovoltaic power further. ≥ www.onlyglass.de © ONLYGLASS GmbH © ONLYGLASS
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Haushaltsgeräte intelligent mit dem Energie- und Wärmenetze im Gewerbegebiet vernetzen Stromangebot synchronisieren Thomas Hoffmann, Meerbusch Radeke Energie GbR, Emtinghausen Vernetze Akteure können wirkungsvoll auf externe Störungen Der Anteil der Erneuerbaren Energien an der Stromversorgung reagieren, da mehr gemeinsame Ressourcen zur Lösung indi- in Deutschland steigt. Ein Problem, dass damit verbunden vidueller Probleme bereitstehen. Mit dieser Idee als Basis hat ist, ist die »wellenartige« Verfügbarkeit der Energie: Wenn zur Thomas Hoffmann ein Konzept für Unternehmen in Gewer- Mittagsstunde die Sonne scheint und der Wind weht, ist viel begebieten entwickelt. Jedes dort ansässige Unternehmen Strom vorhanden, zu dunklen und windstillen Zeiten zu wenig. hat unterschiedliche Energielast- und Abwärmeprofile. Nach Die Radeke Energie GbR möchte große Haushaltsgeräte intel- Hoffmanns Vorstellungen sollten sich die Unternehmen zu ei- ligent steuern, damit sie das Stromangebot optimal nutzen. nem Energiesynergienetzwerk (ESN) zusammenschließen und Dafür sollen Steckerleisten ans Internet angeschlossen wer- potenzielle Synergieeffekte zwischen den einzelnen Betrieben den. Die Spülmaschine könnte dann zum Beispiel in Betrieb zur Energienutzung und -rückgewinnung identifizieren. Außer- genommen werden, wenn das Stromangebot gerade beson- dem soll geprüft werden, erneuerbare Energie produzierende ders hoch und die übliche Nachfrage niedrig ist. Die Energie- Module wie Biogas- oder Solaranlagen in das Netzwerk zu in- versorgungsunternehmen müssten für die Idee gewonnen tegrieren. Durch die Vernetzung des Energieverbrauchs im Ver- werden und könnten ihren Kunden die nötige Hardware zur bund ließe sich der Energieverbrauch im Ganzen senken. Um Verfügung stellen. Mit dieser Harmonisierung von Stroman- die Idee umsetzen möchte Thomas Hoffmann ein Unterneh- gebot und -nachfrage würden so die Versorger in Kooperation men gründen, welches Unternehmen in Gewerbeparks sensibi- mit den Verbraucherinnen und Verbrauchern positive Effekte lisiert und zusammenführt und bei der Einrichtung eines ESN erzielen. unterstützt.
Synchronizing Household Devices Intelligently Linking Power and Heat Networks in Commercial Areas with the Power Supply Thomas Hoffmann, Meerbusch, Germany Radeke Energie GbR, Emtinghausen, Germany Network actors can react effectively to external disturbances, The share of renewable energies in the power supply in Germa- since more common resources are then available for the so- ny is rising. One problem connected with that is the »wavelike« lution of individual problems. Base of this concept, Thomas availability of energy: At noon, when the sun is shining and the Hoffmann has developed a plan for enterprises in commercial wind is blowing, plenty of power is available, but when night areas. Each enterprise located in such an area has a different falls and the wind dies down, there is a shortage. Radeke Ener- energy-load and waste-heat profile. According to Hoffmann’s gie GbR wants to control major household devices intelligently idea, these companies should combine in an energy synergy so that they use the power supply in an optimal manner. For network (ESN) and identify potential synergy effects between that purpose, multi-way connectors are to be connected with the particular operations for the purpose of energy use and the Internet. The system could then for example ensure that recycling. Moreover, the question should be examined to what the dishwasher is turned on at a time when the power supply extent modules producing renewable energies, such as biogas is particularly high, and the usual demand is low. The power or solar facilities, might be integrated into the network. The companies would have to be convinced of the idea, and could networking of energy use in such an association would permit then make the necessary hardware available to their custo- an overall reduction of energy use. In order to implement the mers. With this hybridization of power supply and demand, the concept, Thomas Hoffmann would like to found a company to power companies could, in cooperation with their consumers, raise consciousness among companies in commercial parks achieve positive effects. and bring them together and support them in the establish- ment of an ESN.
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Gewinner des Wettbewerbs »Fit für den Klimawandel« 2012
Kategorie UMGESETZTES PROjEKT
»Notwendige Klimaanpassungsstrategien einer nachhaltigen und zukunftsorientierten Logistik« Paneuropa-Rösch Gmbh Transporte, Vechta
Um den Folgen des Klimawandels gezielt zu begegnen, hat das Logistikunternehmen Paneuropa-Rösch aus Vechta ver- schiedene Anpassungsmaßnahmen umgesetzt. So wurden Kühltrailer für den kombinierten Verkehr und eine Überwa- chungssoftware entwickelt, um eine lückenlose Kühlkette für temperaturgeführte Güter zu garantieren. Fahrzeuge wurden zudem mit modernisierten Standklimaanlagen ausgestattet und die Farbe des Führerhauses von dunkel auf hell umgestaltet, um die Konzentrationsfähigkeit der Fahrer an extremen Som- mertagen zu gewährleisten. Darüber hinaus wurden Ausweich- strecken gesucht, die den Warenaustausch nach Südeuropa sicherstellen, falls es durch Extremwetterereignisse oder Glet- scherschmelze in den Alpenregionen zu Verzögerungen kommt. ≥ www.paneuropa.com Kategorie IDEE
»Energie der Zukunft« »Asphaltexperten« Kornkraft naturkost Gmbh, Großenkneten Ernst Petershagen Gmbh & co. KG, Delmenhorst
Die steigenden Temperaturen bedeuten für den Großhändler Die schnelle und fl exible Reparatur witterungsbedingter Stra- Kornkraft Naturkost aus Großenkneten im Landkreis Oldenburg ßenschäden, die durch den Klimawandel zunehmen und die einen erhöhten Kühl- und Strombedarf für das Lebensmittella- Zulieferketten verschiedenster Branchen gefährden werden, ger. Um die Kälteverluste zu minimieren, wurde bei der Instal- stellt für das Bauunternehmen Ernst Petershagen aus Del- lation der Verbundkühlanlage auf die Anordnung der Waren in menhorst einen neuen Arbeitsschwerpunkt dar. Für die strate- den Kühlzellen geachtet: die kälteste Zone liegt innen und die gische Erweiterung des Geschäftsbereiches werden die Nach- Wärmsten außen. Daneben sorgt die Beschattung durch die wuchs- und Stammkräfte weitergebildet und Konzepte zur Kollektoren der betriebseigenen Photovoltaikanlage für eine Schnellreparatur optimiert. Bisherige Abläufe und Verfahren geringere Erwärmung des Lagergebäudes. Ein Zapfwellen- für den Beruf des Straßenbauers im Asphaltbereich werden Stromerzeuger soll kurzfristige Stromausfälle durch Starkwet- umfangreich überarbeitet und ergänzt. terereignisse überbrücken und damit die Kühlung sicher stellen. ≥ www.epd-bau.de ≥ www.kornkraft.com
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Winner of the contest »Fit for climate change« 2012
IMPLEMENTED PROjECTS Category
»Necessary Climate Adaptation Strategies for a Sustainable and Future-Oriented Logistical System« Paneuropa-Rösch Gmbh Transporte, Vechta, Germany
The logistics company Paneuropa-Rösch of Vechta, Lower Saxo- ny, has implemented a number of different adaptation measures to counter the effects of climate change in a targeted manner. For example, cooling trailers for combined transport and monito- ring software were developed in order to guarantee an unbroken cooling chain for goods transported at low temperatures. Vehicles were moreover equipped with modernized stationary air conditio- ners, and the color of truck cabs was switched from dark to light, to improve the drivers’ concentration on very hot summer days. Moreover, alternative routes for shipments to southern Europe were ascertained, to be used in case of delays caused by extre- me weather events or landslides through glacial melts in the Alps. ≥ www.paneuropa.com IDEAS Category
»Energy for the Future« »Asphalt Experts« Kornkraft naturkost Gmbh, Großenkneten, Germany Ernst Petershagen Gmbh & co. KG, Delmenhorst, Germany
For the wholesaler Kornkraft Naturkost of Großenkneten in Ol- The rapid and fl exible repair of road damage caused by events denburg District in Lower Saxony, rising temperatures mean of extreme weather, which threatens to increase due to clima- increased cooling and electric power requirements in the food te change and endanger the delivery chains of various indust- warehouse. In order to minimize cooling losses, the installa- ries, is a new key area of activity for the construction company tion of the combined cooling facility was carried out so as to Ernst Petershagen in Delmenhorst, Lower Saxony. Workers and take into account the arrangement of goods in the cooling apprentices are being trained for the strategic expansion of cells: the coolest areas are toward the inside, and the warmest this area of business, and rapid-repair concepts are being op- areas on the outside. Moreover, the shade provided by the timized. Existing asphalt maintenance processes and proce- solar collectors of the in-house photovoltaic facility provided dures of the road-builder’s trade are being extensively revised reduced warming of the warehouse building. A PTO generator and supplemented. is available to ensure continued cooling in case of short-term ≥ www.epd-bau.de power outages due to extreme weather events. ≥ www.kornkraft.com
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Sightseeing 5 Roland Statue 10 Schnoor Quarter
Bremen‘s »statue of liberty« Bremen‘s oldest district, the 1 city center – a symbol of trading rights Schnoor quarter, is a maze of
Shopping in Bremen is a and freedom since 1404. lanes lined with little 15th and sheer delight because the Germany‘s largest Roland 16th century houses. city centre is so compact, yet statue. 11 Old Water Tower
manages to have countless 6 St. Peter’s cathedral Near the historical water tow-
boutiques, fashion shops, de- Protestant/Lutheran church er, known by the locals as the partment stores, restaurants with a history spanning more ‚upside-down dresser‘, a new and a strong sense of culture. than 1.200 years. Early-Gothic district is taking shape. 2 Market Square style from the fi rst half of the 12 Weser Stadium
The market square is the 13th century. Oldest sections ‚Green and white forever‘ – the focal point of Bremen. are the crypts. home of Werder Bremen! The 3 Town hall 7 church of our Lady fl oodlit Weser Stadium can be
The UNESCO World Heritage The oldest parish church in seen for miles around. Town Hall was built between Bremen, dating from the 11th 13 Überseestadt
1405 and 1410 with a Weser century, council church until Bremen’s former docklands Renaissance facade added in the 19th century, crypt with are being transformed into the 17th century. mural. a vibrant quarter for the 21st 4 Bremen Town Musicians 8 Böttcherstraße century with a great selection
To the west of the town hall Built in the 1920s, this fas- of cafés, bars and restau- stands the most famous cinating 110 metre-long lane rants. representation of the Bremen houses shops and restau- 14 Speicher xI
Town Musicians, the bronze rants, museums, workshops This listed warehouse is an sculpture created in 1951 by and a carillon. impressive 400 metres or the artist Gerhard Marcks. 9 Schlachte Embankment so in length and was built
Enjoy the wide range of res- between 1908 and 1912. taurants and cafés beside the A1 river or discover Bremen from the water on a boat. 0 500 1000m
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