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Adapta.Local.CIMAC Planning Municipal Climate Change Adaptation in

PRESENTATION OF THE PROJECT CANDIDATE TO THE ‘ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE AND LOW CARBON ECONOMY’ PROGRAMME 2 Project ID

Name of the project • Adapta.Local.CIMAC – Planeamento da Adaptação Climática Municipal no Alentejo Central

Project promoter • CIMAC – Comunidade Intermunicipal do Alentejo Central

Project partners • CEDRU - Centro de Estudos e Desenvolvimento Regional e Urbano • International Development Norway

Budget • Total budget: 225.325,00 € • Project grant: 191.526,25 € (85%)

Duration • 24 months

Territorial scope • Municipalities of , , Borba, , Évora, Montemor-o-Novo, Mora, Mourão, Portel, Redondo, Reguengos de , , and Vila Viçosa 3 Partnership

CIMAC CEDRU ID-Norway The Intermunicipal Community is a CEDRU is a consulting company with International Development Norway public entity with an associative extensive experience in planning is a spin-out of the SINTEF nature that pursues interests common adaptation to climate change, having Foundation and specializes in to the municipalities of the Alentejo coordinated the Intermunicipal Plan for consulting and project management Central region. Climate Change Adaptation in Alentejo services that require international It is the project's leading entity Central. cooperation. ensuring general coordination, the It is the entity responsible for the It guarantees technical assistance in management of the articulation technical-scientific coordination of the the technical training programme process with the 14 partner processes for the preparation of and the transfer of knowledge to municipalities, the operational Municipal Plans and the technical the municipalities of Alentejo management of the training training programme for local Central on climate adaptation and programme for local adaptation to adaptation to climate change. community awareness of climate climate change and the institutional change. communication program. 4 Other partners

Alentejo Central Municipalities

The 14 Municipalities of Alentejo Central will be partners in this project, collaborating in the development of their Municipal Plans for Climate Change Adaptation. They will also involve their staff in the training process and mobilize local stakeholders, as well as school communities, to participate in the planning and action processes for local adaptation to climate change. 5 Project mission

Climate change is the most significant global challenge in terms of sustainable development and the greatest environmental threat of the 21st century. Its impacts will be critical, disruptive and demanding for communities, human activities and public policies, with intense and transversal consequences in the environmental, social and economic systems.

The answer to this Humanity challenge should be made at all scales and in all places. Through decarbonization, but also by adapting societies, economies and territories to a new climate.

Prepare the municipalities of Alentejo Central for climate change is an urgent challenge. A planning, training and mobilization challenge for climate action with social and territorial justice that guarantees intergenerational equity.

Let’s be clear: human activities are at the root of our descent toward chaos. But that means human action can help solve it. Making peace with nature is the defining task of the 21st century. It must be the top, top priority for everyone, everywhere.

UN Secretary-General, António Guterres 6 Objectives

downscaling planning training Integrate the Intermunicipal Plan Provide municipalities with an Train municipal staff in the field of for Climate Change Adaptation in instrument for planning adaptation local climate adaptation. Alentejo Central at a municipal to climate change that increases scale. local resilience.

mainstreaming operationalize raise awareness Integrate adaptation to climate Define the operational framework Increase the awareness of change into municipal policies, for adapting to climate change by stakeholders, school communities plans and strategies. 2030. and the population in general, to the challenges of climate change. 7 Background

Planning local adaptation to climate change Since the National Adaptation Strategy (ENAAC, 2009), the local scale has been recognized as central to adapt to climate change given the eminently territorial nature of climate vulnerabilities.

Évora Municipal Strategy for Climate Change Adaptation 20 Developed within the scope of the ClimAdaPT.local project 16 with funding from EEA Grants, it is one of the first municipal experiences of strategic planning for adaptation to climate change. It constitutes an inspiring experience for the project.

Intermunicipal Climate Change Adaptation Plan of Alentejo Central 20 Prepared by CIMAC with EU funding from POSEUR, PIAAC- 18 AC aimed to increase knowledge about the phenomenon of climate change and to point out sub-regional and sectoral lines of intervention to reduce climate vulnerability. It constitutes an essential information base for municipal planning. 8 Changing climate

Evolution and scenarios The analysis of the climatic evolution between 1971 and 2015, and the future climate scenarios for 2071 and 2100 elaborated in the context of the Intermunicipal Plan for Adaptation to Climate Change in the Alentejo Central evidence a climate marked by an increase in temperatures, an aggravation of extreme heat events and a reduction of precipitation.

Temperature Increase of the average annual temperature between +1,5 oC and + 2,2oC.

Heat waves Increase of the number of days in heat wave between +7 and +17 days. Precipitation Reduction of average annual precipitation between -6% and -10%. 9 Project components

Municipal plans for climate Training programme in Regional and local awareness change adaptation planning and assembling for climate change climate change adaptation operations

• Develop Climate Change Adaptation Plans in • Conducting workshops and webinars for training • Conducting local adaptation councils, with the municipalities without a local planning municipal staff in the departments of urbanism, participation of local stakeholders and entities, instrument for adapting to climate change. environment and civil protection. and local junior councils with the involvement of school communities, to raise awareness and • Elaborate a Municipal Plan for Adaptation to • Conducting municipal training meetings with share knowledge about the challenges and Climate Change in a municipality (Évora) with a elected officials and staff from the departments measures related with climate adaptation. Municipal Strategy for Adaptation to Climate of urbanism, environment and civil protection. Change. • Regional seminars on local adaptation to climate change. 10 Municipal plans for climate change adaptation

MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING REFERENCE FRAMEWORK • Management and accompaniment model 6 1 • Reference framework in climate change • Monitoring and evaluation system adaptation • Climatic characterization of the municipality • Climatic scenarization of the municipality

MAINSTREAMING EVALUATION 5 • Climate risks • Integrating adaptation in municipal 2 land use planning • Present climate impacts • Local mainstreaming of adaptation • Climate sensitivity • Adaptive capacity • Present climate vulnerabilites

OPERACIONAL STRATEGY PROSPECTIVE • Local strategy for climate change adaptation 4 3 • Future climate impacts • Local adaptation action plan • Future climate vulnerabilites • Prioritary vulnerable territories

PHASE 1 [3 MONTHS] PHASE 2 [9 MONTHS] PHASE 3 [12 MONTHS] Bioclimatic characterization and climate Evaluation of presente and future climate Adaptation strategy and action plan change scenarization impacts and vulnerabilities 11 Training programme in climate change adaptation

MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING REFERENCE FRAMEWORD

WB WS • Webinar #6 Management, accompaniment 6 1 • Workshop #1 Methodology to develop and monitoring of local adaptation municipal adaptation plans

WB WS 6 1

WS EVALUATION MAINSTREAMING 2 WS • Webinar 5# Integration of adaptation in local WB • Workshop #2 Climate scenarios, risks 5 2 and impacts planning and adaptation mainstreaming WB WB WB 5 1 1 • Webinar #1 Evaluation of climate sensitivity WB 2 • Webinar #2 Evalation of adaptive WB 2 capacity

WB RT 3 OPERACIONAL STRATEGY 1 W3 WB PROSPECTIVE • Workshop #3 Local adaptation W3 3 4 3 WB strategy and planning 3 • Webinar #3 Evaluation of future climate impacts and vulnerabilities • Technical municipal meetings RT 1 WB 4 • Webinar #4 Identification of prioritary vulnerable territories

PHASE 1 [3 MONTHS] PHASE 2 [9 MONTHS] PHASE 3 [12 MONTHS] Bioclimatic characterization and climate Evaluation of presente and future climate Adaptation strategy and action plan change scenarization impacts and vulnerabilities 12 Regional and local awareness for climate change

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• Closing Seminar – Local adaptation in Alentejo 5 1 • Project website. Platform for permanent Central. Presentation of municipal adaptation plans communication of the project and dissemination and action programs for 2030. of information on the impacts and vulnerabilities 5 of climate change in Alentejo Central and the 2 measures and actions to be adopted.

• Junior Local Adaptation Councils. 14 municipal 4 2 Launch seminar. Presentation of the project sessions with secondary school students to raise • awareness of the impacts of climate change and 4 and planning practices and adaptive climate action at the local level. discuss local adaptation measures and actions.

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• Local Adaptation Councils. 14 sessions with local civil 3 society organizations to raise awareness of the impacts of climate change and discuss local adaptation measures and actions to be adopted.

PHASE 1 [3 MONTHS] PHASE 2 [9 MONTHS] PHASE 3 [12 MONTHS] Bioclimatic characterization and climate Evaluation of presente and future climate Adaptation strategy and action plan change scenarization impacts and vulnerabilities 13 Implementation programme

Evaluation of climate Identification of prioritary sensitivity vulnerable territories local adaptation mainstreaming Monitoring and Evaluation of evaluation system present impacts Evaluation of future vulnerabilities Integration in local land use planning Evaluation of climate risks Evaluation of future impacts Climate Adaptation plan Management and scenarization Evaluation of present vulnerabilites accompaniment model Climate

MUNICIPAL PLANS characterization Adaptation strategy Evaluation of Reference adaptive capacitty framework

PHASE 1 PHASE 2 PHASE 3

Jan 20 Feb 20 Mar 20 Apr 20 May 20 Jun 20 Jul 20 Aug 20 Sep 20 Oct 20 Nov20 Dec 20 Jan 21 Feb 21 Mar 21 Apr 21 May21 Jun 21 Jul 21 Aug 21 Sep 21 Oct 21 Nov21 Dec 21

Workshop #1 Workshop #3 Webinar #4 Workshop #2 Technical municipal meetings Webinar#1 TRAINING Webinar#2 Webinar#5 Webinar#3 Webinar#4

Launch seminar Local Adaptation Closing

Councils Seminar AWARENESS

Junior Local Adaptation Councils 14 Results

Planning Training Awareness

Municipalities Workshops Meetings Councils Councils Seminars with Adaptation Plan of technical training with municipal staff on local adaptation on local adapation (for on adaptation (regional) juniors) 14 3 14 14 14 2

People Staff Staff Participants Participants Participants beneficiaries of with training in Involved in the planning In Local Adaptation In Local Junior In Regional Adaptation adaptation plans adaptation process Councils Adaptation Councils Seminars 162.512 42 84 560 1.120 200 15

Adapta.Local.CIMAC Planning Municipal Climate Change Adaptation in Alentejo Central