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Montevideo

Towards territorial climate change strategies

Building Sustainable Action Plans in mid-size cities in LAC: a vehicle for integrating cross-sector response to climate change Resilient Cities 2011 Bonn, June 3-5, 2011

Montevideo (Uruguay)

Area: Montevideo 530 Km2 (0.3% of total area) Uruguay 176.215 Km2 Population: Uruguay 3.163.700 inhab. Montevideo 1.344.800 inhab. (43% of the national population) Altitude and geography: maximum 134m and 30 km of urban coast

High vulnerability to Climate Change


Informal settlements in risk areas. Vulnerable population affected by extreme events. Coastal vulnerability (sea level rise, extreme events, saltwater intrusion). Infrastructure damages and sand-beach erosion, heavy storms. Water resource vulnerability. Increasing social fragmentation and concentration of high vulnerability agriculture producers in peripheral rural areas. Vulnerability in food security. Wetlands and other ecosystems with high vulnerability. GHG emissions profile different from country (70% of Uruguays CO2 emissions)

Participation in the Territorial Approach to Climate Change Initiative (TACC Uruguay)


Territorial scope: Metropolitan Region Departments of Canelones, Montevideo y San Jos 1st project of the UNDP - UNEP global initiative called Towards Carbon Neutral and Climate Change Resilient Territories.
Project Period: 2009 - 2011

General Objetive
To promote the elaboration of an Integrated Territorial Climate Plan for the Metropolitan Region, and a portfolio of chained mitigation and adaptation programs and projects, promoting the integration of information and actions for mitigation and adaptation to climate change in decisionmaking and policy design.

Participation process Multi-disciplinary and inter-sectoral Departmental & Metropolitan approach Capacity building

Adaptation
Identification of vulnerabilities and opportunities. Reduction of uncertainties. Identification of technologies that reduce vulnerability. Promotion of strategies.

Mitigation
Estimation of GHG emmissions and trends. Identification of opportunities and hot spots to reduce emissions. Design and promotion of strategies.

Participation
Participation of all sectors of society. Multi-disciplinary and inter-sectoral responses. Inter-institutional agreements and policy decisions.

5 steps (sept 2009 dec 2011):

1st Participatory Workshop on Climate Change in Montevideo


Date: 25 March 2010. 130 participants from different institutions (public and private sectors, NGOs, Universities, local community).

2. Preparation of Climate Change Profiles & Scenarios

Local GHG Emission Inventory


Presentation in Montevideo, 23 june 2010

http://www.montevideo.gub.uy/institucional/publicaciones

2. Preparation of Climate Change Profiles & Scenarios

Downscaled 10 IPCC Models at SRES A2 and B1 present, 2046-2065 and 2081-2100

3. Identification of Mitigation & Adaptation Options.

Mitigation & Adaptation workshops

Montevideo Working Group

Impact maps as a tool for identification of strategic guidelines & projects.

Adaptation:
Example strategies applied to coastal areas & built environment.

Identification of adaptation strategies to climate change: Coastal Area

STRATEGIC GUIDELINES

C1 C2 C3

Sustainable urbanization in coastal areas. Resilient coastal tourism. Protection of coastal morphology. systems in coastal

C4 Protection of biodiversity and water areas.

STRATEGIC GUIDELINES

C1 C2 C3

Sustainable urbanization in coastal areas. Resilient coastal tourism. Protection of coastal morphology. systems in coastal

C4 Protection of biodiversity and water areas.

Barriers on sand beaches to prevent erosion

AO 2003

AO 2003

2008

AO 2002 - PLANTACIN 2 AOS

AO 2003 - PLANTACIN 3 AOS

AO 2008 - PLANTACIN 8 AOS

Identification of adaptation strategies to climate change: Built Environment

STRATEGIC GUIDELINES
HS1 Extreme events risk reduction: urban floods. HS2 Prevention of waterborne diseases. HS3 Climate related diseases surveillance and vector control. HS4 Extreme events risk reduction: temperature. HS5 Institutional strengthening for climate change. HS6 Community strategies for risk management.

STRATEGIC GUIDELINES
HS1 Extreme events risk reduction: urban floods. HS2 Prevention of waterborne diseases. HS3 Climate related diseases surveillance and vector control. HS4 Extreme events risk reduction: temperature. HS5 Institutional strengthening for climate change. HS6 Community strategies for risk management.

Extreme Events Risk Reduction: Urban Flooding

1. Identification of areas of riverside flood risk & integration into urban planning policies. 2. Environmental recovery of water courses. 3. Reducing impacts on consolidated areas. 4. Integration of risk management tools in urban land management policies.
Informal settlements & water resources

Urban floods

4. Access priority climate financing needs.


Financial Scan Cost Benefit Analysis National & International Financial Options

5. Prepare comprehensive low-carbon & climate change resilient roadmap.

Montevideo Climate Plan Metropolitan Climate Plan

Achievements
Active participation Transdisciplinary and interinstitutionality approach Active Montevideos Climate Change Working Group Awareness and Training Appropriation of the methodology GHG emission inventory (Montevideo & Metropolitan Region) Main CC impacts detected +80 CC programmes and projects identified

Barriers
Slow integration into local policy agenda Different languages in multidisciplinary actors Difficulties in interinstitutional coordination Tight deadlines Funding

What is next?

Third instance of participatory workshops for prioritizing programmes & projects (March - July 2011). Projects feasibility study (2011). Elaboration of Climate Plan at departmental and metropolitan level. (July - October 2011). Climate Plan presentation (November - December 2011).

Search for funding (2011-...). Implementation (from year 2012).

Building a sustainable Montevideo

Thank you for your attention!


GABRIELLA FEOLA Director Environmental Quality Lab. Government of Montevideo gabriella.feola@imm.gub.uy

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