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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
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.
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Adaptation:
Example strategies applied to coastal areas & built environment.
STRATEGIC GUIDELINES
C1 C2 C3
Sustainable urbanization in coastal areas. Resilient coastal tourism. Protection of coastal morphology. systems in coastal
STRATEGIC GUIDELINES
C1 C2 C3
Sustainable urbanization in coastal areas. Resilient coastal tourism. Protection of coastal morphology. systems in coastal
AO 2003
AO 2003
2008
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.
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
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).