Integration of climate change policy in sectoral and regional policies
Ministry of Climate and Energy of the Republic of Latvia ·Latvia
About this project
<p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="color: #000000">The aim of this project is to improve consistency in policy planning for climate change and its conformity at the national level, additionally improving climate change policy planning into sectoral and regional policies.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="color: #000000">The direct target groups of the project are municipalities, state institutions and society. </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="background-color: #FFFFFF"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="color: #000000">The location of the project implementation is in the Republic of Latvia. </span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt">During the project implementation, it is planned to develop additional climate change policy planning tools, such as developing a regional data collection and reporting system to promote climate change policy planning and implementation at regional level. Besides, in order to improve reporting and policy planning, an electronic database is planned on ozone depleting substances and F-gases. It is also intended to renew and improve Latvia's climate change scenario for 2100, in order to ensure policy planning in line with the latest forecasts, as well as the assessment of Latvia's coastal erosion, taking into account climate change scenarios, in order to adapt the planning of coastal use and develop suitable solutions to prevent coastal erosion.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt">The project foresees the integration of climate change policies into sectoral and regional policies and activities, including the assessment of current practices and the development of recommendations to integrate climate change mitigation and adaptation aspects in sectors such as finance, insurance, construction of buildings, roads and railways, land use planning and re-planning. It is also planned to introduce a new study course for Latvian municipalities and town local governments on climate change mitigation and adaptation issues.</span></span></span></p>
Bilateral cooperation results
The partnership with the donor project partner, the Norwegian Environment Agency, facilitated cooperation, shared experiences, and good practices, while also attracting competent Norwegian experts to the project's expert seminars. Within the project, strong cooperation was established between the project partner Latvian Environment, Geology, and Meteorology Centre and the Norwegian Meteorological Institute. As part of the project, Norwegian Meteorological Institute experts shared their knowledge and experience on the calculation of climate change scenarios and the improvement of an impact-based hydro meteorological warning system. The established cooperation has continued under the fund for bilateral relations, which has organized an experience exchange visit to the Norwegian Meteorological Institute. The project promoter, the Ministry of Climate and Energy, highly values the developed partnership with the Norwegian Environment Agency and expresses its commitment to continuing cooperation in the next EEA/Norway grant period or in other future projects. The project partner Latvian Environment, Geology, and Meteorology Centre potentially has plans to continue cooperation with the Norwegian Meteorological Institute in other projects and activities.
Project partners
- Norwegian Environment Agency Donor project partner· Norway
- Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia Project partner· Latvia
- Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Centre Project partner· Latvia