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ClimAdapt-LT

Project promoter: Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania
Project title: ClimAdapt-LT
Project code: LT05-4-AM-TF-001
Project eligible expenditure: EUR 288 000,00 (EUR 244 800,00 grant from the Norwegian Financial Mechanism and EUR 43 200,00 budget co-financing)
Project signature date: 27 August 2020
Project implementation period: 27 August 2020 - 26 August 2022

Local authorities can and should play a crucial role in shaping climate change adaptation actions because they connect households to local resources and collective action; they determine the extent of external support to different social groups and link local population to national interventions.

However, municipalities and civil protection institutions are not well informed about the potential damages which could be caused by climate change. They need to have prepared climate change scenarios, effects, vulnerability and risk assessments, outlining the most vulnerable sectors and social groups for each municipality. They only have emergency situation management plans, but these do not include climate adaptation measures. 

The project will be carried out by the Ministry of Environment that is the main coordinating institution responsible for development all of climate change adaptation policy and its implementation, transposing the EU climate policy legislation and advising for other institutions on integrating climate policy objectives and concerns into sectors that are not under the responsibilities of the Ministry of Environment.

The project will contribute to the implementation of the Lithuanian National strategy for climate change management, in particular the necessity to reduce regions and municipalities vulnerability to climate change.
The aim of the project is to increase the capacity and skills of Lithuanian municipalities to develop and implement climate change adaptation plans.

The project includes:
  • Analysis of different climate change scenarios, effects, vulnerability and risk assessments;
  • Assessment of the most vulnerable sectors and social groups for all municipalities of Lithuania;
  • Development of a climate change adaptation plan and update of the emergency situation management plan through a pilot project in one municipality considered highly vulnerable to climate change;
  • Training workshops for all Lithuanian municipalities to prepare adaptation plans in their municipalities;
  • Study visits to Norway for staff of Lithuanian environmental and municipal authorities.
Project benefit:
The expected outcome of the project will be improved capacity of local authorities in development of plans for climate change adaptation. Specifically, the project will improve the information available and required for planners to perform the necessary analyses.

Target groups of the project: Employees of Association of Local Authorities in Lithuania, society.

The project is implemented jointly with the partners - Association of Local Authorities in Lithuania and Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities (KS).

Through cooperation with the KS and municipalities, experiences and practices will be shared on how climate change issues are being handled on the regional and local levels in both Lithuania and Norway.
 


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