Table 2.11 Examples of mainstreaming adaptation into sectorial policies and programmes (Source: EEA self-assessment survey Q8)
Country | EXAMPLES of mainstreaming adaptation into sectoral policies and programmes |
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Austria | various sectoral policies such as Forestry, Agriculture, Water management and Natural hazard management |
Belgium | multi-departmental taskforces for adaptation established to ensure integration, various sectoral policies such as Water, Coastal areas, Biodiversity, Forestry, |
Bulgaria | Forest policies |
Cyprus | various sectoral policies such as the Water Framework Directive, Agriculture Policy |
Czech Republic | n/a |
Denmark | various sectoral policies such as Water, Building and Construction, Infrastructure and Spatial planning, Rescue preparedness |
Estonia | integration as response to key EU policies such as the Common Agriculture Policy, Cohesion Policy and the Common Fisheries Policy |
Finland | various sectoral policies such as Flood Risk Management Act, Land use guidelines, National Forest Programme, Electricity Market Legislation |
France | various sectoral policies such as Transport infrastructure building codes, Housing building codes, Coastal Risk Planning |
Germany | n/a |
Greece | various sectoral policies such as Rural Development Programme, National Biodiversity Strategy |
Hungary | various sectoral policies such as the National Water Strategy, Biodiversity Preservation Strategy |
Iceland | n/a |
Ireland | Guidelines are being developed on how to integrate climate change adaptation into the spatial planning process and through the SEA instrument |
Italy | various sectoral policies such as the Operational Plan to prevent effects on Human Health from Heat waves, River Basin Management Plan, Risk Management Plans, Water Balance Plan |
Latvia | various sectoral polices such as Forestry, Environmental Polices, Rural Development Programme |
Liechtenstein | various sectoral polices such as Energy and Water |
Lithuania | various sectoral polices such as Agriculture, Forestry |
Luxembourg | n/a |
Malta | various sectoral polices such as Water Catchment Management Plan, Water Policy, Storm Water Master Plan, National Environmental Policy, Sustainable Tourism |
The Netherlands | various sectoral polices such Water, Spatial and Urban Planning and reconstruction, Transport, Energy, Health, Nature, Agriculture, Horticulture and Fishery |
Norway | n/a |
Poland | n/a |
Portugal | various sectoral polices such as Health, Agriculture (Rural Development Programme), Strategic Plan for Tourism, Spatial Planning Instruments, Shoreline Management Plans, Costal Action Plan, Plans for Water Use Efficiency, River Basin Management Plans, Droughts Prevention and Response, Estuarine Management Plans |
Romania | various sectoral polices such as Agriculture and National Strategy to Combat Floods |
Slovakia | Framework for coordinated mainstreaming is under development |
Slovenia | Guidelines on how to include adaptation in Spatial Planning and the SEA, various sectoral policies include adaptation such as Agriculture, Forestry, Civil Protection and Disaster Management |
Spain | various sectoral polices such as Water, River Basin Management Plans, Coastal Areas, Health, Biodiversity |
Sweden | various sectoral polices such as Agriculture, Forestry, Built environment and Spatial Planning |
Switzerland | various sectoral policies such as Water, Biodiversity, Forestry, Natural hazards, Tourism, Agriculture |
Turkey | n/a |
UK | UK government policy has been to embed all adaptation consideration into relevant policies |
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The text should be: Guidelines on how to include adaptation in Spatial Planning and the SEA, various sectoral policies include adaptation such as Agriculture and Forestry
For Civil Protection and Disaster Management it is DRR and not adaptation to climate change, because they do not take into account future climate, but only risk estimation based on historical and present conditions.
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For Slovakia:
SLOVAKIA
There is a process of mainstreaming of proposed adaptation measures into the relevant Operational Programmes for period 2014-2020
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Germany: "n/a": Please add "Various policies such as Water Framework Directive, Infrastructure and Spatial Planning, Forestry, Natural hazard management"
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