Marion Hammerl: Integrated Management: Tool for local climate change response
1. Integrated Management: Tool for local
climate change response
Marion Hammerl
Lake Constance Foundation
Marion.hammerl@bodensee-stiftung.org
2. Some policies and initiatives
towards sustainable Europe
Leipzig
EU Sustainable Charter on
Development Sustainable EU 2020
Strategy 2006 European Strategy
LA21 Action
Cities 2007
Plans
Aalborg Charter
1996
Rio Climate
Conference policies RFSC 2008
1992 Aalborg Covenant
commitments of Mayors
2004 2008
2006 Managing Urban Europe Initiative –
Integrated Management System
3. Durban UN Climate Change
Conference 2011
• Scientists and environmental groups warn: Urgent action was still
needed to rescue the world from climate change
• Positive: Governments have reopened the door to a legally binding
global agreement involving the world's major emitters
• Urgent: To take more ambitious actions to reduce emissions, and until
this is done we are still headed to over 3C warming
• Countries' current emissions pledges would collectively mean that
global annual emissions of greenhouse gases would be about 50bn
tonnes in 2020, similar to the total in 2011.
• But to have a 50-50 chance of avoiding global warming over 2C,
scientists estimate that global annual emissions would need to fall to
about 44bn tonnes in 2020, to less than 35bn tonnes in 2030 and less
than 20bn tonnes in 2050.
• Friends of the Earth: This empty shell of a plan leaves the planet
hurtling towards catastrophic climate change. If Durban is to be a
historic stepping stone towards success the world must urgently
agree ambitious targets to slash emissions!
4. Challenges on Local Level
Implementation
• Work has been delegated to young project workers (e.g.
LA21 Action Plans)
• No resources to coordinate and support the
implementation from top to down
• No localised guidance materials for implementation
• No follow-up, no feedback, no carrots, no punishments
no motivation
• Too many ‘signals’ without common coordination and
support (National and EU level!)
5. Key problems…
…on the way of effective climate change
response and more sustainable
Europe
1. Lack of localised tools and guidance materials
2. Lack of training and support
3. Lack of resources
6. Local response to climate change?
Integrated Sustainability Management
…. tool towards a structured and
efficient response!
Based on environmental management systems
(EMAS, ISO 14.001)
Modular approach:
- Extension to the whole urban area
- Including all relevant stakeholders
- Including all aspects of sustainability
(ecological, social economical dimension)
7. Why Integrated Sustainability Management?
Most challanges local authorities are facing requiere integrated
solutions
= contribution from all relevant departments
= contributions from all relevant stakeholders
Examples:
Climate mitigation and adaptation
Stopp of loss of biodiversity
Adaptation to demographical changes
Economic crisis
8. IMS is about Management
IMS provides better information for decision making
IMS improves information flow within the administration
IMS helps to avoid double work
IMS improves efficiency of administration activtities
IMS helps to reduce costs
IMS is an indicator of profesionality and transparency for
partners, donors and investors
IMS contributes to positiv relations with citizens and local
stakeholders
9. Integrated Management System for
Sustainability
• a way of working, a
framework for thinking
• a systematic, continuous
process
• Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle but
with 5th step and cross cutting
elements included
• Integrates different sectors,
actors and all sustainability
factors in the whole urban
area
• Can be used to integrate
different initiatives and to
implement them systematically
10. How does it work?
What worked? What How are local
has to be adapted? sustainability
Baseline conditions?
Tell others about your
Review
work!
Evaluation
Target Where do
and Organisational
Reporting Setting we want to
Set-Up
be?
Stakeholder
Involvement
Implement
measures, work on Formal support by
Implementat Political
you goals and city council
ion and Commit-
check on your Monitoring ment
achievements
11. IMS for Climate Change Management
Baseline Review
- comprehensive overview over
local sustainability conditions.
- Basis for target-setting
- Includes system audit
Climate Baseline Review
- City or region’s carbon footprint?
- Which sectors and actors are
contributing to this and how much?
- Risks and opportunities from climate
change?
- What legal requirements need to be
fulfilled?
- What sectors have opportunities to
act – both in climate mitigation and
adaptation programmes?
- What priority areas should be focused
on?
12. IMS for Climate Change Management
Target Setting /Vision
- Based on results of Baseline
Review
- Short term and long term
targets
- Includes key set of indicators
- Strategic Programme and Action
Plan(s)
Climate Change Targets
- Develop City Climate Vision
- Define priorities and scope
- Politically binding strategic
programme with budgeted
resources
- Selecting indicators for Climate
Strategy (Mitigation and
Adaptation)
- Climate Change Action Plan
- Partnership Agreements
13. IMS for Climate Change Management
Political Involvement =
Council Resolutions
- to implement IMS
- to recognize results of Baseline
Review
- to approve Strategic Programme
- to recognize Internal Audit
- to sign Sustainability Report
Climate Change=
interrogation on good governance
and management, which
requests strong political
leadership and commitment
- Once to get started
- Regularly during implementation
14. IMS for Climate Change Management
Implementation and Monitoring
- Use of set of indicators
- Definition of a Monitoring
Programme
- Results of Monitoring
published in Sustainability
Report
Climate Change Management
- Refinement and
implementation of Climate
Change Action Plan
- Assessment of potential
impacts
- Implementation of projects and
partnerships
- Regular monitoring on short
term and long term basis
15. IMS for Climate Change Management
Evaluation and reporting
- Internal Audit
- Yearly Monitoring Report
- Sustainability Report
Climate Change Management
provides
- ongoing, systematic
information on implementation
- Monitoring Report as basis for
evaluation
- Stakeholder feedback
- CHAMP checklists for self-
evaluation
- Internal Audit
16. IMS for Climate Change Management
Involvement and
Communication
Cross-cutting element within
Climate Change Management
- Aarhus Convention
- Stakeholder landscape
- Information – Consultation –
Interaction
- Definition of processes and
rules for participation
- Appropiate messages and
formats for communication
17. IMS for Climate Change Management
Organisational Set Up
Organisational set up of a
sustainability management
system with focus on climate
change should define
- Processes (documentation,
communication .....)
- Coordination Team
- Rules for stakeholder involvement
- Managerial directives and
procedural regulations
- Training needs and programmes
for staff
19. Minimum Requirements
For IMS process and
content
To assure quality of IMS
system
- Transparency
- Comparability
Basis for standard and
future certification
20. Key Set of Indicators
Local action for health and natural common goods
(Aalborg Committments 3 and 7)
Planning, design and better mobility, less traffic
(Aalborg Committments 5 and 6)
Responsible consumption and lifestile choices
(Aalborg Committment 4)
Local to global: Energy and Climate Change
(Aalborg Committments 3 and 10)
Local management towards sustainability and governance
(Aalborg Committments 1 and 2)
Vibrant, sustainable local economy and local equety, justice
and cohesion (Aalborg Committments 8 and 9)
21. European Partnership for Sustainble Development
European National training hubs: Capacity
Partnersship Supporting cities ®ions Development
for Sustainble to implement EU policies Portal
Development and initiatives in a
systematic way (EU 2020, Practical tools and
CoM, AC, RFSC, …) contacts for trainers
The mission: and cities to
mainstream implement EU
Integrated policies and
approach to build initiatives
sustainable cities
and regions.
Training, promotion, support
City City
Supporting City
members City City
(Universities, etc.)
22. A model for Integrated Management System
Risks & Vulnerability
Development trends
GHG Emissions inventory
Political discussion
Existing goals and targets
Public informing Stakeholder analysis
Next steps Legal requirements
Priorisation and
Actions Targets (SMART-C)
Updating Indicators
Monitoring routines Action plans
Public consultation
City Council approval
Communication