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Austrian National Adaptation Strategy: Inclusive Stakeholder Engagement

The Austrian approach towards a National Adaptation Strategy involves participatory processes to develop a NAS, engaging stakeholders to enhance quality, transparency, and acceptance. The strategy includes workshops, expert studies, policy papers, and online surveys. The process aims to involve the organized public, including ministries, NGOs, and interest groups, in developing strategies to mitigate climate change impacts. The strategy formation involves workshops, expert studies, policy paper revisions, and a participatory process with various stakeholders.

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Austrian National Adaptation Strategy: Inclusive Stakeholder Engagement

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  1. Source: LFZ/Buchgraber • The Austrian approach towards a National Adaptation Strategy: Facilitating activities

  2. Participation process to support the development of the NAS • Environment Agency Austria carries out the participation process in close cooperation with responsible Ministry (Steering group) • Objectives: • Improve the NAS quality through involving relevant stakeholders and benefit from their specific expertise and practical experience • Provide a platform to discuss conflicts and develop balanced solutions • Foster transparent decision-making • Enhance the acceptance through jointly developed and backed results • Facilitate the implementation of the final NAS

  3. Involving the “organised public” • 36 institutions are actively involved in the participation process: • Federal and provincial ministries • Interest groups (e.g. Chamber of labour/agriculture…) • NGOs • Other organizations (e.g. Red cross) • Kick-off: June 16th, 2009 • 4 workshops between autumn 2009and summer 2010 to discuss recommendedadaptation actions for selected sectors • Last workshop together with scientiststo identify open research questions

  4. Informing the general public - Website • New Website www.klimawandelanpassung.atwith information on: • Climate change in Austria • Adaptation to CC • Austrian activities towards a NAS • Participation Process • Database

  5. Informing the general public - Database • Providinggood-practice examples • Search function for sectors, governance level, spatial patterns and research vs. practical examples www.klimawandelanpassung.at/datenbank

  6. Involving the general public - Online survey • Online Survey via Website open from August until November 2009 for every (Austrian) citizen • Intention to obtain a picture of public notion and opinion on climate change and adaptation • Mix between multiple choice and blank text fields • Announcement via different newsletters and websites

  7. Online survey – Results Return rate: 1.162 individuals (489 female, 673 male) Are you informed about how to adapt to climate change? Are you informed about how to combat climate change? 8 % 10 % 17 % 28 % 35 % 46 % 54 %

  8. Building blocks for the NAS • Overall framework • Synopsis of anticipated impacts of Climate Change in Austria • NAS guiding principles • Tools for successful implementation and performance review • Sectoral expert studies to identify first recommended adaptation options • Undertaken by AustroClim (Institute of Social Ecology, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Environment Agency Austria ) • “Mini”workshops with selected experts per sector • Serve as a basis for further discussion in the participation process • Policy Paper • Takes up results from expert studies and participation process • Equates to the gradual development of the NAS • Undergoes formal consultation and is used for political approval

  9. 06/ 2008 11/ 2009 11/ 2009 03/ 2010 • NAS content: • Phase 1: Study on the identification of first recommended adaptation actions for agriculture, forestry, tourism, electricity and water • Framework forNAS • Revision of Policy Paper (published in July 2010) • Phase 2: Study on the identification of first adaptation measures for natural hazards , construction and dwell, traffic infrastructure • Phase 3: Study on the identification of first recommended adaptation actions for health, ecosystems/ biodiversity and energy • Revision of Policy Paper • (published in autumn 2010) • Participation process I • Kick-off with relevant stakeholders from public authorities, interest groups, NGOs, etc. • Website with AT-related information on IVA and good-practice database • Online survey on CC Adaptation • Three workshops to discuss and concretize adaptation actions per sector • One science workshop • Participation process II • Status Conference and Kick- off • Three workshops to discuss and concretize adaptation actions per sector Steering Committee: Exchange of information 06/ 2009 08/ 2009 08/ 2009 10/0903/10 05/ 2010 10/ 2010 12/10 06/11 Results from participation process Results from participation process National Adaptation Strategy 2011

  10. Thanks! Sabine McCallum Head of Unit Environmental Impact Assessment and Climate Change sabine.mccallum@umweltbundesamt.at umweltbundesamt Environment Agency Austria http://www.umweltbundesamt.at

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