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Integrating Mitigation and Adaptation

Opportunities and Challenges

Coordinating Lead Authors

Stelios Grafakos (Rotterdam/Athens), Chantal Pacteau (Paris), Martha Delgado (Mexico City)

Lead Authors
Mia Landauer (Vienna/Espoo), Oswaldo Lucon (São Paulo), Patrick Driscoll (Copenhagen/Trondheim)

Contributing Authors
David Wilk (Washington, D.C.), Carolina Zambrano (Quito), Sean O’Donoghue (Durban), Debra Roberts (Durban)

This chapter should be cited as

Grafakos, S., Pacteau, C., Delgado, M., Landauer, M., Lucon, O., and Driscoll, P. (2018). Integrating mitigation and adaptation:
Opportunities and challenges. In Rosenzweig, C., W. Solecki, P. Romero-Lankao, S. Mehrotra, S. Dhakal, and S. Ali Ibrahim (eds.), Climate
Change and Cities: Second Assessment Report of the Urban Climate Change Research Network. Cambridge University Press. New York.
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Integrating Mitigation and Adaptation: mitigation strategies. These include the environmental and
physical setting, the capacities and organization of institu-
Opportunities and Challenges tions and governance, economic and financial conditions, and
Urban planners and decision-makers need to integrate efforts sociocultural characteristics.
to mitigate the causes of climate change (mitigation) and adapt
to changing climatic conditions (adaptation), for a global transi- • Integrated planning requires holistic, systems-based analysis
tion to a low-emissions economy and a resilient world. Actions that takes into account the quantitative and qualitative costs
that promote both goals provide win-win solutions. In some and benefits of integration compared to stand-alone adapta-
cases, however, decision-makers have to negotiate tradeoffs and tion and mitigation policies. Analysis should be explicitly
minimize conflicts between competing objectives. framed within city priorities and provide the foundation for
evidence-based decision support tools.
A better understanding of mitigation, adaptation, resilience and
low-emissions development synergies can reveal greater opportuni-
Key Messages
ties for their integration in urban areas. For example, strategies that
reduce the UHI effect, improve air quality, increase resource effi-
ciency in the built environment and energy systems, and enhance Integrating mitigation and adaptation can help avoid lock-
carbon storage related to land use and urban forestry are likely to ing a city into counterproductive infrastructure and policies.
contribute to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction while Therefore, city governments should develop and implement
improving a city’s resilience. The selection of specific adaptation climate action plans early in their administrative terms. These
and mitigation measures should be made in the context of other plans should be based on scientific evidence and should integrate
Sustainable Development Goals by taking into account current mitigation and adaptation across multiple sectors and levels of
resources and technical means of the city, plus the needs of citizens. governance. Plans should clarify short-, medium-, and long-
term goals; implementation opportunities; budgets; and concrete
Major Findings measures for assessing progress.

Integrated city climate action plans should include a variety

• Mitigation and adaptation policies have different goals and of mitigation actions (involving energy, transport, waste man-
opportunities for implementation. However, many drivers of agement, and water resources) and adaptation actions (involv-
mitigation and adaptation are common, and solutions can be ing infrastructure, natural resources, health, and consumption,
interrelated. Evidence shows that broad-scale, holistic analy- among others) in synergistic ways. Because of the comprehen-
sis and proactive planning can strengthen synergies, improve sive scope, it is important to clarify the roles and responsibili-
cost-effectiveness, avoid conflicts, and help manage trade-offs. ties of key actors in planning and implementation. Interactions
among the actors must be coordinated during each phase of the
• Diagnosis of climate risks and the vulnerabilities of urban process.
populations and territory is essential. Likewise, cities need
systematic GHG emissions inventories and emission reduc- Once priorities and goals have been identified, municipal
tion pathways in order to prepare mitigation actions. governments should connect with federal legislation, national
programs, and, in the case of low-income cities, with interna-
• Contextual conditions determine a city’s challenges, as well tional donors in order to implement actions and foster helpful
as its capacity to integrate and implement adaptation and alliances and financial support.

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4.1 Introduction 4.2 Climate Mitigation and Adaptation

in the Urban Context
This chapter presents the challenges and opportunities related
to the integration of adaptation and mitigation policies and prac- As of 2014, 54% of the world’s population resided in urban
tices in cities. The objective is to guide decision-makers, urban areas, compared to 30% in 1950 and 66% projected for 2050
planners, and practitioners toward opportunities and challenges (UNDESA, 2014). Cities are major contributors to global green-
of integrated climate change planning. This is done by means house gas (GHG) emissions and, due to large population concen-
of a literature review of mitigation and adaptation relationships trations, also highly vulnerable to climate change impacts such
and by presenting examples from selected cities to discover best as heat waves, floods, severe storms, and droughts (Sims and
practices with regard to integrated solutions. The chapter shows Dhakal, 2014; Fischedick et al., 2012; Lucon et al., 2014; Revi et
how urban planners and decision-makers can enhance synergies, al., 2014; Balaban and de Oliveira, 2013). Cities are at the fore-
negotiate tradeoffs, and minimize conflicts between adaptation front of climate policies (Rosenzweig et al., 2011), and the need
and mitigation. for decision-makers and planners to respond to climate change
is crucial for collaborative urban climate governance (Bulkeley,
The focus of the chapter is threefold. First, we present rela- 2013) (see Box 4.1) (see Chapter 16, Governance and Policy).
tionships between adaptation and mitigation, which are now
understood as encompassing low emissions development and Responses to climate change in cities consist of the design
resilience across different urban sectors, and we identify syn- and implementation of policies and practices to reduce anthro-
ergies and conflicts on the policy level. After introducing the pogenic GHG emissions, known as mitigation measures, and
integration of mitigation and adaptation (Ad-Mit and Mit-Ad, responses to climate-related impacts and risks, known as adap-
respectively – adaptation actions with mitigation effects, and, tation measures. For mitigation planning, the primary goal is to
conversely, mitigation positively affecting adaptation), we show reduce current and future direct and indirect GHG emissions,
real-world examples of synergies and conflicts in selected city particularly from energy production, land use, waste, industry,
Case Studies. Finally, we discuss how a better understanding of the built environment infrastructure, and transportation. The pri-
the integration of mitigation and adaptation can provide oppor- mary goal of adaptation is to adjust the built, social, and eco-
tunities for urban areas, but challenges as well. logical environment to minimize the negative impacts of both
slow-onset and extreme events caused by climate change, such
Table 4.1 presents urban examples of potential adaptation as sea-level rise, floods, droughts, storms, and heat waves.
and mitigation synergies, tradeoffs, and conflicts cutting across
sectors. These illustrate the scales at which integration issues The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
must be addressed. Learning from experience is an important Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) chapters covering the relation-
element in understanding the necessary steps toward a success- ships between adaptation and mitigation raised the importance of
ful process of implementation of climate change planning and examining possibilities for integration of adaptation and mitiga-
management. tion policies and foundations for decision-making (Klein et al.,

Table 4.1 Main differences between mitigation and adaptation. Source: Adapted from Dang et al., 2003

MITIGATION POLICY ADAPTATION POLICY

Sectoral focus All sectors that can reduce GHG emissions Selected at-risk sectors

Geographical scale of effect Global Local, regional

Temporal scale of effect Long term Short, medium, and long term

Effectiveness Reduction in global temperature rise commitment Increases in climate resilience

Ancillary benefits (or co-benefits) Multiple Improved response to extreme events in current
climate

Actor benefits Through ancillary benefits Almost fully through reduction of climate impact
and ancillary benefits

Polluter pays Yes Not necessarily

Monitoring Relatively easy (measuring the reduction of More difficult (measuring the reduction of climate
greenhouse gas emissions) risk)

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Box 4.1 Cities’ Commitment to Tackle Climate Change

By signing the Global Cities Covenant on Climate – known 2014, the Mayors Adapt Signature Ceremony in Brussels
as the Mexico City Pact – in November 2010, mayors and gathered more than 150 city and regional authority repre-
municipal authority representatives demonstrated their sentatives committed to European initiatives on adaptation
voluntary commitments on the frontline of climate change to climate change (European Climate Adaptation Platform,
response. Furthermore, climate finance for city governments 2014). The leadership of cities in combatting climate change
is highlighted in the Nantes Declaration of Mayors and and advancing energy efficiency and renewable energy use
Subnational Leaders on Climate Change that was adopted is the subject of the Earth Hour City Challenge contest that
in 2013. These city agreements and the culture of fostering the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) launched in 2013, award-
city-to-city cooperation take a number of forms at different ing a city each year for its outstanding achievements (i.e.,
levels. The Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy Vancouver in 2013, Cape Town in 2014, and Seoul in 2015).
(2016), the ICLEI–Local Governments for Sustainability, The Climate Summit for Local Leaders at Paris City Hall on
United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), C40 Cities December 4, 2015, brought to the fore the strength of the
Climate Leadership Group, World Mayors Council on commitment made by city actors in the fight against climate
Climate Change, and World Association of the Major change. The Paris Agreement secured at COP21 places
Metropolises are among the organizations that are conven- the involvement of non-state actors on the cutting edge of
ing city authorities to act against climate change. In October research toward and implementation of climate solutions.

2007; Jones et al., 2007). The Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) (Landauer et al., 2015). In the literature, the interrelationships are
of the IPCC addressed urban issues directly through chapters on typically conceptualized as synergies and conflicts between the
adaptation in urban areas and mitigation in human settlements, two climate policies or tradeoffs in cases where a balance is being
infrastructure, and spatial planning but also indirectly through sought (Klein et al., 2007). Based on the empirical evidence, miti-
the subjects of integrated risk and uncertainty assessment of cli- gation policies such as promotion of energy-efficient technologies
mate policies as well as sectoral chapters on topics such as build- and actions for energy savings and efficiencies have traditionally
ings and transport (Revi et al., 2014; Seto and Dhakal, 2014; been introduced by national governments and targeted toward
Kunreuther et al., 2014; Lucon et al., 2014; Sims et al., 2014). specific sectors such as industry, power generation, transportation,
and construction. Adaptation policies are newer on the agenda,
The dichotomy between mitigation and adaptation is rooted particularly at the subnational level (de Oliveira, 2009). Ayers
in history (Pacteau and Joussaume, 2013). Mitigation has been and Huq (2009) point out that the predominant focus on mitiga-
considered a global-scale issue, whereas adaptation is seen as tion actions in vulnerable developing countries has hindered their
local. Furthermore, in the first years after the establishment of engagement in adaptation due to lack of financial incentives.
the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC), mitigation issues had more importance politically, Examining adaptation and mitigation in an integrated manner
whereas adaptation is a newer issue to be dealt with. Yet, because is considered particularly important at the city scale (McEvoy
the impacts of climate change are already being felt across the et al., 2006; Saavedra and Budd, 2009). This is so because the
world, the role and associated responsibilities of both mitigation benefits of integration of the two policies can best be seen at the
and of adaptation have been reconsidered. The need for future city level. Additionally, the integration of mitigation and adapta-
balance between adaptation and mitigation has led to a search for tion has the potential to reduce the costs of emissions that influ-
integrated climate policies across scales. The importance of bot- ence urban climates, and adaptation helps cities prepare for both
tom-up action is recognized along with increasing acceptance of slow-onset and extreme events of climate change (Callaway,
the important role of cities, metropolises, and other subnational 2004). Especially in urban areas, integrated solutions can help
territories. Municipal authorities in cities and urban areas across avoid maladaptation and realize Sustainable Development Goals
the world have been driven to find ways to mitigate GHG emis- (Barnett and O’Neill, 2010; Döpp et al., 2010). The Case Studies
sions and seek innovative strategies to adapt to climate change in this chapter serve as an evidence base from cities in different
based on individual capacities and networks (see Box 4.1). geographical regions and contexts. However, it should be kept in
mind that an action implemented in one place does not necessar-
ily mean that it is suitable for another.
4.3 Integrating Mitigation and Adaptation
In terms of urban climate governance, the complex interac-
A growing body of scientific evidence demonstrates the impor- tions of different actors, sectors, and scales make implementa-
tance of implementing mitigation and adaptation in an integra- tion of climate policies particularly challenging (see Chapter
tive manner. This literature analyzes adaptation and mitigation 16, Governance and Policy). Despite the complexity originating
relationships on a more conceptual level and provides in-depth from the multiscale dynamics in urban areas, the integration of
empirical analyses and case studies of best practices in different adaptation and mitigation strategies can succeed (Thornbush
cities, applying a range of qualitative and quantitative methods et al., 2013). City administrations have responsibility for both
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adaptation and mitigation, but climate policies at the city scale the case of mitigation, the main focus is global and national,
cannot be completely separated from their national and global whereas in the case of adaptation, it is local and territorial
contexts – or from the private sector (Hall et al., 2010; Swart and scales. Time frames also differ since mitigation is considered
Raes, 2007). The costs and benefits of adaptation and mitiga- a long-term process, whereas adaptation often implies short-
tion and allocation of responsibilities to implement policies vary term actions ranging from seasonal to decadal (see Table 4.1).
across urban sectors and levels of governance, which compli- Adaptation also reduces pre-existing vulnerabilities to climate
cates planning and decision-making in cities (Piper and Wilson, extremes that exist even without climate change.
2009). Dual consideration explicitly takes into account the cross-­
sectoral and cross-scale nature of adaptation and mitigation. In addition, the governance of adaptation and mitigation is
placed at different jurisdictional and institutional scales, char-
4.3.1 Differences between Adaptation and acterized by vertical or horizontal modes of governance, and
Mitigation across Multiple Scales and Sectors different actors and their interactions (Kern et al., 2008) (see
Chapter 16, Governance and Policy). Sometimes adaptation
A dichotomy between adaptation and mitigation policies and mitigation are not separated in scale-based dichotomies
arises from a number of factors; these include differences in spa- but instead are considered on “continuous” scales: municipal to
tial, temporal, institutional, and administrative scales, as well as national, short-term to long-term, and local to global (Dymén
differences in research traditions and disciplines (Moser, 2012; and Langlais, 2013; Dantec and Delebarre, 2013). To identify
Goklany, 2007; Swart and Raes, 2007; Wilbanks et al., 2007; the interrelationships between adaptation and mitigation, it is
Dymén and Langlais, 2013). The integration of adaptation and advantageous to have information on the scales at which the pol-
mitigation is often discussed in such a scale-related context. In icy development is driven, how the policies transect one another,

Box 4.2 Linking Adaptation and Mitigation and the Prospects for Transformation

Notwithstanding the extent of the challenge, the impor- Transformation was defined in Chapter 1 as a fundamental
tance of concerted and holistic action on climate and other change to the status quo and its underlying social-ecologi-
forms of environmental change has recently been under- cal relations or, in urban contexts, to the nature of the built
scored in the global arena by the inclusion of such action as environment and how it is used. With respect to tackling the
a specific target within the urban Sustainable Development impacts of climate change, long-term unsustainability would
Goal (Goal 11). Additional target 11.b states: arise where conventional mitigation and adaptation inter-
By 2030, substantially increase the number of cities and ventions, even as part of a holistic strategy, would prove
human settlements adopting and implementing inte- inadequate in preventing inundation, desertification, or the
grated policies and plans towards inclusion, resource persistence of widely uninhabitable conditions. Rising sea
efficiency, mitigation and adaptation to climate change, levels and the growing frequency and intensity of storms on
resilience to disasters, and develop and implement, in line the one hand and the changing frequency and intensity of
with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction rainfall in many regions on the other present different chal-
2015–2030, holistic disaster risk management at all levels. lenges to coastal and inland cities alike.

This is intended to promote appropriate collaborative The profound upgrading of response and recovery
actions by national, regional, and city governments to pro- strategies – as well as preventative measures – provoked
mote urban sustainability. in New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina and in metropolitan
New York by Hurricane Sandy are instructive, but cit-
Mitigation and adaptation interventions of all categories ies and societies with limited resources would be over-
have particular cost and impact thresholds, from the prover- stretched by such measures (Rosenzweig and Solecki,
bial low-hanging fruit yielding positive returns to expensive 2014; Solecki, 2015). There will be low-lying areas, for
capital-intensive solutions that may provide only modest instance, that cannot be protected from frequent inunda-
benefits that challenge their value. Incremental change and tion, and steep-sloped neighborhoods may be rendered
reform therefore have limitations. Partly in consequence, uninhabitable or their infrastructure unusable by floods
attention has recently been drawn increasingly to the actual and landslides.
or potential limitations of even integrated action on mitiga-
tion and adaptation where this is unlikely to be adequate This will necessitate profoundly difficult decisions about
to overcome manifestly unsustainable urbanism (Pelling, possible abandonment of such areas and organized reset-
2011, Pelling et al., 2012; Simon and Leck, 2015). The rea- tlement of the inhabitants elsewhere. Although this provides
sons for this could be many, including where the magnitude opportunities to design or redesign substantial areas in
of forecast climate change will demand dramatic changes accordance with new sustainability principles, with implica-
to the urban fabric, where biophysical or environmental tions for the town or city as a whole in terms of overall sus-
constraints in arid and semi-arid regions will occur, and tainability, it will also require massive investment as well as
where obsolete built environments and infrastructure or more flexible and appropriate building, planning, and zoning
highly polarized societies reflecting strongly unequal power regulations than are currently in place in most urban areas
relations present strong constraints to change. worldwide.

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and where the policies are implemented (Landauer et al., 2015). can be also local) – whereas adaptation costs and benefits tend to
Laukkonen et al. (2009) point out that development of tools and be localized (Jones et al., 2007; Ayers and Huq, 2009). An excep-
procedures is needed that can help actors at different scales find tion is where the benefits of adaptation can also be seen globally
best practices for adaptation, mitigation, and their integration. through reduction of threats to natural systems (Goklany, 2007)
(see Chapter 8, Urban Ecosystems). Moreover, mitigation co-ben-
In urban planning practice, a few key scale-related differences efits (or ancillary benefits) are often local, especially in cases
exist between adaptation and mitigation. Both policies are driven where reduction of emissions leads to, for example, improve-
by institutional-scale factors such as laws and regulations to support ments in air quality, public health, or improved transportation sys-
policy decisions and operating rules to govern climate change in cit- tems (IPCC, 2007) (see Table 4.1). This is particularly relevant for
ies. The institutional complexity makes implementation of adaptation cities since the search for an optimum planning and policy balance
actions more challenging compared to mitigation actions due to the between mitigation and adaptation is to a large extent contingent
great variety of sectors and actors involved (McEvoy et al., 2006). upon capturing positive co-benefits and avoiding policy conflicts.

In addition, the focus of the policy decisions and strategies Mitigation and adaptation policy formation and implementation
differ: in the case of adaptation, they tend to be more city- and are conducted at different jurisdictional scales. Adaptation is the
regional-level initiatives because the impacts of climate change responsibility of mainly municipal-, provincial-, and national-level
depend on the likelihood of risk outcomes at a smaller scale, administrations, whereas national governments and supranational
whereas for mitigation emissions, reduction should take place institutions are the legal governing institutions for mitigation
globally. In regard to spatial scale, the benefits of mitigation actions (Ayers and Huq, 2009; Ford et al., 2011). However, in some
accrue globally, whereas the benefits of adaptation tend to aggre- countries, mitigation actions, laws, and policies have been adopted
gate at city and regional scales, encouraging policies ranging and implemented at the city level long before such measures
from the regional scale to even the building scale (Ayers and or policies were adopted at the national level. These municipal
Huq, 2009; Balaban and de Oliveira, 2013). mitigation actions and policies were commonly attributed to
urban sectors – such as transportation, water management, and
In terms of the temporal scale – due to feed-forward delays waste management – delivering urban development benefits
in the carbon cycle in the atmosphere – benefits from mitigation simultaneously (see Case Study 4.6). Some authors suggest that
measures are realized over longer time scales, while adaptation the optimal combination of mitigation and adaptation depends on
has more short-term effects by reducing vulnerability to imme- the magnitude of the climate impacts within each management
diate and near-term climate risks (McEvoy et al., 2006; IPCC, jurisdiction (Saavedra and Budd, 2009; Jones et al., 2007).
2007; Ayers and Huq, 2009) (see Figure 4.1) (see Chapter 2,
Urban Climate Science, and Chapter 3, Disasters and Risk). Cities and municipal governments have different incentives,
motivations, and dynamics for mitigating GHG emissions (as
Furthermore, mitigation costs are typically local – although well as different beneficiaries of actions) than do national gov-
benefits are mainly global (although reductions in energy costs ernments. For several reasons, city governments also apply GHG

Figure 4.1 Illustrative benefits and risks of climate policies, according to projected ranges of global warming.
Source: Jones et al., 2004; Jones and Yohe, 2008

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mitigation metrics that are different from national ones: lack of 4.3.2 Adaptation and Mitigation Measures across
disaggregated data, leakages and spillover effects, and drivers Different Sectors
for sectoral action (e.g., decarbonized transportation modes,
energy-efficient appliances and equipment, “green” buildings). In urban areas, adaptation measures are implemented through
Very often municipal and regional actors work independently of urban planning and management sectors that focus mainly on
the national governments and multilateral climate agreements zoning, building codes, water quality, flood protection, and
since they are more influenced by the considerations of local surface runoff management (see Table 4.2). Adaptation also
civil society. However, in recent years – particularly after the includes measures that increase the indoor climate comfort of
COP16 in Cancun, 2010 – subnational governments have strived buildings – such as heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
more intensely to be recognized as important players and to (HVAC) and cool roofs (white and green) that address the UHI
take an active role in the international climate change decision-­ (McEvoy et al., 2006) (see Chapter 2, Urban Climate Science) –
making framework within the UNFCCC. This has resulted in the as well as green (vegetation, permeable surfaces) and blue (bod-
explicit negotiation of the role of cities in the Paris Agreement ies of water) measures to increase climatic comfort, control
of COP21. flooding, and enhance urban biodiversity. In general, adaptation

Table 4.2 Examples of synergies and conflicts between adaptation and mitigation

Examples of Examples of
Practical synergies between sectors affected by
Climate measures by adaptation and Examples of conflicts between implementation of
Policy sectors mitigation adaptation and mitigation measures Source

Building and
Infrastructure

Mitigation Building orientation, Reduced need for Urban Planning, Health Barbhuiya
height and spacing conventional air- and Security, Energy et al. (2013)
conditioning

Adaptation Urban greening and Carbon sequestration High space demand Urban Planning, Thornbush
green infrastructure and reduction of heat Agriculture, Forest et al. (2013)
practices stress, air pollution and Biodiversity (AFB),
and flooding Water Management,
Health and Security

Adaptation Ventilation and air- Passive cooling High energy demand Energy, Health and Gupta and
conditioning combined with night Security Gregg (2013)
ventilation

Water
Management

Adaptation Open storm water High space demand AFB, Health and Laukkonen
systems via urban Security, Urban et al. (2009)
wetlands Planning

Adaptation Water pumping to High energy demand Energy, Building and Sugar
control flooding Infrastructure et al. (2013)

Adaptation Flood protection Emissions through material Energy, AFB, Building Kenway
walls, dams, etc. production and construction, and Infrastructure et al. (2011)
biodiversity loss

Adaptation Water saving Reduction of energy Energy, Infrastructure Kenway

use for water et al. (2011)
treatment/extraction

Urban Planning

Mitigation Urban densification More built mass, less urban Energy, Water Dymen and
drainage, heat gains, storm water Management, Langlais (2013);
and flood risks, discomfort and Health and Security, Hamin and
health risks, more emissions from Transportation, AFB Gurran (2009)
transportation, water pollution via
poorly planned dense cities

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Table 4.2 (continued)

Examples of Examples of
Practical synergies between sectors affected by
Climate measures by adaptation and Examples of conflicts between implementation of
Policy sectors mitigation adaptation and mitigation measures Source

Energy

Mitigation Solar, wind, and Reduction of risks of Building and Hamin and
wave energy widespread power loss Infrastructure, Health Gurran (2009);
or peak power loads and Security Laukkonen
under storm events et al. (2009);
and temperature McEvoy et al.
extremes (2006); Sugar
et al. (2013)

Transportation

Mitigation Multimodal Synergy if built along Energy, Health and Sugar et al.
and public urban green corridors* Security (2013);
transportation Thornbush
et al. (2013)

*Note: Urban green corridors are networks of green areas within the city and its surroundings. In addition to adaptation and mitigation functions (e.g., flood protection, carbon capture and storage,
and surface temperature regulation), they provide many other benefits such as recreation and biodiversity protection.

measures are more difficult to retrofit over existing settlements et al., 2006; Gupta and Gregg, 2013; Barbhuyia et al., 2013;
than to implement in new areas. Lucon et al., 2014) (see Chapter 5, Urban Planning and Design).
Municipal solid waste management measures include reuse and
Furthermore, adaptation of vulnerable sectors such as agri- recycling programs, utilizing energy from methane in landfills,
culture, forestry, and coastal zone management are often inter- and waste-to-energy systems.
linked with urban decision-making. There is a growing body of
literature highlighting the importance of urban and peri-urban There are adaptation measures that also can be considered as
linkages, particularly with regard to the agriculture and forestry mitigation (Ad-Mit) – for instance, white roofs and other reflective
sectors. Lwasa et al. (2014) emphasize the role of urban and surfaces installed to primarily improve dwellers’ thermal comfort
peri-urban agriculture and forestry (UPAF) both in climate mit- but as a co-benefit mitigate global warming by reducing the solar
igation and adaptation. UPAF contributes to mitigation through energy (radiative forcing W/m2 over a period) absorbed by the sur-
the sequestration of carbon and by reducing the carbon emissions face. Other measures can be considered as primarily for mitigation,
of food systems through the reduction of transport-related emis- with adaptation co-benefits (Mit-Ad) – for example, carbon seques-
sions for food consumption in cities. These UPAF contributions tration by trees reducing the UHI effect; passive or zero-­energy
to adaptation come through the promotion of urban food security. building designs that simultaneously save energy and improve
comfort; and the use of improved fuel wood cook stoves reducing
Mitigation measures cover efficiency, fuel decarboniza- the pressure for deforestation in ecologically sensitive areas.
tion, and carbon recovery in sectors such as energy production,
industry, buildings, infrastructure, transportation, waste man-
agement, and land use (see Table 4.2). In the energy sector, effi- 4.3.3 Synergies, Conflicts, and Tradeoffs between
ciency and decarbonization are important issues: consumption Adaptation and Mitigation across Urban
can be reduced for the same output, renewable sources can be Sectors and Scales
substituted, and smart technologies can reduce emissions either
directly or indirectly. Moreover, behavioral change can reduce Climate change adaptation and mitigation measures are inter-
demand and lifestyle-related impacts. In the transportation sec- related – in some cases positively (synergies), in others negatively
tor, low-carbon fuels, advanced technologies, efficient trans- (conflicts) – and sometimes decisions on implementation are
port modes, and adequate planning can ensure efficiency and based on difficult tradeoffs, thus necessitating choices between
reduce dependency of fossil fuels. Urban infrastructure can be conflicting policy and planning goals (Klein et al., 2007). For the
more efficient from a mitigation perspective, benefiting from purposes of this chapter, a synergy is understood as an interac-
densification of urban structure and multiple centers, as well as tion between an adaptation and a mitigation plan, policy, strat-
from public and non-motorized transportation. In the building egy, or practical measure that produces an effect greater than
sector, energy efficiency requirements and the resulting GHG the constituent components. A conflict is a plan, policy, strat-
mitigation goals can be achieved by means of several measures egy, or practical measure that counteracts or undermines one or
(design, materials, envelope, “greening,” and albedo), where in more planning goals between adaptation and mitigation. Finally,
many cases passive technologies are advantageous (McEvoy a tradeoff is a situation that necessitates choosing (balancing)
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between one or more desirable, but sometimes conflicting, plans, and reduce related CO2 emissions while at the same time increas-
policies, or strategies. Table 4.3 presents a list of real examples ing resilience to temperature changes (Barbhuyia et al., 2013).
of cases where adaptation and mitigation integration happened Furthermore, while ensuring energy efficiency of buildings by
(of which further details are provided in Case Studies 4.1–4.6). selection of materials and location of buildings, at the same time
buildings should be resistant to heat waves, floods, and humidity.
Key issues are structured around four basic questions:
1. What types of interrelationships can be identified (syner- Europe has faced exceptionally warm summers, such as the
gies, conflicts, tradeoffs)? record years 2003 and 2010 have shown, and the probability of a
2. Where do the interrelationships originate (drivers)? summer experiencing mega heat waves is considered to increase
3. Across which sectors do they typically cut (cross-sectoral by a factor of 5–10 within the next forty years (Barriopedro
interactions)? et al., 2011). Especially in Nordic countries such as Finland, peo-
4. Where can examples of integrated implementation be ple are not used to high temperatures, and sick and elderly people
found (geographical location)? are highly vulnerable to heat waves (Hassi and Rytkönen, 2005)
(see Chapter 10, Urban Health). Therefore, more frequent peri-
Synergies between adaptation and mitigation can be found in ods of heat will increase demand for cooling. District cooling is a
the building sector (Barbhuiya et al., 2013; Gupta and Gregg, prominent example where Ad-Mit synergy can be found: air-con-
2013; McEvoy et al., 2006) (see Chapter 5, Urban Planning and ditioning systems with high emissions can be replaced by district
Design). In order to increase the indoor climate comfort of build- cooling using energy that would be otherwise wasted (Riipinen,
ings while simultaneously reducing energy use, passive designs, 2013). The district heating and cooling system (DHCS) of the
changed behavioral measures, and more advanced technologies energy company Helen Oy in Helsinki represents state-of-the-
can be utilized for heating, cooling, and ventilation (Thornbush et art technology that contributes to both climate change mitiga-
al., 2013; Gupta and Gregg, 2013; Lucon et al., 2014). Adequate tion and adaptation (see Figure 4.2). It has increased the energy
orientation and morphology of buildings and streets also target efficiency of buildings significantly, improving air quality in
adaptation and mitigation in an integrated manner (Barbhuiya et Helsinki and simultaneously providing an energy-efficient adap-
al., 2013; Mills et al., 2010). House insulation and introduction tation tool to avoid conventional air-conditioning in summer
of solar collectors for heating water increase energy efficiency time. District heating and cooling can also be a major resilience

Table 4.3 Interrelationships between adaptation and mitigation: Examples of sectors and practice measures in selected cities

Case
Sectors and Interrelationship Examples Examples Climate study
measures type of benefits of challenges policy City Country number

Urban forestry: Synergy Carbon sequestration, Space requirements Adaptation Durban South 4.1
Reforestation flood protection, Africa
biodiversity

Water: Open Synergy Flood protection, Space requirements Adaptation Colombo Sri 4.2
storm water carbon sequestration, Lanka
systems via biodiversity, recreation
urban wetlands

Urban structure Conflict/tradeoff Less carbon emissions Restriction of green Mitigation Jena Germany 4.3
and design: structures to mitigate
Compact urban heat island effect
design

Implementation Synergy High level of stakeholder Fiscal and Adaptation/ Chula United 4.4
of measures engagement: jurisdictional Mitigation Vista, States
across multiple residents, businesses, challenges California
sectors and community
representatives

Implementation Diverse types Integrated climate Monitoring and Adaptation/ Quito Ecuador 4.5
of measures action planning evaluation in an Mitigation
across multiple integrated manner
sectors

Implementation Diverse types Integrated climate Implementation Adaptation/ Mexico Mexico 4.6
of measures action planning responsibilities, Mitigation City
across multiple economic feasibility
sectors of actions

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Figure 4.2 Illustration of the district heating and cooling system in Helsinki.
Source: Helen Oy; copyright Kirmo Kivelä

investment by reducing the risk and impact of power outages. Urban greening is also a synergistic mitigation-adaptation
Although the DHC system in Helsinki is still partially based on measure (see Chapter 14, Urban Water Systems, and Chapter 8,
fossil fuels, energy savings by using combined heat and power Urban Ecosystems). The main benefits of urban greening are
production is equivalent to the consumption of 500,000 detached the capacity to absorb and store water, cool surrounding areas,
homes with conventional systems (Riipinen, 2013). improve biodiversity, and sequester carbon through wider sub-
regional regeneration (Kithiia and Lyth, 2011; Newman, 2010;
Synergies between adaptation and mitigation in the energy Piper and Wilson, 2009; Rankovic et al., 2012). An example of
sector can also be found in decentralized renewable generation reforestation for carbon storage is presented from Durban, South
connected through smart grids (see Chapter 12, Urban Energy). Africa (see Case Study 4.1).
Such options reduce GHG emissions and, at the same time,
reduce risks of power shortages due to peak loads or supply In Sri Lanka, a plan for recovering wetlands with replanted
disruptions under temperature extremes or storm-related power native trees aims to provide multiple benefits to the environment
losses (Hamin and Gurran, 2009; Grafakos and Flamos, 2015). such as protecting biodiversity, providing flood protection for
Furthermore, smart grids allow a large number of distributed buildings and road infrastructure, increasing security of the pop-
energy generators to feed into the grid and thus improve system ulation, and increasing carbon sequestration capacity (see Case
reliability in response to impacts of climate change on individ- Study 4.2).
ual elements of energy production, transfer, and distribution.
Small hydropower plants are based on renewable sources (hence Green roofs, roof gardens, and green walls for buildings help
mitigating GHG emissions) but require adequate design and to mitigate climate change by providing carbon sinks, reducing
operation in areas where scarce water supplies can reduce the albedo, regulating indoor temperatures while consuming less
adaptive capacity of ecosystems (Sugar et al., 2013). In the case energy, improving water management, enhancing local biodiver-
of technical measures for adaptation such as water pumping and sity and landscapes, and even making urban agriculture possible
desalination, an option to minimize the conflict between mitiga- (Williams et al., 2010; Lehman, 2015; Prochazka et al., 2015).
tion and adaptation is to use renewable energy sources such as These options, however, require adequate support and proper
photovoltaic or wind power generating systems. maintenance to avoid leakages and mold and to secure water
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Case Study 4.1 Synergies, Conflicts, and Tradeoffs between Mitigation and
Adaptation in Durban, South Africa

Sean O'Donoghue and Debra Roberts improve the ecological health of the nearby river catchment, an import-
ant watershed with high levels of urban development and many poor
eThekwini Municipality, Durban communities, all of whom rely to some extent on the ecosystem services
delivered within the catchment. Project implementation has occurred
in partnership with local communities, nongovernmental organizations,
Keywords Renewable electricity, feed-in tariff, the private sector, and provincial government and has employed 118
reverse auction, mitigation residents in tree planting (615,845 trees planted in 489 ha), invasive
alien plant clearing (1.185 ha), ecosystem restoration, and fire protec-
Population 3,000,000 (eThekwini Municipality, tion, and as community facilitators supporting 495 “Treepreneurs” (i.e.,
(Metropolitan Region) 2015) indigent community members who source locally indigenous seeds
and grow them into seedlings that are traded for critically needed sup-
Area (Metropolitan 2,297 km2 (eThekwini Municipality, plies such as food, clothing, and building materials).
Region) 2015)
The project is also significant in that it resulted in the development
Income per capita US$12,860 (World Bank, 2017)
of the Community-Ecosystem-Based Adaptation (CEBA) concept.
This looks to eventually expand the original reforestation approach
Climate zone Cfa – Temperate, without dry season,
to embrace a more complete understanding of the link between
hot summer (Peel et al., 2007)
communities and the ecosystems that underwrite their welfare and
livelihoods by creating cleaner and greener neighborhoods that are
DURBAN CASE STUDY less dependent on costly utilities and services (e.g., through water
recycling and the use of renewable energy). The CEBA approach is
In the case of Durban, the synergies, conflicts, and tradeoffs between now being implemented throughout the province of KwaZulu-Natal.
mitigation and adaptation action need to be understood within the There is a clear synergy among adaptation, mitigation, and the
context of a large, local development deficit. Durban has high levels development needs of Durban’s residents, and this is being used
of unemployment and poverty, high crime rates, substantial infrastruc-
tural backlogs, and high rates of HIV infection. These immediate needs
compete with an issue like climate change for political attention and
resources, so any climate protection action must have development
co-benefits.

The city authority responsible for Durban is eThekwini Municipality.

Unusually, this Municipality has prioritized adaptation in respond-
ing to the climate change challenge. This approach is supportive of
the broader African agenda as relates to climate change. Hosting
the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC)’s 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) negotiations in
2011 gave Durban an opportunity to advocate for climate change
adaptation action at the city level, raise climate change awareness
within both the Municipality and South Africa, develop partnerships
and networks, and catalyze the implementation of adaptation and
mitigation projects as part of the event greening program. This pro- N
gram aimed to reduce the ecological impact associated with host-
ing COP17. Core focus areas included carbon neutrality, resource
and energy efficiency, ecological footprinting, and the production
of an event greening set of guidelines with an awareness campaign
Kilometers
focused on responsible accommodation and tourism. 0 20

EThekwini Municipality put out a public call for potential carbon off-
set options for COP17, but, of the five submissions received, none
EThekwini Municipality
was regarded as suitable. The evaluation process used the UN Landclass Layer
Development Programme’s Millennium Development Goals Carbon
DMOSS
Safeguard Principles to assess the environmental and social sus-
landclass
tainability of the proposed offset projects and the sustainability
DETAILED_D
track record of the organizations involved. The negative outcome
rural dense
highlighted that carbon offsetting potential and sustainability are not
urban
necessarily synonymous and that the full range of benefits and dis-
advantages of any offset option must be carefully reviewed.

In the absence of suitable externally sourced offset options, the

Municipality expanded the carbon sequestration work undertaken for Case Study 4.1 Figure 1 EThekwini Municipality (29°51´31˝ S; 31°01´19˝E)
the Durban 2010 FIFA™ World Cup through the initiation of a com- with urban/peri-urban areas and the Durban Metropolitan Open Space System
munity-based reforestation project located adjacent to a local nature (DMOSS).
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to define a new development paradigm, where natural infrastruc- this framework engages in an appropriate way with the challenge
ture is used to generate multiple developmental benefits for local of high levels of informality and still-evolving governance structures.
residents. This requires that the climate question is asked in a different way in
Africa – that is, how does a low carbon development pathway create
In Africa, the current rapid rate of urbanization means that there is an increased adaptive capacity, and how can that adaptive capacity be
urgent need to ensure that an appropriate and integrated adaptation used to meet growing development needs in a more sustainable and
and mitigation framework is put in place to ensure that African cities resilient way? To enable this, innovative finance mechanisms that
take advantage of the opportunity to leapfrog the carbon-intensive directly support city-level action are essential following COP21 in
and ecologically destructive development path of the past and that Paris, 2015.

Case Study 4.2 Pilot Application of Sustainability Benefits Assessment

Methodology in Colombo Metropolitan Area, Sri Lanka

Stelios Grafakos, Somesh Sharma, and Alberto Gianoli mitigation and adaptation benefits that can be accrued at different
levels (i.e., individual, local community, and global community) from
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS), Erasmus various green growth projects. The methodology creates map-based
University, Rotterdam scenarios that enable better identification and overall visualization
of sustainability benefits. The ex-ante methodology consists of five
steps, which are explained below as they apply to the Bedaggana
Monali Ranade and Sarah Mills-Knap
Wetland Development project (see Case Study 4.2 Figure 1).
The World Bank Group, Washington, D.C.
STEP 1: CREATE AN EXISTING SITUATION SCENARIO
(BASELINE)
Keywords Integrated assessment, sustainability
benefits, adaptation–mitigation The first step of the SBA consists of creating the existing situation
interrelationships, ecosystem based scenario (or baseline) that provides information on the current state
adaptation, floods of sustainability of the project area. A GIS is used to create and man-
age a multidimensional, multipurpose, and multitemporal database
Population 2,195,000 (Demographia, 2016)
in a common frame of reference. A geospatial database was created
(Metropolitan
for the entire Metro Colombo Area (see Case Study 4.2 Figure 2).
Region)

Area (Metropolitan 3,684 km2 (SLRCS, 2015)

Region)

Income per capita US$11,970 (World Bank, 2017)

Climate zone Af – Tropical, rainforest (Peel et al., 2007)

This case presents the green growth project Bedaggana Wetland

Development in Colombo Metropolitan Area, Sri Lanka, and the
pilot application of an integrated Sustainability Benefits Assessment
(SBA) methodology developed by the Institute for Housing and Urban
Development Studies (IHS) in cooperation with the World Bank for
capturing and quantifying its sustainability benefits including those
related to climate change mitigation and adaptation.

This project is part of the integrated improvement, management

and maintenance of flood-detention areas around Parliament Lake,
funded by The World Bank 2017. Part of the wetland will be replanted Case Study 4.2 Figure 1 Location of Bedagana Wetland Development
with native tree species. This will enhance the natural environment Project
in the area and protect the rich biodiversity of the wetland, increase
the flood-retention capacity, and facilitate climate change mitigation
through carbon sequestration. STEP 2: DEVELOP A “WITH-PROJECT” SCENARIO

The SBA methodology is a combination of top-down and bottom-up The scenario “With-project” characterizes the incremental net
approaches including geographical information system (GIS)-based changes brought about by the implementation of the project. It is
scenario building (Fraser et al., 2006; Graymore et al., 2009). This based on a GIS map and provides a summary of the project’s main
helps in the process of identifying specific sustainability benefits of objectives, activities, and expected outcomes in different sustain-
different types (i.e., social, environmental, and economic) including ability benefit categories (see Case Study 4.2 Figure 3).

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Case Study 4.2 Figure 2 Geographical Information System (GIS) for Metro Colombo Area

STEP 3: IDENTIFY OF PRIMARY PHYSICAL IMPACTS • Increase of wetland area

• Increase in canopy cover
At this stage, various expected sustainability benefits are associated • Development of recreational area
with the actual physical changes (primary impacts) that the project
will bring after implementation. The project scenario is compared As an illustration of one of the primary impacts, the map shows the
with the existing situation scenario in terms of physical character- development of a “pocket” of urban forest in the Biodiversity Park.
istics. In the case of the Bedaggana Biodiversity Park project, the The three changes in the baseline will lead to several sustainability
analysis suggested that the development of the area will mainly bring benefits (see Case Study 4.2 Figure 4).
the following three primary physical changes in the baseline:

Case Study 4.2 Figure 3 Mapping the Project Scenario

Case Study 4.2 Figure 4 Canopy cover in the Beddagana Biodiversity Park area
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STEP 4: MEASURE THE SUSTAINABILITY BENEFITS FOR per hectare of tree cover in the Bedaggana Biodiversity Park. In
MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION the existing situation scenario, total tree cover in the Beddagana
wetland site is about 3 hectares, which will increase to 11 hect-
At this stage, the benefits are categorized by type (social, environ- ares after the trees are fully grown if planted according to the
mental, economic) and level (individual, local community, global proposed design of the park. This will increase carbon storage
community) of benefit. The sustainability benefits expected from the capacity of the site from 285 tons per annum to around 1,045
Beddagana Biodiversity Park development project are: tons per annum.
• Adaptation benefits associated with increase in flood retention
capacity. In order to analyze the effect of flood risk reduction STEP 5: DOCUMENT ADAPTATION-MITIGATION BENEFITS IN
in the area around Beddagana Biodiversity Park, a hydrological THE SUSTAINABILITY BENEFITS MATRIX
analysis for the area was carried out. When the building footprints
and road infrastructure layers are overlaid, it can be estimated Final step of the SBA methodology is to document all the sustainabil-
how many built assets and how much road length can benefit ity benefits into a two-dimensional matrix, the Sustainability Benefits
from flood prevention due to the implementation of the project. Matrix. The sustainability benefits are classified according to their
• Mitigation benefits associated with increase in canopy cover. level and type. Social benefits associated with the development of a
It was assumed that about 95 tons of carbon would be stored recreational are also measured.

requirements (Laukkonen et al., 2009; Thornbush et al., 2013; can be minimized or eliminated by supplying renewable energy
Hodo-Abalo et al., 2012). Various attempts to quantify the costs (e.g., based on p­hotovoltaics) to meet the energy needs of
and multiple (including adaptation and mitigation) benefits of water treatment and supply, as was the case in Amman, Jordan
green roofs have been made (see, e.g., Blackhurst et al., 2010; (Al-Karaghouli et al., 2011; Sugar et al., 2013). However, cases
Bianchini and Hewage, 2012). There are also urban governments like the Chinese interbasin transfer project present significant
(e.g., Chicago, Montréal, and Portland, Oregon) that have com- energy requirements, as well as posing considerable risks of
missioned or conducted studies to quantify the benefits of green water shortages upstream (see Box 4.3).
roofs in their cities (City of Portland, 2008; City of Chicago,
2011; Gariepy, 2015). The Chicago Green Roof Initiative in 2011 The Chinese central government aims, through the Special
resulted in about 5,470,000 square feet of green roofs that reduce Plan for Seawater Utilization, to produce 3 million tons (807
the output of approximately 21 metric tons of carbon each year and million gallons) of purified seawater a day by 2020, approxi-
absorb approximately 124 million gallons of storm water per year. mately four times the country’s current capacity. At least 400
of the largest Chinese cities already suffer from water scarcity.
Tradeoffs between adaptation and mitigation often appear According to Cooley et al. (2012), 12,000–18,000 kilowatt
in situations where decisions have to be made on “hard” ver- hours will be needed to desalinate a million gallons of seawater,
sus “soft” engineering and planning solutions, as well as in whereas pumping groundwater to the surface requires less than
situations where the temporal scale of implementation sets lim- 4,000 kilowatt hours per million gallons.
itations or uncertainties regarding planning horizons, availability
of resources such as financing and staff, overall limits of author- Additional examples of mitigation-adaptation interrelation-
ity, availability of expertise and data, and availability of physical ships can be found in urban design and densification policies (see
space to implement integrated solutions (Jordan, 2009; Juhola Chapter 5, Urban Planning and Design). On the one hand, urban
et al., 2013; Dymén and Langlais, 2013). densification maximizes agglomeration economies through
more efficient resource use, waste management reduction,
Conflicts between adaptation and mitigation are often spa- reductions in urban sprawl, and a lower reliance on motorized
tial in nature given that many of the adaptation measures (such transport (Hickman et al., 2013). On the other hand, increased
as water management practices using urban forestry and urban urban density may affect food belts, riparian areas, and wetlands
greening) require significant land area in order to be effective. that protect cities from floods. It can increase heat islands, for
Poorly planned, such efforts may undermine urban densification instance, by blocking free air flow, which may lead to pollution,
efforts that are key to reducing transportation and energy demands discomfort, and health problems and to an increased need for
(Dymén and Langlais, 2013; Viguié and Hallegatte, 2012; Hamin conventional cooling (Hamin and Gurran, 2009; Laukkonen et
and Gurran, 2009). Expanding urban green space can increase al., 2009) (see Chapter 2, Urban Climate Science). Air condi-
emissions from transportation due to longer commuting needs – tioning that uses conventional fossil fuel electricity to provide
an example of adaptation that negatively affects mitigation. cooling services conflicts with mitigation efforts (Dymén and
Langlais, 2013; Sugar et al., 2013).
Furthermore, some water sector adaptation measures poten-
tially conflict with mitigation measures because they have high Furthermore, urban planning practices that support urban densi-
energy demand – such as desalination to tackle water scarcity fication often result in the loss of permeable surfaces and tree cover,
and water pumping to reduce flooding (Cooley et al., 2012; Cook increased risk of flooding, and water pollution (Mees and Driessen,
et al., 2012) (see Chapter 14, Urban Water Systems). Sometimes 2011). Densification of urban areas tends to reduce natural drain-
these measures can be implemented at the micro-scale level, age possibilities, thereby making it more expensive and difficult
with marginal effects on mitigation. In some cases, the conflict to implement adaptation measures. Diminishing natural urban
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Box 4.3 China’s Eastern Route Project: A Challenge for South–North Water Diversion

China’s Eastern Route Project (ERP) is a project aimed at ERP was commissioned in 1972 after a prolonged drought in
supplying water to the northeastern part of the country by Northern China; the first phase was commissioned in 2002.
fossil-fuel based pumpings; Wang et al., 2006). A third of According to official sources, the 1,156-kilometer ERP will
Beijing’s annual demand is to be supplied by a new water- divert to the north 14.8 billion cubic meters of water from the
course pumping from the Danjiangkou Dam in the central Changjiang River flow of more than 600 billion cubic meters
province of Hubei to the capital. The more than US$62 billion per year. In the first of thirteen engineering stages, fifty-one
ERP is part of a larger water diversion project: the second pumping stations with an installed capacity of 529 megawatts
phase of which is known as the South-North Water Diversion will be built. Waste water plants will also be built (Chinese
Project. It is designed to supply the dry, urbanized, and farm- Government, 2012).
ing-intensive north of China. Initially conceived in 1952, the

drainage possibilities also affect the safety and security of urban technologies, and planned transportation routes along green and
dwellers if floods occur, especially if vulnerable urban dwellers blue areas (Saavedra and Budd, 2009; Hamin and Gurran, 2009).
cannot be relocated to flood-secure areas (cf. Sugar et al., 2013). Adaptation measures can enhance mitigation when population
Health impacts can also be expected if urban recreational possi- resettlement is connected to the restoration of degraded areas.
bilities are reduced (van Dillen et al., 2012). Biodiversity losses The São Paulo Case Study shows how adaptation measures (relo-
in urban areas can also result due to smaller and fewer green (and cation and protection from flooding in landslide-prone areas)
blue) spaces (Fontana et al., 2011). The use of biofuels by urban were combined with mitigation strategies (recovery of forests,
dwellers may have positive effects for mitigation due to decreased storage of carbon in vegetation and soils) to address existing
use of fossil fuels and consequently reduced carbon emissions, conflicts created by uncontrolled urbanization (see Case Study
but this creates potential conflicts with broader-scale adaptation 4.B in Annex 5). Jakarta provides a similar successful example
because biofuels production requires land; this competes with agri- of slum upgrading and relocation of a vulnerable community to
cultural use and therefore affects food security (Smith et al., 2014). safe areas with energy-efficient homes connected to public transit
and community-based electricity generation (Sugar et al., 2013).
Some of the conflicts stemming from adaptation measures
(such as urban greening that requires considerable space) can Finally, there are interesting examples of integrated Mit-Ad/
be diminished and synergies enhanced by using multimodal Ad-Mit strategies from middle-sized cities in Europe and the
and public transportation, hybrid vehicles and other cleaner United States (see Case Studies 4.3 and 4.4).

Case Study 4.3 Jena, Germany Adaptation Strategy as an Essential Supplement

to Climate Change Mitigation Efforts

Oliver Gebhardt Jena is a prosperous city of about 100,000 inhabitants located 250
kilometers southwest of Berlin, Germany in the hilly landscape of the
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Leipzig Saale River valley. Since the late 19th century, owing to the activities
of the entrepreneur Carl Zeiss, the city has become the center of
the optical industry, which is known worldwide. The strong urban
Keywords Adaptation, mitigation, climate-proof economy and large science and technology sector form the basis of
urban planning, decision support, the population’s high standard of living. Due to its specific location,
multicriteria analysis, heat stress, the city is exposed to various climate-related threats, especially heat
flood stress, fluvial floods and pluvial downpours.

Population 457,578 (Statistical Office State of The city center is surrounded by steep shell limestone slopes, which
(Metropolitan Region) Thuringia, 2015a) operate as a thermal storage system, making Jena one of the warm-
est places in Central Germany. Based on current climate projections,
Area (Metropolitan 1,271 km² (Statistical Office State of an increase of heat stress events is expected. By the end of the cen-
Region) Thuringia, 2015b) tury, the average maximum temperature in the summer will increase
by 3°C (CMIP5, RCP 4.5) to 6°C (CMIP5, RCP 8.5). Accordingly, the
Income per capita US$49,530 (World Bank, 2017)
number of hot days, i.e., days with a maximum temperature of at
least 30°C, will rise from 11 in 1981–2010 to 35 (CMIP5, RCP 4.5), or
Climate zone Cfb – Temperate, without dry
49°C (CMIP5, RCP 8.5).
season, warm summer (Peel et al.,
2007)
Numerous tributaries flow from the surrounding plateau and dis-
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Case Study 4.3 Figure 2 Alternative project designs of an urban square in Jena used as a basis for an adaptation check.

center and industrial areas. Heavy or long-­ lasting precipitation 2007. The implementation of the concept is monitored, revised, and
events repeatedly cause major floods. Experience from the recent extended on a regular basis. The increasing demand for reducing car-
past and modeling results from other German river basins suggest bon emissions triggered the development of an integrated mitigation
an increase of peak discharges especially for flood events occur- strategy, which was completed and approved in 2015. On the basis
ring with a ­medium-to-high probability. of the manifold activities stimulated by the mitigation agenda, Jena
was the first German city to be awarded the European Energy Award
Given this situation, in 2005, urban planners and scientists started Gold. Until 2014, only two other German municipalities received this
discussing how these risks might change over time and how related prestigious award. The achievements of the past years include such
impacts could be managed. In 2009, the Department of Urban diverse activities as the use of 100% renewable energy in all public
Development & City Planning (DUDCP) commissioned and financed a buildings, the development of a new urban cycling and public trans-
pilot study to analyze local climate change impacts, identify potential port concept, numerous energy-saving activities, the introduction of
adaptation ­measures, and better understand the risk perceptions of car-sharing incentives, and the establishment of a façade greening
relevant stakeholder groups. On the basis of the results of this study award. The city’s biannual energy action plan comprised more than
the decision was taken to develop a local climate change adaptation fifty measures for the years 2014 and 2015.
strategy Jenaer KlimaAnpassungsStrategie (JenKAS). The develop-
ment was initiated as well as steered by DUDCP and financially sup- Because there are not only synergies but also potential conflicts
ported by the federal government of Germany. It involved experts between adaptation and mitigation measures, special interest has
from all relevant departments of the city administration and agencies been paid to take these contradictory effects into consideration
of the federal state of Thuringia, interested stakeholder groups (e.g., when developing recommendations for improving climate resilience.
associations and cooperatives), scientists, and politicians. Urban planners in Jena are guided by the urban design concept of
the compact city. On the one hand, limiting outward urban expan-
JenKAS was formally adopted by the City Council in May 2013 and sion and promoting dense urban structures by efficiently using land
consists of various elements. Its backbone is a handbook on cli- resources improves energy efficiency, but, conversely, this density
mate-sensitive urban planning (City of Jena 2013), which includes is likely to restrict the establishment of green structures to mitigate
information on current and future climatic conditions and their poten- urban heat island effects. In Jena, this potential conflict was bal-
tial local impacts, information on legal aspects of climate change anced by recommending that planners should retain the compact
adaptation, economic assessments of adaptation options, and best city as a guiding principle but also to preserve areas to allow ventila-
practice examples of successful climate change adaptation in Jena tion of fresh and cold air to the inner-city residential and commercial
and elsewhere. For each city district, impacts are described in detail, areas. A map representing intranight airflows was made available to
and related risks are visualized using a traffic-light labeling system. planners to inform them about these corridors.
Recommendations for urban planning in particularly affected areas
are presented (see Case Study 4.3 Figure 1). The main focus for the implementation of JenKAS is on mainstream-
ing climate change adaptation into administrative decision-making.
The handbook is complemented by the decision support system DUDCP promotes the consideration of adaptation-related aspects in
Jenaer Entscheidungsunterstützung für lokale Klimawandelanpassung these processes through various in-house activities, such as JELKA
(JELKA). This tool was developed to make climate risk information trainings. As a consequence of these efforts, a constantly growing
more accessible and to provide tailor-made recommendations for number of land development plans refer to JenKAS when making rec-
different target groups (e.g., suitable adaptation measures for a spe- ommendations or substantiating restrictions. It is expected that the
cific field of action or spatial unit). results of ongoing and future research efforts (e.g., a highly awarded
urban tree concept providing site-specific tree recommendations
In Jena, adaptation is understood not as a substitute but as an essen- based on climatic, locational, aesthetic, and even historico-cultural
tial supplement to climate change mitigation efforts. Since the turn considerations) will further promote this uptake. Beyond the actions
of the century, mitigation has been on the municipal political agenda directed at internal municipal processes, there are several activities
as an important aspect of the city’s sustainability goals. In 2004, the addressing citizens and associations (e.g., a nature trail with display
advisory board of the Local Agenda 21 started to develop an urban boards financed by local businesses that provide information about
climate change mitigation concept, which was officially approved in

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important aspects of the changing urban climate as well as the city • Potential conflicts of adaptation and mitigation efforts can be
adaptation strategy). solved or at least limited by explicitly addressing these issues at
an early stage of strategy and project development.
One way of considering climate change in today’s urban deci- • Exchange between representatives of different administrative
sion-making is to use adaptation checks when drafting plans for bodies, scientists, and consultants about adaptation activities
major (re)construction projects (see Case Study 4.3 Figure 2). at the various political scales and scientific progress in the field
Assisted by scientists from the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental should be institutionalized and take place on a regular basis.
Research – UFZ, probabilistic multicriteria analyses were conducted • Adaptation-related outreach activities of municipalities do not
to facilitate the development of climate-proof detailed designs. It only raise awareness of the general public, but also improve civic
was intended that these drafts should not only suit current and future and political support for adaptation action.
climate conditions but also take into account the manifold other • Momentum created by the initial adoption of a local adaptation
factors (e.g., financial and aesthetic aspects) as well as stakeholder strategy should be maintained through projects that continuously
preferences affecting decision-making in urban planning. The results update and expand the existing adaptation knowledge base.
of these adaptation check rankings of the alternatives were calcu- • Trainings and hands-on workshops are essential to improve
lated and rated their suitability from an adaptation perspective. municipal staff’s ability to use data and tools available for
supporting adaptation.
Due to the short period of time since the adoption of JenKAS, no sys- • Public commitment of political decision-makers to support
tematic evaluation of its impacts has yet taken place, yet. However, adaptation activities (e.g., the adoption of a local adaptation
several findings and recommendations for promoting urban climate strategy by the city council) is pivotal for their success.
change adaptation in Jena can still be presented:

Case Study 4.4 Sustainable Win-Win: Decreasing Emissions and Vulnerabilities

in Chula Vista, California

Oswaldo Lucon wildfires, ecosystem management, coastal infrastructure, and the

local economy (City of Chula Vista, 2011).
São Paulo State Environment Secretariat, University of São Paulo
In the 1990s, the city formed the Climate Change Working Group
and created a baseline inventory of its GHG emissions. From this
Keywords Mitigation, adaptation, starting point, mitigation strategies covering transportation (such as
integrated plan a 100% clean fuel bus fleet), energy efficiency and solar retrofits (an
appliance rebate program), and green buildings with smart growth
Population (Metropolitan 265,757 (U.S. Census,2015) strategies (a city-wide standard) were devised (Green, 2010).
Region)
The Working Group researched the best available data and engaged
Area (Metropolitan Region) 128 km2 (U.S. Census, 2010) the community in the consensus-based d ­ ecision-making process.
A list of eleven strategies comprised mitigation-adaptation (Mit-Ad)
Income per capita US$56,180 (World Bank, 2017) and adaptation-­mitigation (Ad-Mit) measures including (1) cool pav-
ing, (2) shade trees, (3) cool roofs, (4) local water supply and reuse,
(5) storm water pollution prevention and reuse, (6) education and
Climate zone BSk – Arid, steppe, cold (Peel
wildfires, (7) extreme heat plans, (8) open space management, (9)
et al., 2007)
wetlands preservation, (10) sea level rise and land development
codes, and (11) green economy (City of Chula Vista, 2011).

The coastal city of Chula Vista (in Southern California, U.S., The process was conducted in three phases. The first was informa-
32°37´40˝  N 117°2´ 53˝  W), although small (128 km2, pop. 243,916 in tion gathering, including data collection via public forums. Twelve
2010), is a global benchmark in terms of planning and implement- meetings featured presentations from Working Group members and
ing integrated climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies regional experts on the different adaptation topics and discussed the
(United States Census, 2015). The impact of Chula Vista´s climate current state of practices and predicted impacts to the San Diego
policy is due to its replicability, resource efficiency, and focus. The region. Public notices were posted prior to meetings at various
relevance of Chula Vista resides in its comprehensiveness and municipal locations. Additionally, more than sixty additional stake-
level of implementation, driven by the vulnerabilities found in the holder groups and community members were invited for feedback.
Southern California Region, the level of awareness of the local com- A newsletter helped to build public awareness about the climate
munity – a diverse population on a varied landscape, and a long planning process. In an open public forum, more than thirty commu-
history of progressive thinking on climate change (City of Chula nity members shared their opinions and priorities for strategies. The
Vista, 2011). group came up with 183 options based on the best available data,
summarized into a planning matrix for each focus area (Green, 2010;
A Working Group comprising residents, businesses, and community City of Chula Vista, 2011).
representatives recommended eleven strategies to curb greenhouse
gas (GHG) emissions and to adapt the community to key impacts Step two was evaluation. after risk levels were assigned to each
within different sectors: energy and water supply, public health, identified vulnerability in consultation with researchers from the

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Case Study 4.4 Figure 1 Chula Vista, California. Case Study 4.4 Figure 2 Chula Vista, California.

Case Study 4.4 Table 1 Chula Vista´s Implementation stage compared to other cities in the San Diego Region. Source: Center for Sustainable Energy, 2017

Local Climate Planning Efforts (2000–2015)

Climate Action Plan (CAP)
Jurisdiction GHG Inventory
Adopted Developing or Updating
Carlsbad x 2015
Chula Vista x 2000, 2008 x
Coronado x
County of San Diego
x 2012 x
(unincorporated)
Del Mar x 2016 x
El Cajon x
Encinitas x 2011 x
Escondido x 2013
Imperial Beach x x
La Mesa x x
Lemon Grove x x
National City x 2011
Oceanside x x
Port of San Diego x 2013
Poway x
San Diego x 2005, 2015
San Diego County Water
x 2015
Authority
San Marcos x 2013
Santee x
Solana Beach x x
Vista x 2012

University of California San Diego. Risk was defined as a product of or contradicting current climate mitigation measures, hence building
the likelihood of the climate change impact occurring and the conse- on existing municipal efforts rather than creating new stand-alone
quence of the impact. Each factor was scored from 1 to 5, and over- policies or programs. No-regret actions or actions having multiple
all risk was categorized as “Low,” “Medium,” or “High.” The Working co-benefits were regarded as high priority. Specific implementation
Group also consulted the Resource Conservation Commission, the components were outlined, as well as critical steps, costs, and time-
Environmental Health Coalition, and the San Diego Coastkeeper lines. Implementation of all strategies were ­projected to cost approx-
(City of Chula Vista, 2011). imately US$554,000 over the course of three years, plus US$337,000
annually for ongoing activities (City of Chula Vista, 2011).
Finally, for each vulnerability, a priority was assigned according to
criteria such as jurisdiction, fiscal feasibility, and complementarity. Lessons learned included engaging stakeholders, stressing pre-
These criteria relate to (1) a strategy falling within the city’s juris- paredness instead of resilience, lowering risks, avoiding analysis
diction, (2) a strategy being fiscally feasible (not relying on General paralysis, focusing on areas where the city could actually have influ-
Fund support for implementation), and (3) a strategy not duplicating ence, and integrating action plans and programs.

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4.3.4 Opportunities and Challenges enhancing a city’s ability to adapt and reduce GHG emissions in
the short term). For example, coastal cities are threatened by sea
Opportunities and challenges for integrating mitigation and level rise and storm surges and therefore require investments for
adaptation measures arise at all stages of planning, from initial flood defense measures.
assessments to implementation, monitoring, and evaluation. The
goal is decision-making for integrated climate change manage- Institutions and governance setting: This entails existing
ment in cities. A city’s capacity to undertake integrated actions policies and institutions including current plans, standards, and
for climate change mitigation and adaptation is determined by regulatory frameworks that could determine opportunities or
structural conditions that can either provide the necessary oppor- constraints for integrated climate actions as well as interactions
tunities or, on the contrary, impede and hinder integrated cli- between different levels of jurisdictions. For example, urban
mate change action. Resources and technical means are at cities’ areas may find it hard to adopt an integrated climate change
disposal to overcome these barriers and better manage climate action plan for the entire metropolitan region because of inter-
change challenges in an integrated manner. jurisdictional conflicts or regulatory systems that contradict each
other (UN-Habitat, 2015). Overlaps between different policy
4.3.4.1 Structural Conditions instruments and ineffective coordination of programs within and
between municipal departments as well as among multiple lev-
Structural conditions define the current context and boundar- els of government (national, provincial, and municipal) can limit
ies of a city’s operating system. Structural conditions are com- integrated approaches to climate change planning and manage-
prised of the environmental and physical setting, institutions and ment (Burch, 2010; Moser, 2012).
governance, economic and financial conditions, and sociocul-
tural characteristics of a city (see Figure 4.3a). Structural con- Economic development and municipal finances: These are
ditions are difficult to change in the short run and often require also important structural conditions that determine a city’s
coherent, continuous, and persistent action in order to influence capacity to adapt and mitigate. Cities with advanced economic
them. Structural conditions to a large extent determine the level development and diversification can have high adaptive and
of a city’s vulnerability and GHG emissions, but also its capacity mitigation capacity and thus the ability to develop and imple-
to adapt to climate change impacts and reduce GHG emissions. ment efficient low-carbon technologies that also increase climate
resilience (Bizikova et al., 2008). Economic development and
Environmental and physical setting: This refers to the main wealth enhance adaptation and mitigation capacity (Bergquist
physical limits (e.g., all types of land uses, availability of fresh- et al., 2012). The feasibility of implementing instruments for
water), local conditions (e.g., urban traffic patterns and distribu- climate change mitigation is highly dependent on a city’s finan-
tion, buildings characteristics, land-use zoning, hotspots such as cial and governance capability (Seto and Dhakal, 2014). In addi-
UHIs), and infrastructure systems (the long-term, fixed nature tion, long-term sustainable growth requires long-term budgetary
of infrastructure creates path dependencies, thus diminishing or equilibrium (Georgeson et al., 2016).

(a) (b)
Political
Leadership

Environmental and Environmental and

Physical Conditions Physical Conditions

Financial Stakeholders
Resources
Institutional Set Up Institutional Set Up

Economy Economy
Socio-cultural Socio-cultural
and Planning/ and
Characteristics Characteristics
Finance Regulatory Finance
Information
Instruments

Climate GHG Climate GHG

Threats Emissions Threats Emissions

Figure 4.3a Structural conditions that determine a city’s Figure 4.3b Resources and technical means for cities to overcome barriers for integrated climate
capacity to adapt and mitigate. change response due to specific structural conditions.
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Sociocultural characteristics: These include cultural values and Financial resources and mechanisms are essential (see
worldviews that play an important role in how climate-­related risks Chapter 7, Economics, Finance, and the Private Sector).
are perceived among individuals and organizations, and how pol- Mitigation and adaptation projects require mobilizing a combi-
icies and practices to respond to climate impacts and risks could nation of financial resources from federal, state, and municipal
or should be implemented. They may influence the acceptance of governments; development banks; private investments; multi-
low-carbon and risk-reduction solutions or lead to a misperception lateral and bilateral funding; concessional lending; and existing
of impacts and their causes, consequently affecting preferences for and new climate funds such as the Global Environmental Facility
responsibility and behavioral patterns (Shove, 2010; Greenham et (GEF), Green Climate Fund (GCF), Climate Investment Fund
al., 2012). There is also a challenge to change older perspectives that (CIF), and others. On the other hand, there are many examples of
view mitigation and adaptation as conflicting alternatives rather than successful bottom-up community-based approaches, particularly
complementary ones, a view that often leads to the perception that with regard to resilience-related projects (Smith et al., 2014).
the implementation of adaptation policies would imply abandon- Chapter 7 provides a detailed discussion of possible financial
ment of mitigation policies (Moser, 2012). Cultural values and worl- resources and mechanisms available for cities to develop climate
dviews may also affect perceptions of equity and justice (Creutzig et change actions and plans to address both adaptation and mitiga-
al., 2014) (see Chapter 6, Equity and Environmental Justice). tion. Public–private partnerships and private-sector engagement
are crucial means for financing the implementation of climate
4.3.4.2 Resources and Technical Means change measures particularly related to capital-intensive, ener-
gy-efficient, and climate-resilient infrastructure. Chapter 7 ana-
Certain resources and technical means can be used to over- lyzes the opportunities and important issues to be taken into
come barriers to integrated responses that might exist or barriers account when establishing public–private partnerships and pri-
that can appear due to deficits of specific structural conditions or vate-sector involvement in financing climate change actions.
other constraints (see Figure 4.3b). Key means and resources are
stakeholder engagement and participation in the planning and Implementation of climate change mitigation and adaptation
decision-making process and information in all dimensions and actions entails the use of different planning systems, policy instru-
forms (such as awareness-raising campaigns and education). In ments, and steering mechanisms. Climate change (mitigation
addition, financial resources and mechanisms at all stages of pol- and/or adaptation) actions can be mainstreamed into existing sec-
icy development, project initiation, and implementation, along toral plans and policies, whereas existing plans and actions in dif-
with planning and regulatory instruments, are parts of the capac- ferent sectors can incorporate climate change objectives. Actions
ity needed in cities. Political leadership is a vital factor that can can be implemented so that urban and infrastructure plans (e.g.,
often drive climate policy and determine its successful imple- for land use, transport, water and sanitation) contain climate con-
mentation (Lesueur et al., 2015; Burch, 2010; Johnson and Breil, siderations. The provision of services (e.g., water, transport) can
2012) (see Chapter 16, Governance and Policy) incorporate low-carbon and climate-proof regulations and speci-
fications. In addition, a special climate change unit can be created
A wide range of urban actors (government, practitioners, public within the municipal structure to be held responsible for climate
and private companies, the scientific community, and stakeholders policy (within an existing unit or as a separate unit), or climate
from civil society such as boundary organizations) are needed for considerations can be mainstreamed into a range of municipal
effective planning and implementation and broad outreach during units. Examples of the creation of climate change units can be
the preparation and execution of policies and actions. Transparency found in Copenhagen, Mexico City, and Durban to name a few.
helps to build mutual trust, avoiding unequal distribution of infor- The city may then adopt a Climate Change Action Plan that sets
mation, and combatting corruption or other types of harmful influ- GHG emissions and vulnerability reduction targets. Furthermore,
ences from certain political pressure groups (Gavin, 2010). Evidence better results can be achieved when there are policies and actions
suggests the increasing role of partnerships (public–private and integrated with neighboring cities, harmonized with provincial,
private–private) and nongovernmental actors in areas traditionally national, and international policies (European Commission, 2011;
governed by municipal agencies (Broto and Bulkeley, 2013). UN-Habitat, 2015) (see Chapter 16, Governance and Policy).

A valuable resource linked with stakeholder participation is the Political brinkmanship also poses a significant challenge to
availability and provision of information (including decision sup- the success of integrated climate policies, leading in many cases
port systems). Enhancing social awareness of and preparedness for to ineffective micromanagement and communication green-
climate change (notably climate-induced risks and disasters) is a washing. Hence, strong political leadership is required for the
major goal for communicating information necessary for climate adoption of an ambitious integrated climate change program that
action. Collecting and accessing data for climate change planning brings both climate and local benefits (Burch, 2010; Johnson and
purposes – such as vulnerability assessments and GHG emissions Breil, 2012; Moser, 2012). Successful experiences include the
inventories, assessment of climate change actions, and monitoring role of the city mayor as champion of the agenda or a strong city
and evaluation – are critical activities that enable planning for cli- council advocating for climate actions. The cases of Quito and
mate change. Other aspects include capacity-building (e.g., different Mexico City are examples of how effective strong political lead-
types of training), technology transfer (from local to international), ership can be in planning and implementing integrated climate
networking, and best practices exchange (Greenham et al., 2012). change policies (see Case Studies 4.5 and 4.6).
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Case Study 4.5 Integrating Mitigation and Adaptation in Climate Action

Planning in Quito, Ecuador

Carolina Zambrano (Municipality of the Metropolitan District of Quito [MDMQ], 2012a;

Zambrano-Barragán et al., 2011). In recent years, extreme weather
Avina Foundation, Ecuador events have affected infrastructure, human settlements, agriculture,
and forests, while the loss of glaciers and highland ecosystems,
Diego Enriquez known as páramos, threatens food security and water and hydro-
power supplies (MDMQ, 2012b; Rockefeller Foundation, 2013).
Municipality of the Metropolitan District of Quito, Ecuador
In response to current and potential impacts, and with the aim
of reducing the city’s carbon footprint, the Municipality of the
Metropolitan District of Quito adopted a Climate Change Strategy
Keywords Integration, multiple benefits,
in 2009, followed by an Action Plan in 2012. Although the Strategy
stakeholder engagement, impact
made a clear distinction between adaptation and mitigation policies
assessment, adaptation and mitigation
(MDMQ, 2009), the Action Plan addresses adaptation and mitigation
in an integrated way. The actions are to be implemented during a
Population 2,365,000 (Demographia, 2016)
five-year period and focus on ten strategic sectors: water resources,
(Metropolitan Region)
disaster risk management, sustainable transportation, agriculture,
Area (Metropolitan 4,230 km² (STHV, 2010) land-use planning, energy, waste management, industries, health,
Region) and ecosystems (MDMQ, 2012b).

Political leadership was the main driver for integrating adaptation

Income per capita US$5,820 (World Bank, 2017)
and mitigation. In a context of limited financial and human resources,
municipal leaders prioritized measures that had multiple benefits
Climate zone Cfb – Temperate, without dry season,
(including resilience and sustainable development). This decision not
warm summer (Peel et al., 2007)
only responded to technical analyses carried out by the Municipality,
but was also supported by a diverse group of stakeholders that par-
ticipated throughout the Plan’s design. One of the success factors of
The Metropolitan District of Quito – Ecuador’s capital, nested within
the stakeholder engagement process was to allow them to define the
the Andes Mountains – is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate
criteria of prioritization for the final set of measures that were included
change. Between 1891 and 1999, temperature rose by 1.2–1.4°C,
in the Action Plan; among the most supported criteria were precisely
which, combined with an increase in the frequency and intensity of
the capacity to deliver multiple benefits, as well as cost-effectiveness.
landslides, floods, and forest fires, has increased risk for the city

Case Study 4.5 Figure 1 View of Quito

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Integration also offered officials from the Environment Secretariat – resources management, and land-use planning are being strength-
the institution that coordinates climate change management and the ened (MDMQ, 2015).
Action Plan process – the opportunity to mainstream climate change
Moving forward, in early 2016, the Municipality performed an impact
and generate political support across sectors and institutions. During
assessment and evaluation of the 2012–2016 Climate Action Plan.
the design process, the lead team analyzed the adaptation and mit-
Based on performance results, and prioritizing on-the-ground imple-
igation potential of actions that were already planned by different
mentation, it updated this planning instrument and its GHG inventory
sectors and promoted the recognition of their climate benefits in the
before the convening of Habitat III, the United Nations Conference
Action Plan and across society. Other institutions saw the added
on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development.1 As the host city,
value of their interventions, felt empowered, and supported the
Quito aimed to contribute to the debate on the New Urban Agenda
adoption of Quito’s first Climate Action instrument.
by providing concrete examples of resilience and mitigation policies
While the planning process helped foster commitment from different and actions.
stakeholders, integrating adaptation and m ­ itigation has also proved
Recognizing the need for further appropriation of climate action by
to be a challenge. Actions with multiple benefits were more easily
municipal agencies and civil society in Quito and Ecuador in the fol-
identified in sectors like land use, ecosystems, water, agriculture,
lowing years, city officials expect to prioritize replicable, tangible,
and sustainable b ­ uilding, whereas health, waste management, and
and visible initiatives. Since communicating the impact of adaptation
transportation were more related to either adaptation or mitigation.
initiatives in the city remains one of the major challenges, indirect,
Moreover, as implementation moves forward, measuring the Plan’s
sectorial indicators are being developed and used to measure suc-
impact in a holistic manner is also challenging, In light of the fact
cess. As an example, the city measured its water footprint and is
that impacts related to adaptation and ­mitigation vary in temporal,
using it as the base for the creation of a reduction and compensa-
spatial, and institutional scales, it is hard to measure and demon-
tion mechanism by the private sector, the municipality, and other civil
strate performance ex-post (Klein et al., 2007). Communicating
society stakeholders.
impact and defining targets for vulnerability reduction and adap-
tation are demanding tasks for urban policy-makers, making it a Although progress has been made in areas like institutional frame-
challenge to provide a balanced discourse between adaptation and works, information and knowledge, and collaboration for climate
mitigation. action in Quito, their scale and scope are still insufficient. In addition
to win-win actions, transformational changes in Quito are increas-
The new city administration, which took office in 2014, has given
ingly required in sectors such as energy, water, mobility, and disaster
continuity to the Climate Action Plan and its integrated vision for
risk management, particularly in terms of adaptation so that human
adaptation and mitigation. Policies for both an increase in resilience
rights are upheld. Efforts to promote equity and modify power rela-
and a reduction of the carbon footprint were included in the new
tions in the city are key for vulnerability reduction and should remain
Development and Land Use Plan 2015–2025, and strategic actions
at the core of urban climate action in Ecuador and Latin America.
with multiple benefits in sectors like sustainable building, water

4.4 Approaches to Integrated Response 1. Stand–alone single approach: Cities develop stand-alone
to Climate Change in Cities municipal climate change (either adaptation or mitigation)
plans, without considering any possible interrelationships
(synergies and conflicts) between adaptation and mitiga-
When cities approach adaptation and mitigation activities, tion objectives. This is the general case in many cities,
they tend to follow, to a large extent, a general planning cycle which have largely focused on mitigation only.
process. This general planning process for climate change can 2. Stand-alone parallel/combined approach: Cities develop
be found in numerous policy documents and scientific articles stand–alone municipal climate change plans both for
(Bizikova et al., 2008; ICLEI and UN-Habitat, 2009; Moser and adaptation and mitigation in parallel without consider-
Ekstrom, 2010; UN-Habitat, 2014, 2015). Based on a review ing interrelationships between them (e.g., New York,
of municipal climate change action plans of cities, planning London, Danang).
for climate change in cities usually focuses either on climate 3. Adaptation driven with mitigation co-benefits: Cities
adaptation or climate mitigation depending on the local con- develop municipal climate adaptation plans considering
text and city priorities, whereas there are few examples of inte- mitigation co-benefits and tradeoffs (e.g., Durban, Quito,
grated approaches. Ignoring one of the two agendas might create Vancouver).
conflicts between mitigation and adaptation objectives or miss 4. Mitigation driven with adaptation co-benefits: Cities con-
potential but important synergies. If conflicts can be avoided duct climate mitigation action plans considering adapta-
and synergies enhanced by identifying their drivers at the early tion co-benefits and tradeoffs (e.g., Paris, Buenos Aires).
stage of the planning process, adaptation and mitigation can be 5. Integrated approach: Cities develop municipal climate
successfully integrated into urban planning and implemented in change action plans that incorporate both mitigation
tandem in practice (see Case Study 4.6). Therefore, based on and adaptation objectives taking interrelationships
current practices and empirical evidence, we introduce five pos- into consideration (e.g., Mexico City, Wellington).
sible pathways for cities to make decisions and plan for climate
change response:

1 Habitat III, the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, will take place in Quito, Ecuador, in October 2016. It will focus on the
implementation of a New Urban Agenda, building on the Habitat Agenda of Istanbul in 1996.

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Figure 4.4 Planning for low emissions development and resilience in cities.
Source: Adapted from Bizikova et al., 2011 and Moser and Ekstrom, 2010

Next, we present an approach for integrating climate change starting point for urban mitigation measures, characterization of
mitigation and adaptation for metropolitan regimes. We identify, emissions (direct and whenever possible also indirect, e.g., from
at each stage of the planning process, the challenges and oppor- power generation), adequate sectoral breakdown (e.g., transport,
tunities of integrating climate mitigation and adaptation that are buildings, industries, waste management, land-use change), and
related either to structural conditions or to the availability of activity data that drive emissions (e.g., energy production by dif-
technical means and resources (see Table 4.4). ferent means, passenger kilometers traveled, production outputs,
floor space of different commercial facilities, household char-
4.4.1 Phase 1: Identifying and Understanding acteristics, waste generation/recycled/treated), both for commu-
nity and municipal government. Figure 4.4 addresses planning
4.4.1.1 Step 1: Situation Analysis for these aspects.

A starting point in the planning process is the situation anal- 4.4.1.2 Step 2: Future Impacts and Emissions Analysis
ysis of the city, considering the current baseline data for multi-
ple variables. This includes the availability and development of Climate projections (downscaling based on global and
datasets for a range of socioeconomic, environmental, climate, regional climate models) of variables such as temperature, pre-
and land-use variables. Vulnerability maps (using GIS) and vul- cipitation, and sea level rise are needed to be able to understand
nerability indicators at appropriate spatial scales allow for the the likely range of climate change impacts in cities, address
identification of current climate risk, taking into account vul- uncertainties, and develop future scenarios (see Chapter 2,
nerability factors such as exposure, sensitivity, and current level Urban Climate Science). Assessment of future climate impacts
of adaptive capacity. Climate impacts should be differentiated and future emissions also requires consideration of the current
according to their temporal scale: (1) extreme events (immediate and projected future growth of multiple urban sectors such as
and short term) such as floods, heat waves, landslides, and storm infrastructure, transport, energy, buildings, and an estimation of
surges and (2) long-term (annual/decadal) climate threats such the probabilities of risk outcomes and damages throughout the
as variations in average temperature or other slow-onset events metropolitan region; and the level of carbon emissions in the
such as sea level rise. various sectors.

Simultaneously, sufficiently disaggregated city-level (and, Uncertainty of future climate impacts at the city level is
whenever possible, metropolitan-level) GHG inventories are the one of the main challenges that municipal governments must
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address. It is beneficial to co-generate the climate modeling risk (2007), but also synergies between mitigation and adaptation
information with a research center and city agency so that it can actions.
be updated and easily used by decision-makers (see Chapter 2,
Urban Climate Science). One of the main challenges is the large Setting up an institutional and regulatory framework with
time-frame discrepancy between climate change projections regard to coordination and collaboration among multiple city
(e.g., 20 or even 50 to 100 years) and political decision-mak- departments and jurisdictions is required in order to incorporate
ing (usually about 4 years). However, even in cases of large the objectives of multiple departments in planning and imple-
uncertainty in climate projections or lack of political support for mentation. The cross-sectoral and cross-jurisdictional relation-
climate change, measures with local benefits can be generated ships might create conflicts in addressing both mitigation and
to improve the overall resilience and sustainability of a city to adaptation. Agreeing on specific goals can be challenging, par-
current extreme events, and by extension to future risks (Johnson ticularly in regard to the differences in spatial and temporal
and Breil, 2012). scales of adaptation and mitigation benefits (Moser, 2012).

Conducting assessments and collecting data for vulnerabil-

4.4.2.2 S
 tep 4: Actions Identification and Pathway
ity assessments, GHG emissions inventories, and modeling of
Setting
future emissions and impacts scenarios require significant tech-
nical capacity and cost. Therefore, lack of financial resources
During this step, cities should identify possible adaptation
might lead to tradeoffs between mitigation and adaptation objec-
and mitigation actions that would meet the vision and achieve
tives for the same limited municipal budget. However, cities
the identified objectives. Climate change adaptation and mit-
have been developing significant experiences in conducting
igation actions can be policies, projects, programs, and prac-
both vulnerability assessments and GHG emission inventories
tices that can be undertaken to reduce a city’s vulnerability
in recent years. Vulnerability assessment often relies on the
and GHG emissions and develop its capacity to adapt and mit-
engagement of different stakeholders to identify the level of risk
igate. It is very common to identify different portfolios (com-
and the adaptive capacity of different communities, whereas
binations) of measures in the form of distinct strategies or to
engineers or experts usually conduct a GHG emissions inven-
explore possible alternative pathways for meeting cities’ cli-
tory. Conducting vulnerability assessments, GHG emissions
mate-resilience and low-carbon development objectives (Klein
inventories, and scenario analysis is by definition intersectoral
et al., 2007).
and participatory. Hence, coordination and collaboration among
different city departments and jurisdictions are critical during
Different stakeholders and city departments can identify
this phase.
a variety of actions, and therefore their inclusion is essential.
Existing plans that already lay down sectoral actions could help
4.4.2 Phase 2: Envisioning and Planning Phase
the process of identifying climate change actions (e.g., as done
in Quito) (see Case Study 4.5).
4.4.2.1 Step 3: Vision, Objectives Setting, and Institutional
Set-Up
4.4.2.3 Step 5: Assessment and Selection of Actions
This step requires creating a vision for the future of the city
by identifying development objectives and priorities in the con- Technical expertise is necessary to assess and prioritize mit-
text of current trends and future climate impacts and emissions. igation and adaptation options while taking into account costs
This step also helps in the identification of climate change adap- and multiple co-benefits. This is highly desirable but not always
tation and mitigation actions in order to meet overall long-term possible due to lack of capacity, constrained resources, and
priorities. A clear list of existing city development objectives the complexity of assessment processes. Based on the type of
from other plans (such as the master plan, environmental plan, assessment and information needed, city governments select
land use plan, transport plan) and strategies should be used as assessment and prioritization methodologies.
part of the process. While developing the vision of the city with
regard to climate change issues, identifying and understanding Mitigation and adaptation actions (or portfolios of actions)
different stakeholders’ priorities and objectives are also neces- are assessed against multiple objectives and criteria, whereas
sary. Furthermore, it requires analysis and understanding of the tradeoffs between different objectives can be also identi-
overall city-level objectives vis-à-vis climate change planning fied and assessed. These aspects are very relevant when cities
priorities (see Case Study 4.6). assess both mitigation and adaptation actions in an integrated
manner. Several assessment methods have been applied in cit-
Inclusion of multiple stakeholders at this step is essential for ies to conduct or support urban climate change action plans.
harmonizing different priorities and making the climate change Assessment and prioritization methods can be classified as (1)
action plan workable, as examples from Mexico City and Quito economics-based approaches, including cost-benefit analysis
have shown. One example is Mexico City’s Climate Action and cost-­effectiveness analysis); (2) integrated approaches such
Plan (2008–2012) that included important environmental syner- as multiple criteria analysis and integrated modeling; and (3)
gies with objectives established earlier in the city’s Green Plan sectoral approaches (Cartwright et al., 2013; Haque et al., 2012;
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Case Study 4.6 Climate Action Program in Mexico City 2008–2012

Martha Delgado reforestation program, and a Certification Program on Sustainable

Buildings. The actions taken in the context of the sustainable hous-
Fundación Pensar. Planeta, Política, Persona ing programs, the comprehensive environmental improvement proj-
Secretariat of the Global Cities Covenant on Climate, Mexico City ect, and social development in housing units were all carried out by
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA the Institute of Housing and the Federal District Social Attorney’s
Office. They achieved a reduction of GHG emissions of 30,527 ton
CO2-eq by 2012.
Keywords Climate adaptation plan, mitigation,
transportation, water management, Regarding adaptation, a total of 12 strategies were developed.
housing Examples are early warning systems geared toward identifying risks
and threats to the Mexico City population, micro-basin management
Population 21,157,000 (UN, 2016) of urban ravines, assistance to people who are vulnerable to extreme
(Metropolitan Region) climate events such as heavy rains or intense heat or cold waves,
epidemiological monitoring, vitalization of native crops to maintain
Area (Metropolitan 2,072 km² (Demographia, 2016) the biodiversity and resilience of agro-systems, and monitoring of
Region) forest fires during the dry season by remote sensing detection.

Income per capita US$17,740 (World Bank, 2017) 3. PACCM originated the creation and signing of the Global Cities
Covenant on Climate in 2010 in Mexico City. This Pact is an interna-
Climate zone (Cfb) – Temperate, without dry season, tional instrument through which currently more than 340 mayors around
warm summer (Peel et al., 2007) the world have pledged to take climate action. The pact includes com-
mitments to execute both adaptation and mitigation actions, and the
signatories are required to report annually on both types of measures.
The Mexico City’s Climate Action Program 2008–2012 (PACCM)
established two main goals: (1) reduction of 7 million tons of CO2 4. Mexico City’s Climate Action Program was the first plan of its
equivalent (ton CO2-eq) and (2) development of a plan for adaptation kind in Mexico and Latin America. It was published even before the
to climate change (Secretaria del Medio Ambiente, 2012). Although Mexican federal government had a national plan. That represented
the program included both mitigation and adaptation actions, they an enormous challenge for planning and implementation.
were specifically designed to perform their primary objective either to
reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions or to achieve greater urban Some of the challenges faced were:
resilience to climate change. However, we can analyze some lessons
learned regarding the interaction of both types of activities: Planning stage: The need to involve experts, officials, and citizens
and to standardize and evaluate their proposals was quite challeng-
1. Implementation of PACCM led to the creation of a specific depart- ing. The plan had to be ambitious but feasible at the same time.
ment in the government to lead and coordinate the implementation Many proposed measures were not economically feasible or had
of both mitigation and adaptation actions: the Directorate of Climate not been implemented anywhere before and could not be assessed.
Change and CDM Projects. This office was an important base that Other measures were simple, but it was difficult to consider them
enabled the city´s government to develop a deep and comprehen- at the same level as other more complex ones. Finally, there were
sive dialogue among all stakeholders that carried out the program. cross-sectoral measures (e.g., energy and transport, energy and
During the program implementation, actions were clearly separated water) that made it hard to determine which area of government
between mitigation and adaptation; however, having both issues should be responsible for implementing them.
integrated within this department allowed us to identify co-benefits
very easily, to start new activities and goals, and prioritize and ana- Implementation stage: There was no allocated budget for some of
lyze these measures together as a new way of planning. the selected measures and therefore they were not implemented.
At the same time, there were other programs that were not initially
2. Some PACCM actions that contributed to both mitigation and included in the Plan, but subsequently were devised and imple-
adaptation are a program to reduce water consumption by 10% in mented successfully.
the central government, the improvement of e ­ nergy-efficient water
pumping equipment, a wastewater treatment plant replacement pro- Monitoring and evaluation stage: One challenge was to involve
gram, and the development of water networks and pipe rehabilita- managers of other departments in achieving the goals of the plan.
tion to reduce leakages. The actions on water management referred Most officials realized that the government’s goals were of com-
to the Climate Action Program in 2012 and achieved a reduction mon interest, but in daily life they lost interest or did not prioritize
of GHG emissions of 4,670 tons CO2eq. PACCM actions regarding those measures because they had other important things to do.
transportation are the bike-sharing program ECOBICI, the renewal Political leadership shown by the Mayor drove the process of infor-
of the public transportation vehicle fleet, and the introduction of mation provision, planning, and implementation of some measures.
electric taxis (Villagran, 2012). Further actions are tax incentives for Meetings were organized as an opportunity to take high-level deci-
green roofs, conservation decrees for 33 urban ravines, an urban sions to fulfill the plan.

Scrieciu et al., 2014; Grafakos et al., 2016b; Walsh et al., 2013; This step requires the collection and development of multi-
Charoenkit and Kumar, 2014). According to Johnson and Breil ple types of data and information regarding the likely impacts
(2012) who conducted a study of seven major cities, only a lim- of different climate mitigation and adaptation actions. It further
ited number of cases have quantified the costs and benefits of requires technical expertise and capacity that many cities lack.
individual projects. However, in the past few years, a large number of tools and
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Table 4.4 Technical means and resources in different phases of planning for climate change (CC) in cities

Identifying and Management and monitoring

understanding phase Envisioning and planning phase phase

Future CC actions
Technical impacts and Vision and identification CC actions Monitoring
means and Situation emissions objectives and pathways assessment CC actions and
resources analysis analysis setting setting and selection implementation evaluation

Information x x x x

Stakeholders x x x x x

Planning and x x x x
regulatory
instruments

Financial x x x x
resources

Political x x x
leadership

resources have become available for cities to conduct prioritiza- implementation. Therefore, planning frameworks, stakeholders,
tion of climate change adaptation or mitigation actions, although and financial resources are important means for effective imple-
few have been developed in an integrated manner to address mentation of actions.
both. See, for instance, the CLIMACT Prio tool developed by
the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies, the 4.4.3.2 Step 7: Monitoring and Evaluation
Climate Filter of the Emerging and Sustainable Cities Initiative
by the Inter-American Development Bank, the Urban Integrated Monitoring and evaluation systems track and analyze results
Assessment Facility by the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change before, during, and after implementation, enabling improvements
Research, and the Integrated Assessment tool by the eThekwini and modifications through feedback processes. In this stage,
Municipality (Walsh et al., 2013). the level of achievement of the climate change adaptation and
mitigation objectives is measured through information and
Building technical capacity can be costly; hence, the lack data collection for monitoring and evaluation. However, there
of financial resources could be a conflict for cities regarding are major differences in measuring adaptation and mitigation
the assessment of different mitigation and adaptation actions. outcomes and impacts (different metrics, time scales, and
Addressing both mitigation and adaptation objectives could uncertainties) that should be considered. Monitoring of actions is
increase the complexity of the assessment process, leading to a challenging task in integrated climate change policy (Grafakos
even higher demand for resources. et al., 2016a).

4.4.3 Phase 3: Management and Monitoring Phase Table 4.4 summarizes relevant resources and technical means
that cities can use in different phases of integrated planning for
4.4.3.1 Step 6: Implementation climate change.

Implementing both adaptation and mitigation actions requires 4.5 Future Research and
the involvement of a range of institutions and departments. Recommendations
Actual implementation of different climate change actions
(particularly structural ones) can be financially challenging.
Mainstreaming climate actions into existing plans (e.g., sectoral Given that climate change planning is a rapidly evolving in
plans) can help to ensure proper implementation and account- cities and that bottom-up actions are going to be an important
ability. According to Johnson and Breil (2012), the administra- cornerstone of the future climate regime, there are key knowl-
tive level of institutional actors involved in urban adaptation edge gaps that need to be addressed. The most pressing areas for
planning determines the range, scope, and capacity to trigger further research can be grouped under the following headings:
implementation. Furthermore, strong political leadership and (1) integrated assessment methods and decision-support tools;
support for the climate agenda are essential for effective action. (2) holistic, intersectoral, and nexus studies; (3) longitudinal
Integrating climate actions at the sectoral level within existing studies; and (4) basic terminology and the need for structured
policies and plans is an effective way to ensure funding and taxonomies.
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4.5.1 Integrated Assessment Methods and variables that condition cities’ responses to mitigation and adap-
Decision-Support Tools tation (Dupuis and Biesbroek, 2013). Much of the existing body
of research is highly theoretical, necessitating more empirical
The need to develop integrated assessment methods and fieldwork.
frameworks that capture both adaptation and mitigation aspects
and user-friendly decision-support tools that address these multi-
ple aspects at different levels of governance is manifested world- 4.5.4 Understanding Basic Terminology and the
wide (see Annex 3, Case Study Docking Station, and Annex 5, Need for Structured Taxonomies
Case Study Annex). It is essential that the development of deci-
sion-support tools should incorporate the needs of the users and Integrating mitigation and adaptation requires an extra effort
allow broad participation of multiple stakeholders while inte- to understand the research and/or policy object (i.e., what exactly
grating knowledge and information from different disciplines is being addressed). The terminology employed frequently var-
and agendas. Furthermore, studies assessing the costs and ben- ies between individuals because there is very little synthesized
efits of integrated implementation approaches in comparison to knowledge to date, and methods and theoretical frameworks vary
the option of implementing adaptation and mitigation separately widely. There is also little in the way of agreed-upon taxonomies
will provide useful insights to researchers, policy-makers, and of causal linkages between the various drivers and responses to
planners. Climate change policy assessments should compare climate change. Basic questions, such as how to separate adapta-
different portfolios of options instead of individual ones and tion in general from climate-related adaptation; what constitutes
explore their robustness across different plausible future scenar- effective or ineffective mitigation and adaptation plans, pro-
ios and outcomes (Scrieciu et al., 2014). grams, and policies; and how to best merge mitigation and adap-
tation strategies, have not been resolved. One possible remedy
may be to draw on the classificatory sciences to develop more
4.5.2 Holistic, Intersectoral, and Nexus Studies
structured taxonomies of key terms and definitions (e.g., what is
a barrier, what is a driver, what is meant by synergy, and so on).
There is a need to better understand how urban system works
Possessing a common understanding of basic terminology may
in an integrated manner from a climate change and sustainabil-
help to clarify what exactly is the object of study.
ity point of view (Sattherthwaite, 2007, Jones et al., 2014) (see
Chapter 1, Pathways to Urban Transformation). Most studies to
date have been either sectoral or specific to mitigation or adapta- 4.5.5 Recommendations for Policy-Makers
tion, failing to treat the city as a system to be optimized for bet-
ter response to climate (Leseaur et al., 2015). Systemic aspects In this chapter, we presented the complexity of mitigation
and their climate change potentials in cities are key to improv- and adaptation interrelationships as well as the opportunities and
ing understanding (Seto and Dhakal, 2014). Therefore, holistic challenges of integrating the two policies and mainstreaming
studies and interdisciplinary research frameworks such as urban climate actions in urban planning and decision-making. We pro-
metabolism studies that explore material flows and mass bal- vide the following recommendations for urban policy-makers:
ances of water, energy, food, and waste provide the knowledge • Diagnose key risks and vulnerabilities: Cities must have an
necessary to design and plan climate adaptation and mitigation accurate diagnosis of the current and future climate-related
in cities. Understanding and quantifying the complex relation- risks to and vulnerabilities of their population and territory.
ships at the energy, water, and food nexus in urban areas would Likewise, cities must have sound emissions inventories and
help to elucidate the complex interrelationships of climate adap- emission scenarios to evaluate mitigation potential. The use
tation and mitigation policies across different urban systems and of scientific tools and approaches are therefore essential, in
sectors. particular to strengthen the legitimacy for politically sensi-
tive measures or major investments.
• Start planning and executing programs early in the admin-
4.5.3 Need for Longitudinal Behavioral Studies istration: City governments are often short-lived. In many
countries, municipalities have a three- or four-year period
Given the large range of possible factors that contribute to to realize their programs. Therefore, policy-makers should
why cities do or do not approach mitigation and adaptation in start climate action planning early in the administration term
an integrated manner, it is surprising how few truly global (or and ensure that enough legal and budgetary mechanisms are
even national) studies have been conducted to tease out what is available for policy implementation in the medium term.
specific to the local context and what is universal. In the field • Evaluate and take advantage of resources and technical
of integrated climate change planning, there is a clear need for means at city’s disposal: Economic analysis is necessary to
larger longitudinal studies that move beyond individual or a support decisions regarding the most cost-effective measures
small number of case studies to develop a more nuanced under- to reduce GHG emissions and to adapt to climate change
standing of the relative impacts and effects of enablers and barri- impacts. These kinds of studies provide useful insights as
ers to integrated planning approaches (see Box 4.4). It is still an well as transparency for decision-making. However, often
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and co-benefits that cannot be monetized, such as reductions behavioral) to be built, always envisioning a resilience-based
in air pollution and traffic congestion and the amelioration of perspective for the urban environment.
ecosystem services; therefore, they should be complemented
by interdisciplinary studies and participatory approaches The structural conditions of cities (i.e., the environmental
such as Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis.2 and physical setting, institutions and governance, economic and
• Consider adaptation and mitigation in an integrated manner financial conditions, and sociocultural characteristics) deter-
in climate action plans: Specific goals, budgets, and concrete mine the current context and boundaries of operating systems
measures should be identified and tracked over time. An inte- regarding climate change adaptation and mitigation and how
grated climate action plan should include a range of mitiga- technical means and resources can be used to create opportuni-
tion actions in different sectors such as energy, transporta- ties and overcome barriers for integrating them. A holistic con-
tion, waste management, and water management, as well as sideration and quantification of the costs and multiple benefits
adaptation actions in sectors such as infrastructure, natural of integrating adaptation and mitigation policies in comparison
resources, and health sectors along with ways in which these to stand-alone policies is necessary within the framework of
actions can create cross-sectoral synergies. Define precisely municipal priorities, supported by user-friendly, evidence-based
the key stakeholders and their responsibilities and roles in decision-support tools.
each phase of the policy implementation process. The action
plans should involve the community, the private sector, and Recognized municipal climate policies and actions that
universities and the scientific community in the planning address both mitigation and adaptation are frequently incidental,
stages, and plans must be communicated to citizens to ensure often as a co-benefit of the other. When synergies occur, they are
support, transparency, and opportunities for participation. usually highlighted as a means of promoting win-win strategies.
The plan should establish a monitoring system to evaluate However, in many instances, the costs of adaptation or mitiga-
the implementation process and to consider the legislative, tion are allocated unevenly, are not well calculated (in terms of
fiscal, and economic settings required for success. magnitude and likelihood), or are simply ignored.
• Identify actions and achieve alliances: These need to mutu-
ally benefit city and national climate policies and include Given differences in the priorities and needs of cities, any
financial support and multilateral or international aid and attempt at mitigation and adaptation integration should be embed-
assistance for sustainable development, particularly in cities ded in the local context. Adaptation and mitigation in low- and
in low-income countries. It is important that cities coordinate middle-income countries should reflect the urban context of sus-
policies and financial efforts with federal and subnational tainable development, where social and economic aspects often
governments, and with neighboring municipal governments, have higher priority than environmental objectives. There are
to make sure that the actions to be financed are not contra- very large differences in adaptive capacity between urban areas
dictory with actions that the province or nation has already in different parts of the world. Carbon-intensive and climate-vul-
undertaken. nerable infrastructure lock-ins should be avoided as much as pos-
sible, and development should aim at measures and investments
that allow leapfrogging to more sustainable pathways.
4.6 Conclusions
Making a city resilient to climate change requires integra-
There is a broad range of initiatives and actions demon- tive approaches that account for multiple goals: adaptation,
strating that adaptation and mitigation are inextricably linked, mitigation, and sustainable development. It means avoiding
especially in cities. While the nature of such linkages is clear in one-size-fits-all solutions. It also means adequately negotiating
many cases, it is yet unclear in other instances. These linkages tradeoffs and avoiding conflicts among initiatives. Making a city
appear in the form of positive (i.e., synergistic), negative (i.e., resilient to climate change and sustainable also means ensuring
conflicting), and “balanced” (i.e., with tradeoffs) interrelation- reliable and fair provision of services as well as climate change
ships between the two policy objectives. A clear identification of responses.
these interrelationships in policies and actions and their extent is
important and should take into account the multiscale dynamics Annex 4.1 Stakeholder Engagement
between adaptation and mitigation.

For climate mitigation, key actions are efficiency, decarbon- This chapter was prepared in collaboration with a multidisci-
ization, improving carbon sinks, systemic intervention such as plinary team of scientists and urban policy-makers and planners
reducing consumption patterns and urban spatial planning, and from cities across the world. In addition to the scientific writ-
local co-benefits. For climate adaptation, the key actions are ing team (Stelios Grafakos, Rotterdam; Chantal Pacteau, Paris;
assessing and reducing risks at the city level, prioritizing options, Mia Landauer, Vienna/Espoo; Oswaldo Lucon, São Paulo), the
and allowing for adequate capacities (institutional, financial, and chapter benefited from valuable inputs from policy and planning

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Box 4.4 Psychological, Social, and Behavioral Challenges and Opportunities for
Climate Change Decision-Making

Diana Reckien Psychological distance applies when the consequences of an

action are only felt after a time delay. This results in a perceived
University of Twente, Enschede
decrease in the importance of that consequence (Mischel et
al., 1969; Read, 2001). This could be, for example, a factor
David Maleki explaining hesitancy to implement energy-efficiency measures
even if they would pay off over the medium- or long-term.
Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, D.C.
The availability heuristic implies that people make likeli-
Somayya Ali Ibrahim hood estimates based on the ease with which they can
retrieve or generate examples for a phenomenon (Tversky
Center for Climate Systems Research (CCSR), Columbia University, New York
and Kahneman, 1973). This is based on the assumption that
the future will be similar to the present or to former expe-
Sabine Marx rience (Sunstein, 2006). For example, when asked to judge
whether the probability of a blizzard is greater for November
Center for Research on Environmental Decisions (CRED), Columbia
or January, people will try to recall storms that they remember
University, New York
occurring in either November or January (e.g., by using “on
Thanksgiving weekend” or “after New Year’s Eve” as men-
tal aids). This rule of thumb works relatively well under static
Here, we seek to shed light on aspects of behavior by focus- conditions but is often misleading in dynamic environments
ing on psychological and social factors that are particularly like a world characterized by a changing climate.
relevant for decision-making in the context of climate change
in cities (World Bank, 2015; Gifford et al., 2011; Kollmuss and Moreover, not all easily recalled events are similarly likely to
Agyeman, 2002). occur again. Some easily recalled events may have taken
place more recently (recency effect) or be associated with
strong emotions (affect heuristic) because one is personally
CLIMATE CHANGE AS PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIAL,
affected or due to the strong media coverage that particularly
AND BEHAVIORAL CHALLENGE
high-intensity, low-probability events receive. In such cases,
people will remember the event strongly and overestimate its
Because climate change is a complex phenomenon and long-
likelihood (Hertwig et al., 2004). Very rare events, however,
term in nature, acting on climate change becomes a decision
are commonly underestimated because they have normally
made under uncertainty, one that conveys perceived risks of
not occurred in the recent past (Weber et al., 2004).
action as well as inaction. Risk perceptions differ between
individuals and are shaped by a person’s mental model as These and other psychological effects do not only apply
well as his or her worldview and core values. A mental model to the perception of climate change, but may also stand in
represents a person’s thought process of how something the way of finding solutions to deal with it. In the following
works. It is based on incomplete facts, past experiences, and sections, we look at five different sectors where a focus on
intuition, which are all employed to process new information. psychological factors could make a difference in acting on
People’s worldviews relate to social and political power struc- climate change.
tures (CRED, 2009). For example, if someone believes in a
hierarchical world order, they will trust that leaders will make ERRONEOUS RISK PERCEPTION IN THE RUN-UP
decisions for them and that they should not question the TO HURRICANE SANDY
government’s way of approaching climate change actions.
Values serve as personal guiding principles for people and Baker et al. (2012) report the findings of a real-time survey of the
relate, for example, to the importance of security, financial risk perceptions of residents as Hurricane Sandy approached
prudence, and environmentalism. However, even someone the U.S. Mid-Atlantic coast in October 2012. While almost 90%
who does not value the environment inherently can lend him- of residents in threatened locations took some preparatory
self to engaging in climate change actions if it is framed as, action, this was ultimately insufficient for the sheer magnitude
for example, a national security issue for people with this core of the storm, which was the second most costly natural disas-
value. Using a person’s or decision-maker’s mental model, ter to ever affect the United States, after Hurricane Katrina
worldview and core values can help in communicating and in 2005 (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
planning for climate change risks more effectively. [NOAA], 2013). Most preparations were temporary, short-term
measures, such as stocking up on extra supplies, rather than
Moreover, because climate change can be difficult to under- longer-term or more costly actions like installing storm shut-
stand and even harder to feel given its long-term nature, it is ters, developing an evacuation plan, or purchasing flood insur-
often believed to be a challenge for the future rather than of ance (see, e.g., Rosenzweig and Solecki, 2014).
the present. Here, a number of psychological concepts help
explain these dynamics, such as psychological distance, the A key factor in this ineffective short-term action was the mis-
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(Fragmentary) Knowledge, refrain from purchasing such protection even if reasonably

Culture, Religion,
Past Experience, priced. For example, in the United States, many homeown-
Intuition Political Affiliation, etc.
ers in flood-prone areas have not purchased flood insurance
despite government subsidies. This may be influenced by a
difference in the perception of flood risk by residents and the
actual risk as calculated by insurers based on hydrological
Mental Worldviews
Models
data and models.
& Values

One explanation for such behavior is that individuals system-

Subjective
Risk
atically underestimate the likelihood of rare events, thus not
Perception deeming it necessary to protect themselves against them
(Browne et al., 2012; Kunreuther et al., 2013). A second rea-
son is the tendency of individuals to buy insurance as a reac-
tion to a natural disaster, even if the likelihood of occurrence
Behavior, Actions, does not change or, for some hazards, decreases after an
Problem-Solving incidence (Kahneman, 2011). Third, if homeowners have not
collected on their insurance policy, many do not renew it,
Box 4.4 Figure 1 Psychological and social factors that shape people’s risk
considering it a bad investment. The absence of flooding over
perception.
several years is mistakenly understood as an indication that
Source: CRED, 2009 flood risk has decreased or that the policy was never justified
in the first place (Kunreuther et al., 2013).
than a hurricane warning3. The day before Sandy hit the coast,
only 36% of surveyed residents believed they were under a To deal with these challenges, it is important to develop
hurricane warning, and this number rose to more than 50% transparent insurance products and to provide homeowners
only on the day of landfall. Many residents remained unaware in flood-prone areas with easy-to-understand information
of the increase in the intensity of the storm throughout the on the likelihood and impact of disasters. Products linking
night. Moreover, most coastal residents misconstrued the pri- insurance to the property rather than the owners is also
mary threat of Sandy as coming from wind forces, rather than recommended because it helps prevent incorrect flood risk
flooding and storm surge. This may have been affected by perception.
how hurricanes are defined – by wind speed – and how most
televised weather alerts direct public attention to the track of CURBING ENERGY CONSUMPTION BY APPEALING TO
the storm and particularly its eye. Moreover, much of the infor- SOCIAL NORMS
mation on storms is usually gathered from a single synthesized
source that is seen as authoritative, such as television, rather The right kind of information can also aid in curbing energy
than in a more disaggregated manner from peers or sources consumption. Studies have shown that residents achieve
such as the Internet. The Internet carries far more detailed measurable reductions in electricity consumption when they
information about a storm than that conveyed by television are informed about how much electricity they consume in
broadcast (Meyer et al., 2013; Morss and Hayden, 2010). comparison to others, particularly peers (Allcott, 2011). The
best-known large-scale field experiment in this regard was
There was also the possibility that the residents’ concern may conducted by the energy company OPOWER and included
have been dampened by their experiences with Hurricane 600,000 households in the United States. As part of this
Irene the year before – 76% of the households surveyed program, residential customers received energy reports that
indicated that they had some experience living through summarized their electricity consumption and compared it
hurricanes, although only a minority reported suffering any to that of neighboring homes with similar characteristics in
damage from Irene. Such prior experience can affect the pro- terms of size and heating technology. Presumably perceiving
pensity to take action for the next incidence (Orlove, 2011). their neighbors’ consumption as a desirable social norm to
People had stronger intentions to take protective action if follow customers after the intervention reduced average elec-
they had less experience with hurricanes (Meyer et al., 2013). tricity consumption by 2% (Allcott, 2011).
Prior storm experience thus can have a suppressing effect.

HOW HOMEOWNERS FAIL TO PROTECT THEMSELVES PROMOTING WASTE SEPARATION IN HOUSEHOLDS

AGAINST FLOODS THROUGH DISASTER RISK THROUGH MEDIA CAMPAIGNS AND HABIT
INSURANCE DEVELOPMENT

Insurance is an important mechanism to help homeowners Effective waste management is another important determi-
deal with the financial impacts of extreme weather events. nant of urban sustainability. Most urban waste is brought
However, research has demonstrated that individuals often outside of the cities of origin causing transportation, land

3 A warning means that hurricane conditions are expected, whereas a watch means that conditions are possible (NOAA, 2015). During a hurricane warning, residents are
expected to complete their storm preparations and immediately leave the threatened area if directed to by local officials. During a hurricane watch, people are advised to
prepare their homes and review plans for evacuation in case a hurricane or tropical storm warning is issued. People are also advised to listen closely to instructions from local
officials.

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consumption, and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The Kockelman, 2002; Rotaris and Danielis, 2014). A combina-
impact of waste processing could be reduced substantially tion of incentives and disincentives may encourage changes
if organic waste were separated from all-purpose waste and in commuters’ travel behaviors, shifting such behaviors from
kept in the city of origin for use in urban parks and gardens. In car travel to other modes such as public transport, walking,
developed countries like Sweden, about half of the garbage and cycling (Miyoshi and Rietveld, 2015).
(45–55%) is biodegradable material such as food and garden
waste (Aberg et al., 1996), which is less suited for incinera- Disincentives to car travel may include fixed tolls, congestion
tion due to its high water content. Nevertheless, studies show pricing, fuel taxes, parking charges, subsidies, and Pay-as-
that neither a pro-environmental attitude nor an increase in You-Drive (PAYD) programs. Both fixed tolls and conges-
information provision alone causes people to separate waste tion pricing are used in Singapore, London, and Stockholm,
(Chan, 1998; Aberg et al., 1996; Gifford et al., 2011). For whereas Bogota and Chicago use only congestion pricing.
example, in a survey in Hong Kong, 98% of the respondents New York, Sheffield, and Edinburgh collect parking charges.
agreed that individuals have the responsibility to protect the The congestion pricing program in London – the first in a
environment, whereas only 30% of them separated waste major European city – started in 2003 and has since then sig-
(Chan, 1998). Other studies show that a combination of a nificantly reduced traffic congestion, improved bus and taxi
pro-environmental attitude, influential social norms, and the service, and generated substantial revenues. Public accep-
person’s perception of sufficient influence and control over tance has grown, and there is now support to expand the
one’s actions are jointly important in generating pro-envi- program to other parts of London and to other cities in the
ronmental behavior (Chan, 1998; Fishbein and Ajzan, 1975; United Kingdom (Mehrotra et al., 2011; Lorenzoni et al., 2007).
Tucker and Speirs, 2003).
In many other cities, such as Los Angeles, San Francisco,
However, as with other environmental behaviors, there is a Mumbai, and Delhi, transit fares are subsidized. This provides
difference between the determinants of initiation and per- another incentive for car commuters to switch to public trans-
sistence (i.e., starting to separate waste and keeping on with port. PAYD is yet another mechanism to reduce vehicular
it). Initiation seems to be strongly influenced by the mass miles traveled, using insurance premiums based on per-mile
media, whereas durability is connected to comfort and daily charges instead of driving records and other traditional risk
routines. For the latter, it is important that people perceive factors. This provides motorists an opportunity to lower their
separating waste as little a change to former routines as pos- insurance costs by driving less, which can benefit the envi-
sible. If larger routine changes are necessary, little-by-little ronment (Ferreira and Minikel, 2010). PAYD insurance was
changes are preferable. The maintenance of emptying con- introduced in California in 2009 to help reduce vehicle miles
tainers is also important because it relates to comfort. People traveled and associated GHG emissions.
separated less waste when the timing of emptying containers
and weather circumstances decreased the rate of compost- Bicycling is being encouraged as an alternative urban trans-
ing (and thus increased odors and flies). Moreover, surveys in port mode in many cities with the aim of reducing automobile
Hong Kong showed that doorway or curbside recycling was dependency and associated GHG emissions. Strategies take
more acceptable than bring systems, and binary waste sort- the form of bicycle rental stations, being used especially in
ing was more popular than multisorting (Aberg et al., 1996). European cities, and the provision of bike lanes. Although
many cities in developing country have a high share of non-
City governments can play a key role in increasing environ- motorized transport, this could change with rising incomes.
mental awareness for pollution and waste reduction by pub- Safety, convenience, and the possibility of improving daily
licly promoting green behaviors (Chan, 1998). It has been commutes are again important psychological and social
shown that it is particularly beneficial to communicate waste parameters. Another noteworthy, low-carbon alternative
separation behavior as being responsible, rewarding, sen- to car transport is the adoption of bus rapid transit sys-
sible, and good for maintaining a good place to live. This, tems (BRTs), as seen in cities such as Mexico City, Delhi,
together with emphasizing a “feel good factor” when par- Curitiba, and Istanbul. BRT systems often include BRT-only
ticipating in recycling schemes, is believed to be person- lanes traveling along established major transport routes
ally rewarding and may ensure greater participation levels and may replace more chaotic, informal transit alternatives
(Tonglet et al., 2004). Recycling campaigns should focus on that are used in mixed-use traffic lanes (EMBARQ, 2013).
reinforcing the positive attitudes of recyclers and potentially BRT systems may offer significantly reduced travel times
change the negative attitudes of non-recyclers (Emery et al., for passengers (e.g., the Istanbul Metrobüs system, which
2003; Evison and Read, 2001). Research has also shown that connects the European and Asian sides of the city, saves
economic incentives can be successful in increasing domes- an average passenger 52 minutes per day and reduces
tic waste separation (Yau, 2010). CO2 emissions by 167 tons per day; Alpkokin and Ergun,
2012). A well-run BRT system with a high frequency of ser-
PRICING INSTRUMENTS AND CONSUMER BEHAVIOR vice, such as the Guangzhou BRT system’s 350 buses per
IN THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SECTOR hour, may reduce passengers‘ waiting times by a significant
amount (Guangzhou Transport Research Institute, 2012). The
Pricing instruments are often an efficient mechanism to reduce Guangzhou BRT system was planned together with a bike
demand or modify consumer behavior in the public transpor- sharing system along the same corridor, thus offering travel-
tation sector (Eliasson and Mattsson, 2006; Nakakura and ers an even more environmentally friendly option (EMBARQ,

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2013). Reduced travel time, safety, comfort, and the potential IMPROVING COMMUNICATION FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
for increased routine physical activity all serve as incentives ACTION
to change individuals’ behavior.
In many decision-making processes, perceptions matter more
HEALTH RISK PERCEPTION IN THE CONTEXT OF HEAT than facts. How we feel about a risk (i.e., our subjective percep-
WAVES tions of risk) influences what we pay attention to in complicated
situations and how we approach and solve problems. This can
Heat waves are slow-onset extreme climatic events expected explain the gap between what experts perceive as risk and
to increase with climate change. In many countries, heat what the public perceives as risk. Based on utilizing a person’s
waves put more lives at risk than do rapid-onset hazards like mental model, worldview, and core values, a number of addi-
hurricanes, floods, and landslides (e.g., in the United States; tional aspects can be summarized as aiding climate change
Klinenberg, 2002). A number of psychological factors come communication (CRED, 2009; CRED and ecoAmerica, 2014):
into play. • Climate change communication is best framed in a relevant
and relatable way, one speaking to people’s worldviews
Klinenberg (2002) studied the disastrous Chicago heat wave
of 1992 that caused the death of 739 people within a week. He and values, connected to a personal emotional relation,
concluded that the risk from this hazard had been underesti- concentrated on positive aspects and potential gains, and
mated due to factors such as the low visibility of heat damage formulated in a way that ends with a doable action (i.e.,
(often only reported as number of excess deaths) and victims what a person willing to act can do now).
as compared with the structural damages that other hazards • Communication may generally try to highlight the impacts
cause and the subsequent lack of visual and other reporting of climate change that are already being experienced in
materials such as pictures (lack of signal value) or tangible the present or are likely to occur in the very near future.
experiential reports. The social, economic, and institutional This will create an urgency to act now (Gifford, 2011). It is
situations of residents also play a role. People living alone, also advisable to focus on facts that are assumed to be
not leaving home daily, lacking access to transportation,
certain rather than those that are uncertain – for example,
being sick or bedridden, not having social contacts nearby,
the fact that hurricanes with storm surges are highly likely
and, of course, not having an air conditioner were found to be
most at risk. Older men were at twice the risk of older women to make landfall in the mid-Atlantic region.
due to fewer social contacts, and black communities were • Moreover, people tend to think that it will be easier for them
more at risk than Hispanic communities. to act tomorrow or pay in the future – not now – as demon-
strated by research on retirement savings (Benartzi, 2012).
The case of Chicago shows that heat wave risk has to be Applied to climate preparedness or energy conservation
taken seriously, particularly in large, dense, and socially dif- programs, participation may be greater if communicators
ferentiated cities. Because communities and residents differ ask people to commit now with the actual or more cost-
in their coping strategies for heat waves and other risks, com-
intensive action being implemented later (e.g., by commit-
munity-targeted communication strategies are key. These
ting to weatherizing their home in the following year).
include sending warnings and press releases through effec-
tive media, opening cooling centers and providing free bus • Finally, in any communication, recommendations and/
transportation to them, addressing residents in risk catego- or advice emphasizing local variation can be taken into
ries (e.g., by phoning elders or sending police officers/city account to tailor and contextualize information, draw on
workers to do door-to-door check-ups on seniors who live past experience, and thereby achieve personal relevance
alone), or increasing social contact and social embedded- with people. It should be kept in mind that different
ness in communities (Klinenberg, 2002). locations and contexts may need different approaches.

practitioners: Patrick Driscoll from Smart Cities Catalyst consult- Strategies in Urban Areas: The UCCRN Assessment Report
ing company, Copenhagen; Martha Delgado, the General Director on Climate Change” (chaired by Stelios Grafakos) at the sec-
of the Global Cities Covenant on Climate Secretariat, Mexico ond biennial European Climate Change Adaptation Conference
City; and David Wilk from the Inter-American Development in Copenhagen (May 12–14, 2015). The purpose of the session
Bank, Washington D.C. In addition, inputs and advice for the case was to increase interactions among stakeholders and scien-
examples were provided by Sean O’Donoghue, Manager of the tists and engage them in discussions of the experiences of cit-
Climate Protection Branch in eThekwini Municipality, Durban, ies from different geographical regions. The session provided
South Africa; and Carolina Zambrano, National Representative insights into key principles when dealing with climate change
for Avina Foundation (Fundación Avina), Quito and stakeholders planning in cities from a mitigation and adaptation perspective
from the energy company Helen Oy from Helsinki. and used best practices and lessons learned from different cit-
ies. Approximately thirty practitioners, urban policy-makers and
The chapter writing team organized a special session and planners, researchers, scientists, and private-sector participants
roundtable discussion “Integrating Adaptation and Mitigation attended the session.

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