Twinning visit report Isola Vicentina (VI), 11-12 January 2017 · energy efficiency and the...

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Twinning programme 2016

Twinning visit report

Isola Vicentina (VI), 11-12 January 2017

Mentor city: Isola Vicentina (VI)

Learning cities: Andrano (LE), Agueda (Portogallo)

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Executive summary

Representatives from the towns of Andrano (IT) and Agueda (PT) visited Isola Vicentina (IT) on 11-12

January. The three cities all of which share a Mediterranean climate are currently facing a number of

common challenges caused by climate change. Examples of which include issues involving water and flood

management along with the increasing frequency of extreme weather events (storms but also elevated

temperatures during the summer).

Isola Vicentina had the opportunity to present its water plan, which has been developed in collaboration

with the IUAV University and together with the SEAP, represents a comprehensive climate strategy for the

city. The water plan follows three main elements: prevention, protection and preparation. A series of

scenarios have been studied in order to understand how the land use of an area affects its capacity to

retain water and avoid water runoff and flooding. Furthermore, it looks at how urban areas along with

rural and wooded areas are impacted by extreme weather events. Moreover, the city is currently

developing a WebGis application, enabling citizens to learn about the environmental and economic added

value of the measures presented in the plan.

One of the key outcomes of the visit saw representatives from the three cities sign “The territories’ Charter

for Climate Change and Water Management”, ensuring their commitment to continue their trilateral

cooperation on the themes of mitigation and adaptation.

The city of Agueda and Andrano will now look into the possibility of transferring some of the measures

learnt during this visit, in their own specific localised contexts.

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Agenda of the visit

WEDNESDAY 11th OF JANUARY 2017

Morning: The Climate Plan of the Municipality of Isola Vicentina: mitigation to climate

change

08:30am Departure from Vicenza (FFSS railway station) to reach Isola Vicentina

09:00am Arrival in Isola Vicentina, welcome and registration of participants

09:30am Opening of the works: Welcome from the Mayor and the authorities and “break the ice”

informal talks (10 minutes for each municiaplity)

10:30am Prof. Piercarlo Romagnoni, IUAV University of Venice: “Energy and buildings sustainability: the

construction of a certification model for the Veneto Region”

10:50am Prof. Francesco Musco, IUAV University of Venice: “The Climate Plan of Isola Vicentina”

11:10am Dott. Filippo Magni, IUAV University of Venice: “The PAESC in the european and local

panorama: state of the art and future evolutions.”

11:30am Dott. Emiliano Vettore, Green DEV. Studio Associato: “The innovative elements introduced in

the SEAP of the Municipality of Isola Vicentina.”

11:50am Debate

12:30pm Lunch

Afternoon: The Climate Plan of the Municipality of Isola Vicentina: adaptation to climate

change

03:00pm Prof. Antonio Rusconi, former director of the national hydrographic service: “The idrographic

system of East Alps”

04:00pm Dott. Riccardo Pasi, IUAV University of Venice: “Adaptation and Water Plan: analysis of the

legislation and the plan tools. The Water Plan of the Municipality of Isola Vicentina”

04:20pm Dott. Diego Pellizzaro, Green DEV. Studio Associato “The Water Plan of the Municipality of

Isola Vicentina: innovative solutions of prevention, preparation and protection”

04:40pm Veneto Region managers “The implementation of adaptation actions to climate change: the

financing possibilities for the local entities”

05:00pm Involvement of the other municipalities. “Which is the state of the art in your countries? Which

are the difficulties to become resilient?”

Adaptation status in Águeda (20 minutes)

Adaptation status in Andrano (20 minutes)

Discussion on common challenges

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06:00pm End of the works

08:30pm Dinner and exchange of opinions between the participants about issues emerged during the

first day

10:30pm Return to Vicenza for the night

THURSDAY 12th OF JANUARY 2017

Morning: Real solutions of adaptation to Climate Change and the reduction of hydraulic risk

08:15am Departure from Vicenza (FFSS railway station) to reach Isola Vicentina

08:30am Arrival in Isola Vicentina

08:45am Start of the works - Beta Studio “The project for the detention basin of Caldogno”

10:00am Departure to visit the detention basins Caldogno and Castelnovo

01:00pm Lunch

Afternoon: Redaction of the “Chart for the management of water”

03:00pm All the participants to the twinning programme are invited to summarize their experiences and

what they learned in the two-days of meetings and visits. The final result will be a “Chart of the

territories for the correct management of water”, in which we will write down all the important

solutions of adaptation for the management of water and the probles linked with their implementation.

The Chart will be the commitment of the three towns to share and exchange best practices, ideas,

suggestions and to monitor results, in order to keep an eye on the implementation process of the mitigation

and adaptation policies to climate change.

The Chart, finally, has the aim to help other territories of the Union to tackle the theme of water and

resilience (we want to foster the replicability) and to propose, at the communitarian level, solutions to

remove obstacles in their implementation.

Moderator: Dott. Piero Pelizzaro, IUAV

05:00pm Transferability session and wrap-up, animated by the Mayors Adapt Twinning facilitator Pier

Paolo Saraceno

06:00pm End of the works and transfer to Vicenza

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1. Adaptation measures presented

Measure name and description Measure

implemented

in…

Related

climate risk/

vulnerability

Water Plan Prevention This prevention strategy is related to the measures intended to be enforced before extreme weather event occur, thus avoiding the negative impacts of such an event on the territory. An innovative approach has been considered to propose prevention measures to the municipality. A series of scenarios have been studied in order to understand how the land use of an area affects its capacity to absorb water and avoid water runoff and flooding. Protection The protection strategy is related to the measures provided regarding mitigating the actual conditions of flooding and adapt the territory to the future emergencies in order to reduce the probability that a great loading can occur in a future time of 2, 5, 10, 30, 100, 300 years. Protection The preparation measures are those related to providing information and educating the population on how to react in case of an emergency and extreme weather conditions

Isola Vicentina Flood and water management, extreme weather

Sustainable Land Use Plans Considering the land use and permeability of each area in Isola Vicentina, several simulations have been conducted in order to understand how urban areas and rural/wood areas react to extreme weather events.

Isola Vicentina Land Use

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2. Conditions for success and transferability assessment

Water Plan

Conditions

for success

Mentor city:

ISOLA VICENTINA

Learning city 1:

AGUEDA

Tra

nsf

era

bili

ty

pote

ntial

(1:

low

-

4:

hig

h)

Learning city 2:

ANDRANO

Tra

nsf

era

bili

ty

pote

ntial

(1:

low

-

4:

hig

h)

Problem at the origin of

the measure

Flood and secondary water

network risk

Flood and secondary water network risk

3 Flood from water storm 1

Objective of

the measure

Liability,

monitoring and management

Monitoring / pre-

evaluation, management, touristic

scope and fires

avoiding

4 Water storage, water

reuse avoiding fires, and agriculture use

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Time

needed for implementa

tion

2/3 years 2 years 4 2 years 2

Technical

conditions required

GIS and digital soil

model

External consultancy,

GIS, hydrological and pluviometry records,

2 GIS future model /

mapping previous cartography

2

Governance

of the measure

Regional and

National institutions,

consultancies, municipality

Stakeholders,

consultancies, natural municipal

3 Regional and National

(consultancies)

4

Legislative/

regulatory framework

Regional land

preservation plans, municipal

National and

municipal

2 Regional law 2

Additional

success

factors

Citizens

participation,

political commitment,

financing and funds, capacity

building

Stakeholders

participation,

municipal cooperation, funds

3 Funds, political

commitment, citizens’

participation, favourable regulatory environment

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Level of expenditure

46.000 euros (41.000 water

plan, 5.000 VAS)

85.000 (15.000 for the plan and 70.000

for the studies

1 25.000 euros 1

Overall rating of transferability potential 2.75 - 2.13

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3. Take-aways of the visit for the learning cities

Please reflect generally in around 10 lines on the learnings or inspiration drawn from the twinning visit.

City 1: Águeda

The twinning visit offered participants the opportunity to reflect on some of possible measures that they

could develop in Agueda. Firstly, altering the flow path of the principal river “Agueda” by deviation in order

to prevent overflow risks to the areas in the city centre. Secondly, we would like to boost awareness

raising, such as increasing the participation rates of schools and students in relation to environmental

themes. In terms of a mitigation plan, we would look into some possible incentives at the local level for

energy efficiency and the development of renewable energy schemes.

City 2: Andrano

The twinning visit in Isola Vicentina fully met our expectations, as it provided us with the opportunity of

meeting and exchanging experiences with other local authorities which share a number of common climate

adaptation concerns. This twinning visit should be looked at as a rather rare opportunity for municipalities

to come together and exchange knowledge and information. Furthermore, being a very small municipality

of not more than 5.000 inhabitants, and being able to meet and share our views with larger cities provides

us with a real added value.

The measures foreseen in Isola Vicentina’s adaptation plan could be applied to our territory to a certain

extent, taking into account the proper modifications and thinking about a suitable site. The experience

gained during the visit shall play an important role in the future actions vis-à-vis planning and

implementation processes.

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Action plan for the learning cities

City 1: Águeda

Adaptation action to take Timeline Key points to be monitored

Support needed from mentor

city or MA Office

Plan for climate adaptation 7 months Development of the plan; number of actions, amongst which the most important is the Deviation of the principal river “Agueda”

To be evaluated

City 2: Andrano


Support needed from mentor

city or MA Office

Comprehensive technical study about the hydro-geographic situation in light of the recent climatic changes, to capture the new critical elements and address the possible actions in the most effective way.

1 year Production of document

To be evaluated

Formulation and Implementation of the climate adaptation plan

2-3 years

Production of document Consistency of the foreseen actions

Examples from Mentor city

Increase adoption actions for more effective irrigation methods (especially the most applicable to small scale farms, such as surface drip irrigation or subsurface irrigation fed by small wastewater treatment plants)

3-5 years

Water use Farm wastewater disposal

To be evaluated

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4. Feedback of learning cities on the adaptation measures presented by the mentor

city

Please reflect generally in around 10 lines on the adaptation strategy and measures presented by the mentor city. Did you spot any incoherence? Would you have suggestions for the mentor city?

ÁGUEDA

This was a great opportunity to exchange ideas, problems, solutions and above all, to hold discussions

on the development of methodologies to adapt to climate change and promote improved management

of water resources. The practical study visits were very important and allowed us to see in the field the

real-world implementation of the projects both studied and planned. The project of the “hydraulic opera”

was very interesting and similar traits to a project that the city of Águeda has developed: the secondary

channel to Águeda river.

ANDRANO

In general, accounting for the differences related to our varied environments, it can be affirmed that the

issues Isola Vicentina’s have identified share much in common with many of ours. These foreseen

measures, in our estimation, represent the most effective and realistic way so to plan adaptive measures

for Isola Vicentina’s territory for the coming years.

We are particularly interested in their implementation and monitoring, in fact a consistent part of our

action plan shall include measures derived or inspired by Isola Vicentina’s and tailored to our territory

requirements, with special reference to the works concerning storm water evacuation.

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5. Take-aways of the twinning visit for the mentor city

The twinning programme has allowed the mentor city to tackle a variety of themes:

Learn from the practices which Agueda and Andrano have put in place, in particular the relationship

between water and land use in the extreme weather events;

Understand how Agueda and Andrano are reacting to these particular extreme weather events;

Discern how they have managed public participation and disseminated communication to citizens

according to best environmental practices

Analyse how projects and similar issues can have extremely different outcomes in different socio-

economic-legislative contexts.

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6. Action plan for the mentor city


Support needed from learning

city or MA Office

Implement the proposed actions of the Municipal Water Plan, subdivided in the prevention, protection and preparation actions

6 years The municipality will maintain up to date the Public Work Plan

Financing, guidelines

Cooperation and sharing of experiences and actions with the other cities of the twinning

Twinning period Confrontation every six months

Supported by an online sharing platform with data and information from the twinned cities

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Conclusions

Please reflect on the learnings or inspiration drawn from the twinning visit

The city of Isola Vicentina has shown a firm commitment towards adaptation and mitigation to climate

change. The strong environmental action footprint that the city has decided to undertake is clearly visible

from the detailed environmental plans that it has developed, namely the SEAP and the Water Plan. Isola

Vicentina has decided to embrace an integrated approach, deciding not to limit its environmental action

to a single component, rather to have a response to both mitigation and adaptation.

Despite its small size, Isola Vicentina has decided to dedicate a large amount of its resources to the

elaboration both the SEAP and Water Plan, entering into a contract with the IUAV (University of Venice)

for a total cost of 40,000 EUR, which has offered its expertise during the planning phase. Isola Vicentina’s

water plan seeks to find suitable solutions to ensure the proper functioning of their local water network.

The development of the plans has been extremely problematic initially, in particular the process of

increasing citizens’ awareness of the importance of developing such measures. Moreover, the fragmented

nature of administrative matters in Italy, with competences being spread among regions, provinces and

municipalities has made the process more complex. Isola Vicentina has also created a Webgis application

for informing their citizens about the real economic benefits along with the impacts for water management

of those measures once implemented.

Despite their differences in relation to geographic and morphological characteristics, both Andrano and

Agueda had the opportunity to discuss with Isola Vicentina the processes that led the city to develop their

environmental actions. Andrano has expressed an issue related to costal erosion and water scarcity, for

which they have already started to work on an irrigation plan, aiming to finish it in the next 2-3 years.

Andrano does not have an adaptation plan as of yet, however this twinning visit has offered to the city a

first step towards the development of a methodology.

Agueda suffers from forceful flooding, which have recently become more frequent due to the increasing

influence of climate change. The city has already carried out a myriad of studies to try and find solutions

to the flooding problem. Nevertheless, they have not managed to develop an adaptation and water plan

yet. However, they have implemented some measures which aim to tackle these challenges, among which

is the creation of a second canal for primary “Agueda” river, so to better manage water flow when the

extreme levels are reached.

The territories’ Charter for Climate Change and Water Management, which has been developed during this

twinning city and signed by the three representatives, offers an overview of the key messages which the

cities wanted to provide to the involved stakeholders. In particular, to the higher echelons of government

(i.e. Region, Nation, EU) in order to take into consideration the needs of local areas during the policy

formulation and the decision-making process. The Charter has also been a way to strengthen future

cooperation between the three cities as well as to boost their commitments towards climate mitigation

and adaptation measures.

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Annex 1: List of participants

Name Surname City/Organisation Email Célia Laranjeira Comune di Agueda [email protected]

Antonella Botrugno Comune di Andrano [email protected]

Antonia Rizzello Comune di Andrano [email protected]

Mario Accoto Comune di Andrano [email protected]

Andrea Antonio Urso Comune di Andrano [email protected]

Lucentino Pantaleo Comune di Andrano [email protected]

Sandro

Salvatore

Accogli Comune di Andrano [email protected]

Francesco

Enrico

Gonzo Comune di Isola Vicentina [email protected]

Carole Ngah Biloa Comune di Isola Vicentina [email protected]

Daniel Schiavon Comune di Isola Vicentina [email protected]

Caroline Marzano Comune di Isola Vicentina [email protected]

Marysate C Kogmint Comune di Isola Vicentina [email protected]

Fernando Di Cesaro Comune di Isola Vicentina [email protected]

Carlo De Rossi Comune di Isola Vicentina [email protected]

Diego Pellizzaro Università IUAV, Green-Dev [email protected]

Emiliano Vettore Università IUAV, Green-Dev [email protected]

Filippo Magni Università IUAV [email protected]

Francesco Musco Università IUAV [email protected]

Mattia Bertin Università IUAV [email protected]

Riccardo Pasi Università IUAV [email protected]

Antonio Rusconi Università IUAV [email protected]

Pier Paolo Saraceno Mayors Adapt Office [email protected]

Ruggero Gonzo Comune di Isola Vicentina -

Augusto Sartori Comune di Isola Vicentina -

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Annex 2: Press release

Press release: https://goo.gl/nzX1fC

Twinning Cities: Territori e cambiamenti climatici Isola Vicentina, 30 dicembre 2016

“Isola Vicentina entra nell’esclusivo circuito degli 11 Comuni Virtuosi in Europa per la resilienza sui Cambiamenti Climatici “City Twinning” e svolgerà il ruolo di “mentor city”.

Il Comune di Isola Vicentina è stato selezionato tra i vincitori del secondo Programma di Gemellaggio europeo “City Twinning”, promosso dalla Commissione Europea nell’ambito dell’iniziativa strategica per il clima Mayors Adapt (Covenant of Mayors), lanciata con l’obiettivo di far fronte ai cambiamenti climatici nelle città e nelle regioni d’Europa e di promuovere uno sviluppo urbano sostenibile. Il Comune di Isola Vicentina è stato tra i primi Comuni in Europa a sostenere l’adesione al Mayors Adapt fin dal suo lancio, partecipando con una propria delegazione alla cerimonia di inaugurazione tenutasi nell’ottobre 2015 presso la sede del Parlamento Europeo a Bruxelles. Proprio il costante lavoro nel tempo ha consentito al Comune di conseguire il brillante risultato ed essere tra le 11 città europee selezionate (provenienti da 7 nazioni europee) per il secondo bando del Programma di Gemellaggio e tra le sole due città italiane (Andrano – Lecce- e, appunto, Isola Vicentina).

“City Twinning” è un Programma di Gemellaggio tra i Comuni d’Europa per lo scambio peerto-peer di buone pratiche, con l’obiettivo di favorire la resilienza dei territori.

Il programma connette città che hanno già sviluppato con successo buone pratiche di adattamento e mitigazione (le cosiddette “mentor cities”) con altre città che si candidano per acquisire know-how in vista della pianificazione di azioni future per il clima e l’ambiente (le cosiddette “learning cities”). Il programma si articola in visite di gemellaggio, grazie alle quali si verifica “in situ” cosa è stato fatto e quali sono state le metodologie di lavoro e di finanziamento che hanno consentito di raggiungere risultati a livello territoriale.

Il Comune di Isola Vicentina è stato decretato dalla Commissione Europea quale città mentore e, per questo motivo, accoglierà nel suo territorio i Comuni di Andrano (Provincia di Lecce) e di Agueda (Distretto di Aveiro, Portogallo).

Il titolo di “mentor city” è stato attribuito al Comune vicentino per il suo brillante e riuscito esperimento di sviluppare un Piano Clima Comunale a partire dalla redazione del Piano d’Azione per l’Energia Sostenibile e del Piano delle Acque. Questo esempio virtuoso di pianificazione, è stato premiato come una delle migliori pratiche per la resilienza dei territori a livello europeo. Nel suo lavoro di costruzione di questo strumento di mitigazione e adattamento al cambiamento climatico, il Comune è stato coadiuvato dall’Università IUAV di Venezia (prof. Francesco Musco che ne è stato il principale referente scientifico) e dallo studio vicentino di progettazione e pianificazione Green DEV.

https://goo.gl/nzX1fC

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Il “gemellaggio per il clima” si terrà a Isola Vicentina i prossimi 11 e il 12 Gennaio e avrà molteplici finalità.

Grazie al gemellaggio” – afferma ancora il Sindaco Francesco Enrico Gonzo – “il Comune di Isola Vicentina sarà in grado di mettere a confronto i risultati già raggiunti – grazie alla redazione e all’implementazione del Piano di Azione per le Energie Sostenibili (PAES), previsto nell’ambito dell’iniziativa della Commissione europea del Patto dei Sindaci – e, soprattutto, proporre competenze ed esperienze per la pianificazione strategica di azioni per il clima e l’ambiente con un obiettivo di medio-lungo periodo al 2030”.

In primo luogo servirà per aprire un dibattito serio sul cambio climatico e sui rischi e le vulnerabilità che i nostri territori stanno già subendo, con focus specifico sulla gestione delle acque (rischio alluvioni, esondazioni e, per contro, siccità).

In secondo luogo si prefigge di realizzare una “Carta dei territori per il cambio climatico e la gestione delle acque”, che verrà inviata agli uffici competenti della Commissione Europea e che conterrà sia un vademecum di buone pratiche per la resilienza, utile per tutti i Comuni europei che dovranno affrontare questi importanti problemi, sia una richiesta specifica di fondi per poter realizzare le azioni necessarie e per mettere in sicurezza tutti i territori dell’Unione.

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Annex 3 : Charter of Territories

“Charter of Territories for Climate Change

and Water Management”

Municipality of Isola Vicentina (Vicenza – Italy) Municipality of Andrano (Lecce – Italy)

Municipality of Agueda (Portugal)

I. Goal

Climate change discloses challenges and global risks for the environment and the economy; threatens human health, increases the chance of extreme weather events, undermines natural resources and forces people migrations. Today, the impacts due to the greenhouse gases (GHG) already in the atmosphere are evident and inevitable. Answers and solutions to climate change can produce opportunities and economic benefits through the development of renewable energy. The international efforts should be undertaken to protect human kind and our planet by limiting the average increase of the global temperature by 2 ° C.

To reach the long-term climatic balance and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions it is necessary that all governments in every level reacts now. It is necessary to develop new technologies, strategies, financing mechanisms and economic incentives to reduce emissions, and in the meantine developing standardized metrics to mesure the new progress model. Governments should also improve the resilience of infrastructures and natural systems against the increase of climate impacts.

The Signatories of the Charter recognise the international measures and the declarations to answer to climate and change and are aware that international efforts in tackling

Comune di

Isola

Vicentina

Comune di

Andrano

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climate change are unsatisfactory compared to the challenges we have to face. Meanwhile progress in the cooperation between nations has been limited, the subnational, provincial, regional and municipal levels have taken the initiative with ambitious climate objectives both with actions in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and with actions in the protection against the impacts of climate change.

II. Commitments for the Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The principle of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 should be to limit the global average temperature increase to 2 ° C. For the signatories of this charter this means reducing between 80 and 95% of their greenhouse gas emissions compared to the levels of 1990 by 2050 and / or reaching the objective of per capita annual emissions of less than 2 tons by 2050.

To reach this ambitious goal by 2050 it is necessary to achieve measurable progresses in the short-term to promote the necessary reduction of emissions. It will be essential to define binding objectives at the medium-term for 2030 or before. Aware of the fact that every member has to tackle its own challenges and opportunities, this charter doesn’t mandate a specific development path to 2030. The signatories commits to undertake their own bundles of actions and projects, by integrating them with this memorandum to reach the objectives of a GHGs emission reduction objective by 2030.

To reach the objectives of GHGs emissions reduction, the signatories strive for a clear improvement of energy efficiency and in a broad development of renewable energy.

The areas of specific interventions, illustrative and non exhaustive for the cooperation and the coordination between signatories are:

A. Energy efficiency: Signatories agree to share information and experience on redesign of the power supply and grid, technical solutions and advances in promoting large-scale switch to renewable energy and the integration of renewable energy sources, actions needed to ensure security of supply, and strategies to promote energy efficiency.

B. Traffic and transportation: Signatories agree to take steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector, with the goal of broad adoption of "zero emission vehicles” and development of related zero emission infrastructure. The Signatories agree to encourage urban planning and development that supports alternate modes of transit, especially public transit, biking, and walking.

C. Safeguard of natural resources and waste reduction: Signatories agree to collaborate on methods to reduce emissions from the natural resources and waste sectors, which exist at the nexus of climate mitigation and adaptation activity. Signatories will share information about management techniques to capture CO2 and protect natural infrastructures. Singatories will share technologies to reduce waste or convert waste to secondary raw materials or to energy.

D. Science and technology: Signatories agree to collaborate and coordinate on scientific assessment efforts, and share information and experience in technology development

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and deployment. Signatories seek to help others learn from experience to maximize success of technological transitions and avoid potential obstacles.

E. Communication and public participation: Signatories agree to collaborate and coordinate on messaging, transparency, public outreach around climate change, mitigation of GHG emissions, adaptation, and the subject matter of this Charter.

F. Short-lived Climate Pollutants: Signatories agree to collaborate on the reduction of short-lived climate pollutants such as black carbon and methane, which will provide near-term air quality benefits, while also reducing potent climate forcing pollutants.

G. Inventory, Monitoring, Accounting, Transparency: Signatories agree to work towards consistent monitoring, reporting, and verification across jurisdictions, and will work through mechanisms such as the Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy for 2030.

III. Committments for the Adaptation and Resilience

Signatories agree to collaborate on actions to promote adaptation and resilience, with an eye toward maximizing benefits for both GHG emission reduction and climate adaptation.

Signatories will share best practices in modeling and assessment to understand projected climate impacts, especially at the regional and local scale. Entities will share best practices in integrating these findings into planning and investment.

Signatories will work together to build metrics and indicators that can help to track progress in reducing the risk of climate change to people, natural systems, and infrastructure.

In working to reduce climate risk, Signatories will look to natural or “green” infrastructure solutions that maximize ecological benefits while providing protection. Parties will share best practices in designing and deploying these solutions.

Signatories to this Charter will work to share innovative models for financing and supporting climate adaptation, including public-private partnerships, resilience funds, and competitive approaches.

IV. Tools for a Collaborative Implementation Each of the Signatories has its own strategies to implement and achieve its goals and targets. While some strategies will be appropriate for particular Signatories, others can be shared or modified by other bodies.

Signatories agree to collaborate and coordinate to achieve the objectives by 2050 to foster the reduction of greenhouse gases and to implement the actions for the safeguard of natural resources in per favorire la riduzione del gas di serra e le azioni per la protezione del clima at the “Annual Signatories Conference” and in other related international climate events.

Share and promote efficient mechanisms of financing on the national and international level to the extent feasible.

Share technology such as through open source information to the extent feasible.

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Contribute to the development of capacities for the safeguard of the climate and the adaptation of technologies trough technology transfer and know how, to the extent feasible.

The actions that have already been deployed from the Signatories of the Charter and that they commit to share are:

Isola Vicentina 1. Release of the SEAP and the Municipal Water Plan in the form of a Adaptation Plan. 2. Communication through App and/or WebGis and interactive platforms on the municipal website on the economic and enviornmental convenience in undertaking at the residential level mitigation and adaptation to climate change policies. 3. Creation of the energy desk for citizens and businesses. Agueda

1. Deviation of the principal river “Agueda” to prevent the overflow in the city centre. 2. Participation of schools and students in environmental themes. 3. Incentives at the local level for energy efficiency and the development of renewable

energy. Andrano 1. Release of the SEAP to stimulate energy efficiency and the development of renewable energy. 2. Will to equip with an adaption to climate change tool useful to manage both scarcity of water and urban water run-off

V. Proposals of collaboration for regional, national and international governments

1. Path of training for technicians and municipal administrators on the themes of resilience and adaptation to climate change.

2. Foster the creation of tools to transfer to citizens the information relatively to the concept of resilience and climate change and make them more engaged in public participation.

3. Create a database of best practices with “nature based solution” for adaptation actions at the local level.

4. Increase and improve the coordination structures between european initiatives and the municipalities in order to help administrations in following the practices.

5. Make the Adaptation SEAP compulsory for the others municipalities in order not to reduce the results and efforts of some municipalities.

6. Establish at the european level an evaluation system for the municipalities that have shown a particular involvement and good results.

7. Simplify the access to fundings and resources to finance the priority interventions expected in the Plan for municipalities at the point 6.

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Signatories agree that coordination and cooperation will be a benefit for the actions related to this Charter and enforce the efforts of that municipalities. Signatories will work together on solutions that have a positive impact on the environment and the economy in the short and the long term, including the joined efforts to the extent feasible. This Charter does not represent a contract.

Isola Vicentina, the 12th of January 2017

Mayor of Isola Vicentina (Francesco Enrico Gonzo) Mayor of Andrano (Mario Accoto) For Mayor of Agueda (Célia Morais Laranjeira)

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