The aim of this project is to improve consistency in policy planning for climate change and its conformity at the national level, additionally improving climate change policy planning into sectoral and regional policies.
The direct target groups of the project are municipalities, state institutions and society. The location of the project implementation is in the Republic of Latvia.
During the project implementation, it is planned to develop additional climate change policy planning tools, such as developing a regional data collection and reporting system to promote climate change policy planning and implementation at regional level. Besides, in order to improve reporting and policy planning, an electronic database is planned on ozone depleting substances and F-gases. It is also intended to renew and improve Latvia's climate change scenario for 2100, in order to ensure policy planning in line with the latest forecasts, as well as the assessment of Latvia's coastal erosion, taking into account climate change scenarios, in order to adapt the planning of coastal use and develop suitable solutions to prevent coastal erosion.
The project foresees the integration of climate change policies into sectoral and regional policies and activities, including the assessment of current practices and the development of recommendations to integrate climate change mitigation and adaptation aspects in sectors such as finance, insurance, construction of buildings, roads and railways, land use planning and re-planning. It is also planned to introduce a new study course for Latvian municipalities and town local governments on climate change mitigation and adaptation issues.