Stakeholder workshop "Climate change and security in the Dniester River Basin“, Chisinau 9 July 2013

Climate Change Adaptation Strategy of the Republic of Moldova

Lilia Taranu (PhD)

Senior Consultant, Climate Change Office, Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Moldova

Stakeholder workshop "Climate change and security in the Dniester River Basin“, Chisinau 9 July 2013

Outline of the presentation Climate Policies Development in the RM – ongoing

process; Consultation process for climate policies in the RM; Climate Change Adaptation Strategy - Policy

Objectives; Expected Implementation Costs and Stages of

Implementation of CCAS; Activities and projects those arise from the Climate

Change Adaptation Strategy


Climate Policies Development in the RM – ongoing process

By end of 2013 year, the Government of the RM will approve two climate change policy documents, on which the MoEN and UNDP Moldova started to work in October 2010;

Both strategic documents were under the consultation process with Central Public Authorities and Civil Society since 12th June to 5th July 2013:Low Emission Development Strategy (LEDS) of the Republic of

Moldova until 2020: <http://particip.gov.md/proiectview.php?l=ro&idd=929>;

Climate Change Adaptation Strategy (CCAS) of the Republic of Moldova: <http://particip.gov.md/proiectview.php?l=ro&idd=930>.


http://particip.gov.md/proiectview.php?l=ro&idd=929

http://particip.gov.md/proiectview.php?l=ro&idd=930

Consultation process for climate policies in the RM


Climate Change Adaptation Strategy - Policy Objectives

The Aim of the Climate Change Adaptation Strategy of the Republic of Moldova is: “to ensure a framework when the country’s social and economic

development is resilient to the future impacts of climate change”.

The General Objective of the CCAS is: “to establish a strong enabling environment and clear direction

for an effective and coherent climate change adaptation process to take place across all relevant sectors of the national economy”.


Climate Change Adaptation - Strategic Policy Objectives of the CCAS (cont.)

The specific objectives of the Climate Change Adaptation Strategy of the Republic of Moldova are: “to improve the management and the proliferation of

information on disaster risks and climate in the Republic of Moldova”.

“ to strengthen the institutional framework to ensure effective implementation of adaptation to climate change at national, sectoral and local levels”.

“to develop climate resilience through risk reduction and adaptation to climate change in the priority sectors”.


Expected Implementation Costs and Stages of Implementation of CCAS


No. Objectives and Activities Organization Responsible Time frame Expected Costs1 IMPROVE THE MANAGEMENT AND DISSEMINATION OF DISASTER AND CLIMATE RISK INFORMATION IN MOLDOVA.

1.1Build capacities for gathering, analyzing and disseminating climate risk information, including weather data, climate modeling and impact assessment.

Ministry of Environment (Climate Change Office and National Hidrometeorological Service);Academy of Sciences of Moldova

2013-2017 300,000 USD

1.1.1 Develop regional climate change scenarios in the Republic of Moldova for mid and long term based on AOGCM an RCM

Ministry of Environment (Climate Change Office and National Hidrometeorological Service) 2013-2017 30,000 USD

1.1.2Construct high resolution maps of future climate conditions in the Republic of Moldova for different SRES A2 (High), A1B (medium), B1 (low) emissions scenarios


1.1.3Conduct temporal and spatial analysis of trends in the frequency and intensity of extreme events in the Republic of Moldova as a result of climate change


1.1.4 Conduct vulnerability and risk assessment for agriculture sector at the regional and/or district level

Ministry of Environment (Climate Change Office and National Hidrometeorological Service); Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry; Academy of Sciences of Moldova; Institute of Ecology and Geography; Institute of Pedology, Agrochemistry and Soil Protection “Nicolae Dimo”;State Agrarian University of Moldova; Non-Governmental Organization

2013-2017 30,000 USD

1.1.5 Carry out studies on the impact of climate change on major crops and livestock

Ministry of Environment (Climate Change Office and National Hidrometeorological Service); Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry; Academy of Sciences of Moldova; Institute of Ecology and Geography; State Agrarian University of Moldova; Institute of Pedology, Agrochemistry and Soil Protection “Nicolae Dimo”;Scientific-Practical Institute of Biotechnologies in Animal Breeding and Veterinary Medicine;Non-Governmental Organization

2013-2017 40,000 USD

1.1.6 Conduct the spatial assessment of the impact of climate change on surface water and groundwater basins

Ministry of Environment (Climate Change Office and National Hidrometeorological Service)Academy of Sciences of Moldova

2013-2017 30,000 USD



No. Objectives and Activities Organization Responsible Time frame Expected Costs

1.1.7

Assess the risks/opportunities to human health and sustainable development of certain economic sectors (e.g., agriculture, forestry, water resources, buildings, etc.) due to the increased number and intensity of extremes events as result of climate change

Ministry of Health; Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry;Ministry of Environment (Climate Change Office and National Hidrometeorological Service); Ministry of Regional Development and Construction; Local Public Authorities; Academy of Sciences of Moldova Institute of Ecology and Geography; State University of Medicine and Pharmaceuticals of Moldova “Nicolae Testimiteanu”; State Agrarian University of Moldova; Non-Governmental Organization

2013-2017 100,000 USD

1.1.8 Conduct risk and vulnerability assessment of energy and transport sectors

Ministry of Economy; Ministry of Transport and Road Administration;Ministry of Environment (Climate Change Office and National Hidrometeorological Service); Technical University of Moldova; Institute of Power Engineering

2013-2017 30,000 USD

1.2 Establish mechanisms for raising awareness on climate change Ministry of Environment (Climate Change Office and National Hidrometeorological Service); Academy of Sciences of Moldova; Non-Governmental Organization

2013-2017 200,000 USD

1.2.1Develop and implement training course for pre-elementary, elementary, high school on mainstreaming climate change in basic courses

Ministry of Education; Ministry of Environment; Academy of Sciences of Moldova; Non-Governmental Organization

2013-2017 40,000 USD

1.2.2Develop and implement accessible e-training programs and materials (books, booklets et.) on adaptation to upgrade skills of farmers, health and emergency professionals, transport planners, engineers and other professionals.

Ministry of Environment (Climate Change Office and National Hidrometeorological Service); Ministry of Economy;Ministry of Health; Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry;Ministry of Transport and Road Administration;Ministry of Regional Development and Construction; Local Public Authorities; Academy of Sciences of Moldova; Non-Governmental Organization

2013-2017 70,000 USD


No. Objectives and Activities Organization Responsible Time frame Expected Costs

1.2.3Conduct Information and Education Campaign (IEC) on Climate Change (CC) to promote best practices and sustainable technologies through multi-media, outreach, and other means of disseminating information

Ministry of Environment (Climate Change Office and National Hidrometeorological Service); Ministry of Education; Academy of Sciences of Moldova; Local Public Authorities; andNon-Governmental Organization

2013-2017 90,000 USD

1.2.4Develop a network and a roster of climate change recourses (individual experts, NGO, academic institutions, financial institutions) that could provide services to Central and Local Public Authorities (CPAs and LPAs) on Climate Change Adaptation

Ministry of Environment (Climate Change Office); Academy of Sciences of Moldova

2013No need of

financial coverage

1.3 Establish a regional coordination body with Ukraine and Romania to link activities on disaster and climate risk management

Ministry of Environment; State Chancellery 2013-2014

No need of financial coverage

2 ENSURE THAT CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION IS A NATIONAL AND LOCAL PRIORITY WITH A STRONG INSTITUTIONAL BASIS

2.1Revise the Regulation and the Nominal Composition of the National Commission for the implementation and execution of UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol mechanisms and provisions, to consider and approve also adaptation projects, as well as to be responsible for monitoring and implementation of LEDS and NCCAS

Ministry of Environment; State Chancellery 2013

No need of financial coverage

2.2 Build government capacities to manage and integrate climate change adaptation into policy and practice at both the local and national level

Central Public Authorities; Local Public Authorities 2013-2017 600,000 USD

2.3 Undertake a climate risk screening of relevant national policies Central Public Authorities 2013-2014 100,000 USD

2.4 Create a mechanism for integrating climate risk into all future policies Central Public Authorities 2013-2014 150,000 USD

3 BUILD CLIMATE RESILIENCE THROUGH REDUCING RISK AND FACILITATING ADAPTATION IN PRIORITY SECTORS

3.1 Conduct a review of current adaptation activities taking place in Moldova Central Public Authorities; Academy of Sciences of Moldova 2013-2014 100,000 USD

3.2 Develop Climate Change Adaptation Action Plans for each sector at high risk to climate impacts Central Public Authorities 2013-2017 300,000 USD

3.3 Conduct a review and revise relevant legislative documents to ensure climate resilience through reducing risks and facilitating adaptation in priority sectors Central Public Authorities 2013-2017 300,000 USD

3.4 Develop a climate risk management/adaptation financing plan Central Public Authorities; State Chancellery 2013-2014 100,000 USD

TOTAL COSTS: 2,150,000 USD


Activities and projects those arise from the Climate Change Adaptation StrategyUNDP Project “Supporting Moldova’s Climate Change Adaptation Planning Process”, supported financially by Government of Austria (2013-2016): The overall goal of the project is “to ensure that Moldova has a

system and capacities in place for medium- to long term adaptation planning and budgeting with the overall aim to reduce vulnerability of the population and key sectors to the impacts of climate change”.

The main project objective is “to support Moldova to put in place its National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process contributing to and building upon existing development planning strategies and processes and to implement priority adaptation actions”.


Activities and projects those arise from the Climate Change Adaptation StrategyThe Expected Project Outputs are as following:

Output 1. Institutional and policy frameworks for medium- to long-term gender-sensitive adaptation planning and budgeting are in place;Output 2. Institutional and technical capacities for iterative development of comprehensive NAP strengthened;Output 3. Adaptation interventions in priority sectors implemented including demonstration projects at a local level to catalyse replication and up scaling.


Activities and projects those arise from the Climate Change Adaptation Strategy (cont.)

EU Project “Clima East Program” (2013-2016), subdivided in two main components: (1) Clima East Policy Component and (2) Clima East Pilot Projects in seven partner countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine). The specific objective of the Clima East Policy Project is “to foster

improved climate change policies, strategies and market mechanisms in the Partner Countries that are more in line with the EU acquis, by supporting regional cooperation and improving information-access to EU climate change policies/acquis”.

The main aim of the Clima East Pilots Project is “to demonstrate through pilot projects the feasibility of ecosystem based approaches to climate ‐change, meaning that intact ecosystems such as peatlands, permafrost landscapes, boreal forests and pasture land can have a strong and cost‐efficient positive effect both on climate change mitigation and adaptation”.



The aim of the pilot project in Moldova is “to demonstrate a natural resource management model in the pastures and forests of Moldova which increases ecosystems’ capacity to sequester carbon under pending climate warning risks, while at the same time retain biodiversity and economic values”.

The project targets the pastures and forest degraded lands located in the Orhei National Park area and their buffer zone.



Under the Clima East Policy Project, actions has explicitly been organized around 6 result areas. Under the Result Area 3 “State-of-the-art national

climate change mitigation and adaptation policies developed, fine-tuned and implemented” it is planned the mainstreaming of climate change into the territorial arrangement strategy and other policies.

Under the Result Area 4 “Increased capacity for climate change vulnerability and impact assessments and increased capacity for adaptation planning” it is planned: to develop two National Adaptation Programmers of

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To strength capacity on vulnerability assessment of different sectors of the national economy to new climate conditions:Assess the climate change impact on water

resources in relation with the following sectors: agriculture, human health and promotion of RES;

Provide assistance in Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry vulnerability assessment and increase of agriculture and forestry sectors resilience to climate change.


Thank you for attention

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Stakeholder workshop "Climate change and security in the Dniester River Basin“, Chisinau 9 July 2013