Supporting case studies
Supporting guidance
Supporting tools
Example plans and policies

Develop ambitious long-term solutions to address the challenges that climate change poses to existing, unadapted development and other land uses.

• Recognise that previously developed land may not be suitable for new development in the longer-term as climate risks intensify,

• Identify existing settlements, infrastructure and other critical assets that are vulnerable to climate risks and devise strategies for relocating them over the longer-term,

• Provide time-limited planning permission for new developments in locations that may not be sustainable in the longer-term.
  • European Level: Consider time-limited (60 - 100 year) designations under the Habitats and Birds Directives. Include climate risks more explicitly in European funded programmes (e.g. Structural Funds and Common Agricultural Policy.)
  • National Level: Develop legal and fiscal instruments so that retrofitting of adaptation measures to existing development can be achieved.

Supporting case studies:

• "Fränkische Saale": Investigation of climate change impacts and adequate adaptation measures

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Supporting guidance:

• Outline strategic vulnerability analysis
• Estimation of the impacts of climate change in a river catchment and determination of sustainable adaptation measures

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Supporting tools:

• FloodRanger
• Tools for modelling the impacts of climate change and the consequences on the economy

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Example plans and policies:

• Bavarian policies for integrating climate change in water management with a focus on flood protection
• PKB Room for Rivers (national spatial river planning process for a region)
• Manhood Peninsula Adaptation Action Plan
• Submission Draft Core Spatial Strategy

 

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