An Innovative Approach for Subnational Climate Adaptation of Biodiversity and Ecosystems: The Case Study of a Regional Strategy in Italy

Alessandra Pollo, Irene Piccini, Jacopo Chiara, Elena Porro, Daniela Chiantore, Fabrizio Gili, Riccardo Alba, Andrea Barbi, Giuseppe Bogliani, Marco Bagliani, Alberto Doretto, Carlo Ruffino, Elisa Malenotti, Agostina Garazzino, Renata Pelosini, Consolata Siniscalco and Simona Bonelli
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Alessandra Pollo: Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology (DBIOS), University of Turin, 10123 Turin, Italy
Irene Piccini: Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology (DBIOS), University of Turin, 10123 Turin, Italy
Jacopo Chiara: Regione Piemonte, 10122 Turin, Italy
Elena Porro: Regione Piemonte, 10122 Turin, Italy
Daniela Chiantore: Regione Piemonte, 10122 Turin, Italy
Fabrizio Gili: Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology (DBIOS), University of Turin, 10123 Turin, Italy
Riccardo Alba: Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology (DBIOS), University of Turin, 10123 Turin, Italy
Andrea Barbi: Department of Pathobiology, Pharmacology and Zoological Medicine, Ghent University, 9820 Merelbeke, Belgium
Giuseppe Bogliani: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy
Marco Bagliani: Department of Economics and Statistics “Cognetti de Martiis”, University of Turin, 10153 Turin, Italy
Alberto Doretto: Department for Sustainable Development and Ecological Transition (DiSSTE), University of Piemonte Orientale, 13100 Vercelli, Italy
Carlo Ruffino: Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy
Elisa Malenotti: Regione Piemonte, 10122 Turin, Italy
Agostina Garazzino: Regione Piemonte, 10122 Turin, Italy
Renata Pelosini: Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione Ambientale (ARPA Piemonte), 10135 Turin, Italy
Consolata Siniscalco: Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology (DBIOS), University of Turin, 10123 Turin, Italy
Simona Bonelli: Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology (DBIOS), University of Turin, 10123 Turin, Italy

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 10, 1-25

Abstract: Since climate change impacts are already occurring, urgent adaptive actions are necessary to avoid the worst damages. Regional authorities play an important role in adaptation, but they have few binding guidelines to carry out strategies and plans. Sectoral impacts and adaptive measures strongly differ between regions; therefore, specific results for each territory are needed. Impacts are often not exhaustively reported by literature, dataset and models, thus making it impossible to objectively identify specific adaptive measures. Usual expert elicitation helps to fill this gap but shows some issues. For the Piedmont Strategy, an innovative approach has been proposed, involving experts of private and public bodies (regional authorities, academia, research institutes, parks, associations, NGOs, etc.). They collaborated in two work group, first to identify current and future impacts on biodiversity and ecosystems, and secondly to elaborate and prioritize measures. Involving 143 experts of 46 affiliations, it was possible to quickly edit a cross-validated list of impacts (110) and measures (92) with limited costs. Lastly, a public return of results took place. This approach proved to be effective, efficient and influenced the policymakers, overcoming the tendency to enact long-term actions to face climate change. It could be used internationally by subnational authorities also in other sectors.

Keywords: adaptation strategies; adaptation plans; adaptive measures; biodiversity conservation; climate change; climate impacts; expert elicitation; expert-based evaluation; participatory approach (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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