3 and 4 June 2009
Julia Parzen
How Chicago has institutionalised Climate Change adaptation
I highly recommend this site www.chicagoclimatechange.org
Key messages
- 'there was a lot of process'
- built around involvement and engagement and collaboration
- designed the plan with participation
- Julia emphasised how much attention to process underpinned the development of their strategy 'there was a lot of process'
- She spoke about how Chicago had institutionalised their climate change adaptation framework
- She is not a climate change expert but experienced in organisations and process
- Everything was based around stakeholder involvement and engagement and collaborations. This was built into their structures. They worked with industries, businesses, research institutions and community members
- did not separate adaptation and mitigation - bringing them together in one strategy
- wherever possible they built on existing initiatives, relationships - the assets based model [McKnight - very Chicago]
- worked with whatever was important to people whether it was trees, gardening, concern about prices increases
- asked extra questions of whoever was working on an existing project
- the model can readily be updated
- risk factors were based on assessment criteria to avoid personal preference
- performance measures included permeability, morbidity
- used infra red mapping to identify heat islands and focussed tree planting there
- report emissions every 3 years
The five strategies in their plan are:
- energy efficient buildings
- clean and renewable energy
- improved transport
- reduced waste and industrial pollution
- adaptation
see www.chicagoclimatechange.org
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