Monteria Climate Change Plan

The climate action plan of the City of Monteria, arises as a legal mandate of the Urban Environmental Management Policy of Colombia, the city's land use plan, the National Climate Change Plan and the Mexico City pact, these legal elements are adopted as an initiative of the Municipal Administration, to give shape and content to the climate action plan, in which also participated and reached consensus on the plan representatives of the organized community, the Regional Autonomous Corporation of the Sinu Valleys, representative of the universities of the city and representatives of the productive guilds. Fundamentally, the climate action plan, based on legal, institutional and technical support on climate action, intends to deepen and accelerate the work in order to provide actions that help mitigate, manage, raise awareness and adapt the city of Monteria to the effects of climate in its territorial development prospects. The current reality of the city makes the implementation of the Climate Change Action Plan necessary, being its main axis to advance in the aspects related to the approach on green, resilient and inclusive territorial planning and management, focused on minimizing poverty and developing the city without losing sight of sustainability. The Action Plan will support different urban and rural stakeholders such as community organizations and entrepreneurs, as they can make a significant difference in implementing actions to maximize the effects of the plan, aiming to achieve measurable improvements in adaptation and resilience and measurable reductions in pollutant emissions. The Action Plan focuses mainly on balancing the impact of climate factors on the city based on sustainable territorial development, identifying and maximizing measures to take advantage of the most important mitigation and adaptation opportunities, seeking climate finance and raising capital from private companies. Fifteen main lines of action are proposed to be developed by the plan, the most important of which are: sustainable urban mobility, integrated waste management, urban water management, promotion of sustainable urbanization, development of sustainable agricultural practices, creation of green public spaces, use of sustainable energy sources, integration of urban equipment as green infrastructure, creation of sustainable economic networks, and social inclusion.

Overview

Type of instrument:

Legislative, regulatory and strategic instruments›Urban planning mechanisms

Challenges addressed

Ecologic connectivity
Water management (e.g. reuse)
Green space management (e.g. accessibility)
Watershed restoration/water quality
Heat stress and heat island effect
Social cohesion
Social equity
Reconnection to the biosphere / environmental education
Human health, comfort and well-being

Consideration of nature-based solutions:

The conservation and environmental protection of ecosystems will consist of the creation of management plans in the municipality of Monteria as an instrument to obtain the ecological and social information necessary to make decisions related to biodiversity conservation and to define strategies for the solution of environmental conflicts.

Targeted (peri-)urban areas:

Parks and (semi)natural urban green areas

Green areas for water management

Urban green space connected to grey infrastructure

Good practice characteristics:

Multifunctional NBS support

Sustainable in the long-term

Locally appropriate

Potential to be replicated / upscaled

Governance

Government body/bodies

Initiating body:

Mayor's Office of Montería

Instrument design:

Details about how the instrument was designed:

The collaboration mechanisms were articulated by the Local Climate Change Committee, which managed the collaboration of different governmental entities such as municipal secretaries, Regional Corporations, Universities and productive associations.

Involvement of non-governmental actors:

Public sector institution (e.g. school or hospital)

Private sector, corporate, business

Researchers, university

Citizens or community groups / NGOs

Type of actor involvement:

Co-planning or co-design of instrument (e.g. boards, advisory role)

Expert task force consultation

Instrument implementation:

Type of involvement:

To guarantee the adequate implementation and management of the municipal climate change plan, actions were developed jointly by all the actors involved, for which it was necessary during the first year of the PMCC to create the Local Climate Change Committee.

Targeted actors:

Public sector institution (e.g. school or hospital)

Private: household, real estate developer, business , financial

Researchers, university

Citizens or community groups (CBOs), NGOs, NGOs, etc.

Financing

Sources of funding:

Public national budget

Public regional budget

Budget:

Unknown

Details about instrument financing:

During the course of this investigation, no details on the financing of the instrument were found.

Monitoring, evaluation and impacts

Is a monitoring framework in place?:

Achieved outcomes and impacts:

Increasing the city's competitiveness and resilience in the face of climate change, through mitigation, management and adaptation of climate risks in order to take advantage of opportunities by improving its capacity to respond to the transformations that will affect the city in the future. Preparation of changes in public policies, for the benefit of the community and public and private entities. Improvement of climatic comfort inside buildings, directly impacting the quality of life of the user. Mitigation of the effects of rising temperatures in the city and reduction of urban heat islands. Urban water management for an efficient use of the resource.

Success factors and lessons learned:

Land use plans should be reviewed and modified in terms of their technical design, so that they are compatible with sustainability criteria and become more efficient in the fight against climate change. The qualification of sustainable activities in the city of Monteria should be promoted from the point of view of mitigation and adaptation to climate change, among other aspects, in order to move towards a transition to a low-carbon economy. The evaluation of different economic actors is necessary to establish environmental performance criteria in order to create a climate reputation for companies with their customers, investors, employees and other stakeholders. Business opportunities for the energy sector, transport and sustainable mobility, bioclimatic construction in order to boost the city's economy and create sources of employment to improve the circumstances of poverty, especially in the peri-urban areas of the city.

Sources and further information

References

List of references:

BID-CEPAL-DNP (2014). Economic impacts of climate change in Colombia. Colombia - Synthesis. Bogotá, Cundinamarca. Corporación Autónoma Regional de los Valles del Sinú y del San Jorge - CVS (2013). CVS (2013). "Informe de visita - Grupo Gestión del Riesgo" (Visit reports - Risk Management Group). Subdirección of Environmental Management. HERRÁM, C. (2012). "El cambio climático y sus consecuencias para América Latin America." Energy and Climate Project of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation - FES. Mexico. UNITED NATIONS (1992). "United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. on Climate Change".  UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME UNDP. (2010). "Transversalization of climate change in Colombia." https://archivo.minambiente.gov.co/images/cambioclimatico/pdf/aproximacion__al_territorio/PICC_CIUDAD_VERDE_MONTERIA.pdf

Further documents

Weblinks:

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