National Climate Change Adaptation Plan
The Climate Change Adaptation Plan follows from the National Adaptation Strategy 2006, which sets the overarching principles and strategic directions for a comprehensive and multi-actor adaptation action. The Adaptation Plan also aims to prevent inappropriate adaptation and ensure consistency across public policy measures relating to adaptation. It contains a large number of measures relating to research and observation.
The plan is a set of 20 Action sheets with 84 actions detailed in 230 measures, set to begin mainly in 2011 or 2012.
The funding for the plan is estimated at EUR171m (USD214.6m), excluding civil service staff costs, with an additional EUR391m (USD490.6m) in Future Investments contributing indirectly to adaptation. Several measures are also being funded through the Drought Plan and the Rapid Flooding Plan (EUR500m, USD627.5 for 2011-2016).
The Adaptation Plan deals with measures on a national scale, with regional responsibility for adaptation lying with the Regional Climate, Air and Energy Programmes and Regional Climate-Energy Plans.
