Climate adaption – Botkyrka municipality Gunilla Isgren
In the northern part is Mälaren Botkyrka Municipality – some facts • 91 000 inhabitants • Buildings - high density in the north – rural in the south • Lake Mälaren in the north – the Baltic Sea in the south • Important regional and national infrastructure - for example Sweden's largest producer of drinking water
Steering model for climate mitigation and adaption • Clear political mandate • Climate Strategy – divided into two parts - to reduce emissions and to adapt (2009) • Analysis for climate vulnerability (2010) • Assignment from the executive committee to expert boards, (2011) • Follow-up in the annual report
Climate Strategy – reduction targets • Fossil-fuel free organization, 2015 • Climate neutral organization, 2020 • Botkyrka municipality is fossil-fuel free, 2030 • Botkyrka municipality is climate neutral, 2040
Climate vulnerability analysis • How climate change will affect the area of Botkyrka • How to plan to minimize the risks • Proposals for climate adaptation
What is included in the analysis • Localization of buildings • Communications - road, rail and maritime • Infrastructure - drinking water and sewage water, electricity and district heating, etc • Health – for examples heat waves
Flooding from Lake Mälaren
Cautionary Areas for soil stability
Compulsary plan • Live climate smart • How to grow • Feel at home • Close to nature • Space for creativity
Conflicts between targets – build housing or not?
What happens now? • Bild kommer….. • Update of the climate strategy • New information and knowledge – for example cloudburst analysis • Procedures for climate change adaptation in planning • Challenge – climate adaption a part of regular work
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