Presentació per part de Gabriel Borràs (Oficina Catalana del Canvi Climàtic) en el marc de l’acte de clausura del projecte europeu CIRCLE 2 MOUNTain co-organitzat per l'Oficina Catalana del Canvi Climàtic durant els dies 26 i 27 de setembre de 2013.

1. UNDERSTANDING CLIMATE EVOLUTION
IN THE PYRENEES FOR A COLLECTIVE
WORK ON ADAPTATION
CIRCLE 2 MOUNTAIN
Final Meeting
Barcelona, 26-27 September 2013
Pyrenees Climate Change Observatory (OPCC)
P Y R E N E E S

2. About the Pyrenees
Working Community
(CTP)
Eight political entities
from three states:
• France
(Aquitaine,
Midi-Pyrénées, Languedoc-
Roussillon)
• Spain
(Catalunya, Aragón,
Navarra, Euskadi)
• Principat d'Andorra

3.  IPCC 2007 report -> mountainous areas particularly sensitive to
climate change.
 Climate change impacts natural systems and socio-economic
sectors.
 Climate change has no borders
Why cross-border cooperation and climate change is a
priority to the Pyrenees Working Community (CTP)?
-> CTP launched the Pyrenees Climate Change
Observatory (OPCC) in 2010.
-> First actions of OPCC: A project supported by European
program POCTEFA 2011-2013 (65% ERDF)

4. OPCC’s mission: to interpret and disseminate scientific knowledge, and
to support decision-making on climate change in the Pyrenees.
OPCC’s main goal: to monitor and understand climate evolution in
the Pyrenees with the aim of becoming less vulnerable to the impacts
of climate change, and adapting to its effects
OPCC's actions (2012-may 2014)
Climate, Biodiversity, Forests and Natural Hazards, Water, Remote Sensing,
Geoportal and Adaptation
-> Transboundary network of stakeholders -> working on
common methodologies and indicators for the Pyrenees

5. Climate action in the OPCC's project: Development of a
unique database based on precipitation, temperature -> Common
indicators to all territories of the Pyrenees.
Biodiversity action in the OPCC's project: Network monitoring
of species and populations of the vascular flora of the Pyrenees to
detect the impact of climate change -> Developement a common
Atlas of Flora in the Pyrenees + Monitor community Salix
herbaceae
Forests and Natural Hazards in the OPCC's project:
Understanding the role of forest in the Pyrenees against the impacts
of climate change and the increased risk of natural hazards and their
capacity of adaptation in a changing climate
Water in the OPCC's project: Apply knowledge of the impact of
climate change on water resources. Develop methodologies to
integrate climate change in the Drought Management Plan.

6. Remote Sensing in OPCC's project: vegetation, snow and soil
occupation.
Geoportal in OPCC's project: common transboundary shared
space for information on climate change in the
Pyrenees:www.opcc-ctp.org
Adaptation action in OPCC's project: Diagnosing the Pyrenees:
impacts and vulnerability to climate change. Understand and
analyze adaptation initiatives in the territory.
Coordination Project coordination among partners,
communication and dissemination of the project through website,
organizing the final event of the project .

7. 7
“Adaptation to climate change in the Pyrenees”
PHASE 1 : PYRENEES
Common diagnosis of the Pyrenees and adaptation experiences
Identify climate change impacts in the Pyrenees for a first approach on
vulnerability analysis
Identify and analyze existing adaptation initiatives in the Pyrenees
PHASE 2 : EUROPEAN MOUNTAINS
Knowledge transfer of European experiences on adaptation
Identify and analyze existing adaptation initiatives of other European
mountain areas
Elaborate useful documentation of reference for Pyrenean stakeholders
that support them in their adaptation planning to climate change
May 2013,Toulouse (Midi Pyrénées)

8. 8
“Adaptation to climate change in the Pyrenees”
A study about vulnerability: Characteristics of the Pyrenees;
observed and expected impacts of climate change
Date base with 85 Pyrenean adaptation initiatives and 18
European adaptation initiatives, classified and analyzed
2 publications
For further information: www.opcc-ctp.org

9. 9
Zone 1: West and North
Zone 2: South
Zone 3: Piedmont (between 750 et 2000 m)
Zone 4: Alpine (above 2000 m)
Lleida
Girona
OPCC

10. 10
Fuente:
ACTeon, 2012

11. 11(Source : ACTeon, 2012 basée sur les données du projet SCAMPEI)
1 Zna 3Zona2
Ubicación
aproximativa de
las tres zonas
Horizonte 2080
Horizonte 2030
Actualidad
Númerodedíasconmantonivoso
Zona1 Zona3Zona2
PYRENEES: Number snow days
at 1800, 2100 and 2400 m years 2010/2030/2080

12. 12
PYRENEES: 85 initiatives analyzed and classified
19
26
10
9
5
2
6
1
7
Eau
Agriculture
Forêt
Biodiversité
Tourisme
Santé
Risques naturels
Energie et industrie
Transversal
Water
Cross-sectorial
Agriculture
Forest
Biodiversity
Tourism
Health
Natural hazards
Industry and energy

13. 13
1
2
1
1
3
4
16
2
4
5
2
2
11
6
1
0
4
1
2
4
2
2
3
5
33
1
2
1
7
45
1
3
12
2
2
4
1
1
1
10
Leyenda
Agua Agricultura
Bosques Biodiversidad
Turismo Salud
Riesgos Energía
Transversal
PYRENEES: 85 initiatives analyzed and classified

14. 14
• Type 1: new initiatives implemented with a clear objective to adapt to climate
change
• Type 2 : already existing initiatives that evolved to integrate climate change
• Type 3 : already existing initiatives that contribute to reduce vulnerability to
climate change (of the territories or economic activities) where « adaptation » is
explicitly NOT an objective
{1}
27 iniciativas
{2}
5 iniciativas{3}
conocimiento
18 iniciativas
{3}
operacionales
35 iniciativas
Fuente:
ACTeon, 2012
PYRENEES: 85 initiatives analyzed and classified

15. 15
TURISMO
AGRICULTURA
GESTION DEL
AGUA
BOSQUE
BIODIVERSIDAD
RIESGOS NATURALES
POTENCIALES
TRANSVERSAL
7
1312
151 5
98
102
16
183
4
11
14
14
17
6
Fuente:
ACTeon, 2012
EUROPE: 18 initiatives analyzed and classified

16. Adaptation study:
Key conclusions
• Adaptation is about integration of climate change into current practice
and not limited to specific adaptation measures per se. This has
implications as to the adaptation approach to be followed at local level:
-Whether to approach stakeholders by inviting them to develop an
adaptation strategy with a programme of measures
OR
-Support or incentive them to include the factor “climate” into their
existing decision making framework.
• The Pyrenees have started to adapt in comparable ways to other
mountain areas in the EU with most efforts focused on knowledge
building.
• There is a key role for public institutions to help stakeholders to
take into account the climate change in particular through knowledge
development and diffusion.

17. Climate action:
Development of a unique database of
high quality climate series based on
precipitation, temperature, and the
definition of common indicators for the
Pyrenees

18. Would you like to share your knowlodge with us?
Come to our next event at Hemingway’s favourite place !!
“International symposium on climate change in mountain
areas: observation for adaptation”
6th November 2013, Pamplona (Navarra)

19. ANK YOU !!
briel Borràs, Catalan Office for Climate Change
ne Sota, Pyrenees Climate Change Observatory
sota@ctp.org)
know more about OPCC adaptation study :
ww.opcc-ctp.org