EU supports the development of local climate change adaptation plans

The drying up of rivers, insufficient forests, poor waste management - these are problems that were formulated by new signatories of the Convention of Mayors, who during two days, learned how to make local Action Plans for Climate. More than 20 mayors, vice-mayors and delegates from villages and cities participated in the training.

On the first day of the training, CoM East regional expert, Ivan Shchadranok, presented the experience of the signatories of the Eastern Partnership, the requirements for the assessment of climate risks and vulnerabilities, and the success stories in the realization of the Plans.

On the second day, guided by the CoM-East experts in collaboration with UNDP project: Advancing Moldova’s National Climate Change Adaptation Planning (NAP-2) participants worked on writing projects related to climate adaptation at the local level, and the key words were: climate vulnerability, climate emergency, increased degree of vulnerability, afforestation, sanitation, water, etc. Such kind of document serves guarantee that future generations will have the chance to live in a green and healthy environment.

The training is part of a series of trainings for the new signatories, who have joined the European initiative the Convention of Mayors in the last two years and who have started or are in the process of developing Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plans (PAEDC). The training was organised within the project "Convention of Mayors for Energy and Climate in Eastern Partnership countries", phase III, financed by the European Union.