The expected increase in future risk potential due to climate change calls for improved risk-related decision-making in spatial planning, including consideration of the multiple uncertainties connected with estimated climate change scenarios. That is why risk governance principles including the entity of actors, rules, conventions, processes and mechanisms concerned with the management and communication of climate change-related risks should be promoted in planning procedures. Combining of bottom-up and top-down processes is essential for consensus-building between all stakeholders and for legitimating public decisions. Based on embedding of risk governance principles in project activities, WP6 will investigate existing risk management systems in model regions and will contribute to raising awareness on climate-related risks by conducting dialogue processes with regional and local stakeholders. Thereby, WP 6 will provide a procedural setting for facilitating stakeholder involvement in all thematic Work Packages on model region level.

Main actions:

• Setting up a general framework of risk governance activities within the project, based on the state-of-the-art of risk governance concepts
• Tailoring climate-related risk communication strategies to stakeholder needs in model regions
• Conducting risk dialogue with stakeholders and decision-makers in model regions
• Evaluating performance of existing risk management systems in model regions
• Exploring opportunities of employing risk governance principles in planning procedures and contributing to increased consideration of climate change issues in spatial planning

Expected outputs:

• Guidance on risk governance principles for the project partners
• Guidelines for climate-related risk communication and risk governance for stakeholders involved in spatial planning procedures, including a decision support system
• Glossary of key terms to support communication of climate change risks
• Recommendations for improved risk governance frameworks in model regions
• Better awareness of stakeholders and decision-makers on climate-related risks

>> WP6 Results

WP Partners:

• Bundesministerium für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft - Forstsektion / Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management - Forest Department (WP Responsible, contact: Hubert Siegel – hubert.siegel@lebensministerium.at)
• Umweltbundesamt GmbH / Federal Environment Agency Austria
• Amt der Salzburger Landesregierung, Abteilung Raumplanung / Regional Government of Salzburg, Department of Spatial Planning
• Amt der Steiermärkischen Landesregierung, Abteilung 16 - Landes- und Gemeindeentwicklung / Office of the State Government of Styria, Department 16 - State Planning and Regional Development
• Amt der Oberösterreichischen Landesregierung, Abteilung Raumordnung / Office of the Government of Upper Austria; Department of Spatial Planning
• Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft, Infrastruktur, Verkehr und Technologie, Abteilung Landesentwicklung / Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology, Department for Regional Planning and Development
• Accademia Europea di Bolzano / European Academy of Bolzano (EURAC)
• Provincia di Alessandria / Province of Alessandria
• Urbanisti?ni inštitut Republike Slovenije / Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia
• Bundesamt für Raumentwicklung, Strategiegruppe Politik des Ländlichen Raumes / Swiss Federal Office for Spatial Development, Strategy Group Politics of Rural Areas
• Graubünden, Amt für Raumentwicklung / Grisons, Office for Spatial Development
• Fürstentum Liechtenstein, Ressort Umwelt, Raum, Land- und Waldwirtschaft / Principality of Liechtenstein, Ministry of Environmental Office, Land Use Planning, Agriculture and Forestry