adaptation ecosystem processes and climate change as pressure Use of local biodiversity Targeted collection of folk customs and knowledge traditional knowledge Promote ecosystem thinking among Use of citizen science volunteers Reclaim space from grey infrastructure to prevent loss of Create space for Regional/local ‘red lines’ BD&ES ecosystem services vital for CCA Create refugia, reduce fragmentation Increase climate Reduce pollution and change resilience by disturbance Estimate carrying capacity for vital reducing pressures not ecosystems and production capacity for their related to climate services Reduce overexploitation change Optimal use of existing Use genetic resources for resilience Sustainable use of ecosystem services regulating and cultural Ecosystem services for ecosystem services for Ecosystem restoration—a long-term business CCA as new opportunity adaptation opportunity for business and society Energy A set of adaptation options is proposed in the Sector Assessment Report (see that can help increase the climate resilience of energy sector. The Appendix 3) Bulgaria’s measures that are the focus of the report are those specifically addressing near- and long-term climate risks of high magnitude, as presented in Chapter 1. Given that the energy sector in Bulgaria is facing climate-related challenges, and as there are uncertainties over future climate change, these measures have been selected because they will help improve the resilience of the sector today, as well as in the future. These are summarized in Table 4. Table 4. Summary of energy sector adaptation options Strategic Objective Type of Option Examples Provide training to the MEn, regulator, and Institutional capacity and wider energy sector decision makers/ Build institutional knowledge networks operators on CCA capacity, knowledge, and use of data for Translate monitoring, Meetings with the NIMH-BAS to define needs adaptation forecasting, and weather for climate services and centralized agreement data for the energy sector for provision of climate services Mainstream climate Undertake an inventory of strategies, policies, change considerations Mainstream climate plans, standards, and so on, to identify where within energy sector change considerations climate resilience should be incorporated policies and plans into energy sector policies, plans, and Review existing mechanisms for financial Financial mechanisms to financial mechanisms protection in other countries and evaluate build resilience potential for implementation Incorporate climate Climate resilience in Ensure climate resilience is integrated into
adaptation ecosystem processes and climate change as pressure Use of local biodiversity knowledge Targeted collection of folk customs and traditional knowledge Use of citizen science Promote ecosystem thinking among volunteers Create space for BD&ES Reclaim space from grey infrastructure Regional/local ‘red lines’ to prevent loss of ecosystem services vital for CCA Create refugia, reduce fragmentation Increase climate change resilience by reducing pressures not related to climate change Reduce pollution and disturbance Estimate carrying capacity for vital ecosystems and production capacity for their services Reduce overexploitation Sustainable use of regulating and cultural ecosystem services for adaptation Optimal use of existing ecosystem services Use genetic resources for resilience Ecosystem services for CCA as new opportunity for business and society Ecosystem restoration—a long-term business opportunity Energy A set of adaptation options is proposed in the Sector Assessment Report (see Appendix 3) that can help increase the climate resilience of Bulgaria’s energy sector. The measures that are the focus of the report are those specifically addressing near- and long-term climate risks of high magnitude, as presented in Chapter 1. Given that the energy sector in Bulgaria is facing climate-related challenges, and as there are uncertainties over future climate change, these measures have been selected because they will help improve the resilience of the sector today, as well as in the future. These are summarized in Table 4. Table 4. Summary of energy sector adaptation options Strategic Objective Type of Option Examples Build institutional capacity, knowledge, and use of data for adaptation Institutional capacity and knowledge networks Provide training to the MEn, regulator, and wider energy sector decision makers/ operators on CCA Translate monitoring, forecasting, and weather data for the energy sector Meetings with the NIMH-BAS to define needs for climate services and centralized agreement for provision of climate services Mainstream climate change considerations into energy sector policies, plans, and financial mechanisms Mainstream climate change considerations within energy sector policies and plans Undertake an inventory of strategies, policies, plans, standards, and so on, to identify where climate resilience should be incorporated Financial mechanisms to build resilience Review existing mechanisms for financial protection in other countries and evaluate potential for implementation Incorporate climate Climate resilience in Ensure climate resilience is integrated into
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