Mainstream climate Undertake review of Develop new sector change considerations current policies and policies and plans with within energy sector to identify areas where explicit reference to policies and plans climate change can be climate change adaptation integrated Undertake review of Review and amend Regular review and Incorporate climate resilience into design operations and requirements for existing monitoring of the and engineering of new contingency planning to Nuclear power plants to performance of risk identify areas of current ensure they withstand mitigation measures, power plants, and into operations and and future vulnerability; ongoing or expected making amendments contingency planning Review the robustness of climate impacts; where necessary Kozloduy ESIA to for existing power plans for new nuclear plants and coal mines ensure full and accurate assets to ensure they consideration of withstand ongoing or potential future climate expected climate impacts; impacts Implement practical measures (e.g. change production processes, redesign or modify existing facilities, operating practices) Incorporate climate Undertake an assessment Amend plans for new Regular review and resilience into design of areas of the T&D assets to ensure they monitoring of the and engineering of new network particularly withstand ongoing or performance of risk T&D infrastructure, exposed to climate expected climate impacts mitigation measures, and into operations and impacts; Review design making amendments contingency planning standards for new assets; where necessary for existing T&D infrastructure Diversify supply, Stress-test current and Develop renewable energy sources HPP, solar, including regional future energy supply and wind and biomass) and micro-grid systems energy district demand, to understand heating / cooling, areas of vulnerability gasification of and required capacity households and renewables, to increase overall energy system resilience Undertake energy Implement practical Improve energy efficiency in public and efficiency audits to measures to improve private sector buildings identify the most energy energy efficiency inefficient public and private sector buildings Build institutional Review current levels of Continued dissemination capacity and knowledge awareness and and knowledge sharing on networks knowledge of climate climate change impacts and change within key responses by the energy institutions; Implement sector (in Bulgaria and initial capacity building internationally) programme Develop financial mechanisms to build resilience Budget The costs associated with the adaptation measures and associated actions proposed for the energy sector range from no- or low-cost to high cost. No- and low-cost
Mainstream climate change considerations within energy sector policies and plans Undertake review of current policies and to identify areas where climate change can be integrated Develop new sector policies and plans with explicit reference to climate change adaptation Incorporate climate resilience into design and engineering of new power plants, and into operations and contingency planning for existing power plants and coal mines Undertake review of operations and contingency planning to identify areas of current and future vulnerability; Review the robustness of Kozloduy ESIA to ensure full and accurate consideration of potential future climate impacts Review and amend requirements for existing Nuclear power plants to ensure they withstand ongoing or expected climate impacts; plans for new nuclear assets to ensure they withstand ongoing or expected climate impacts; Implement practical measures (e.g. change production processes, redesign or modify existing facilities, operating practices) Regular review and monitoring of the performance of risk mitigation measures, making amendments where necessary Incorporate climate resilience into design and engineering of new T&D infrastructure, and into operations and contingency planning for existing T&D infrastructure Undertake an assessment of areas of the T&D network particularly exposed to climate impacts; Review design standards for new assets; Amend plans for new assets to ensure they withstand ongoing or expected climate impacts Regular review and monitoring of the performance of risk mitigation measures, making amendments where necessary Diversify supply, including regional energy district heating / cooling, gasification of households and renewables, to increase overall energy system resilience Stress-test current and future energy supply and demand, to understand areas of vulnerability and required capacity Develop renewable energy sources HPP, solar, wind and biomass) and micro-grid systems Improve energy efficiency in public and private sector buildings Undertake energy efficiency audits to identify the most energy inefficient public and private sector buildings Implement practical measures to improve energy efficiency Build institutional capacity and knowledge networks Review current levels of awareness and knowledge of climate change within key institutions; Implement initial capacity building programme Continued dissemination and knowledge sharing on climate change impacts and responses by the energy sector (in Bulgaria and internationally) Develop financial mechanisms to build resilience Budget The costs associated with the adaptation measures and associated actions proposed for the energy sector range from no- or low-cost to high cost. No- and low-cost
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