Chile: National Adaptation

Plans to Climate Change

Climate Change Office

at the

Ministry of Environment

Dr. Peter Muck

Advisor (CIM-GIZ)

>OECD; Paris; may 10th, 2012<

17million people, mostly living in cities (2011)

Main Exports: • Mining • Industry • Agriculture-

Forestry • Fisheries& Aquaculture

A developing country, and a member of the

OECD

Chile, a country of contrasts

Area: Continental part: 0.8 million km2

,

Antarctic Territory: 1.3 million km2, 8000 km of coastline

17°30´

56°30´

According to climate model projections:

• Temperature rises are expected between 1°C and 3°C in a moderate scenario (B2) and between 2°C and 4°C in a severe scenario (A2) across the country, at the end of the century.

3 Gobierno de Chile | Ministerio del Medio Ambiente

Chile, a country vulnerable to climate change

• Rainfall patterns will change from north to south , resulting in water shortage especially in the central part of the country where 70% of the total population is living and in water abundance in the southern part of Chile. • Glaciers, which act as strategic water reserves, will continue to retreat. • Snow storage capacity in the mountain areas will decrease because the

increasing temperature will shift the snow-line to higher altitudes.

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Climate change impacts and policies

2008: The Government of Chile is taking concrete steps to promote

adaptation to the effects of climate change in different sectors.

2010: Chile becomes the first South American country to join the OECD.

Creation of the Ministry of Environment (+ Climate Change Office)

1994: Chile ratifies the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate

Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol.

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National action plan to climate

change

Inventory and measurement of greenhouse

gases

Mitigation and low carbon strategies

Vulnerability and

adaptation

Capacity building

International negotiations

Institutional arrangements

Strategic areas of the Climate Change Office at the Ministry of Environment

The Climate Change Office at the Ministry of Environment, in close coordination with other Ministries, will prepare during 2012-2015 six National Adaptation Plans for:

• Agriculture,livestock and forestry

• Biodiversity

• Fisheries and Aquaculture

• Health

• Water resources

• Infrastructure, urban and coastal zones

Water resources Biodiversity

Forestry,

agriculture and

livestock Infrastructure

Fisheries and

Aquaculture

Health

CC-Office team

Elaboration and endorsement of the National Adaptation Plans: a 6 step process.

Analysis of vulnerability and opportunities to climate change

Identification of adaptation actions to climate change

Elaboration of a draft version of the National Adaptation Plan to Climate Change

Public consultation of the draft

version of the National Adaptation Plan

Elaboration of the final version of the National Adaptation Plan to Climate Change

Endorsement of the National Adaptation Plan

by the Interministerial Council for Sustainability

Levels of

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Water resources

Biodiversity

Forestry, agriculture and

Livestock

Infrastructure

Fisheries and Aquaculture

Health

Public consultation of the draft version of the National

Adaptation Plan

National workshops

In Santiago

Opinion surveys through the web-pages of the

Ministry of Environment (www.mma.gob.cl) and

the Ministry of Agriculture (www.minagri.gob.cl)

Press conferences

and other

information events

Regional workshops

( identification of

local pilot projects)

Proposed adaptation actions to climate change in forestry,

agriculture and livestock

The majority of

the 27 proposed

actions refers to

water resources

management

and belongs to

the strategic

area of research

and innovation.

15%

26%

15%

41%

3%

principal issues

Monitoring and information systems

Crop/forestry management and improvement

Credits and Asurances

Water resources and management

capacity building

42%

23%

8%

8%

19%

Strategic areas of the Ministry of Agriculture

Research and innovation

Improve competitiveness

Transparency and access to markets

Institutional modernization

Promote sustainability

Proposed adaptation actions to climate change in forestry,

agriculture and livestock : examples

Research and innovation: • Changes in the calendar of crop seeds to minimize climate change risks. • Reduction of heat stress on crops through the use of appropriate mechanical or biological

(bushes, trees) protection. • Studies on the viability of the construction of small water dams in the dry areas of Chile. • Studies on the improvement of the irrigation systems in Chile´s central valleys. • Research on the selection of crops especially adapted to higher temperature and droughts. • Development of precision technology to improve the efficiency of the irrigation systems for

crops with high water demand.

Improve competitiveness: • Adaptation of the agricultural insurance system to climate change events. • Creation of a national program of subsidies for the efficient use of water irrigation.

Transparency and market access: • Improve and expand the credit system for the agriculture and forestry sector.

Promote economic, social and environmental sustainability • Development of a monitoring system for changes in the potential of agricultural production.

Climate Change Office

at the

Ministry of Environment

Dr. Peter Muck

Advisor (CIM-GIZ)

>OECD; Paris; may 10th, 2012<

P.muck@mma.gob.cl

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