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Enabling Knowledge for Disaster Risk Reduction in integration to Climate Change Adaptation

National Seminar Workshop Scientific Knowledge and the Risks implied

by DRR and CCA Legislations Residencia de Estudiantes. Madrid, Spain. 17-18 November 2014

KNOW-‐4-‐DRR Na+onal Seminar Workshop 17-‐18 November 2014. Residencia de Estudiantes, Madrid, Spain

“Scien+fic Knowledge and the Risks implied by DRR and CCA Legisla+ons”

CSIC (María José Jiménez, Mariano García-‐Fernández)




Workshop Day 1: Monday, 17th November 2014

13:30-‐14:30 Welcome and Coffee/Tea/light Lunch

A@ernoon Session 1 (Chair: Mariano García-‐Fernández)

14:30 – 14:45 Brief presenta+on/update of KNOW4DRR

Scira Menoni

KNOW-‐4-‐DRR Coord.

Politecnico Milano

14:45 – 15:00 Introduc+on of Par+cipants All

15:00 – 15:15 Introduc+on to the Workshop

María José Jiménez & Mariano García

IGEO – CSIC, Madrid

15:15 – 15:45 “Disaster mi+ga+on and climate change adapta+on in +mes of economic crisis:

Summary of results of KNOW4DRR Workshop in Athens, Greece on April 7, 2014”

Miranda Dandoulaki Harokopio University

Athens

15:45 – 16:15 “Scien+fic knowledge, disaster risk reduc+on and adapta+on to climate change:

problems and opportuni+es in Spain. Summary of results of KNOW4DRR preparatory workshop in Madrid, Spain on April 29, 2014”

María José Jiménez

IGEO –CSIC, Madrid

16:15 – 16:30 Coffee break




Workshop Day 1: Monday, 17th November 2014

A@ernoon Session 2 (Chair: Mariano García-‐Fernández)

16:30 – 17:00 “Natural Hazards and Climate Change in the Na+onal Security Strategy (Spain)” José Luis González

Depart. of Homeland Security, Spain

17:00 – 17:30 “CCS and Risk Management: Legisla+on and Regula+ons” Alfonso Nájera

Consorcio Compensación Seguros, MEC, Spain

17:30 – Guided visit to “Residencia de Estudiantes”

20:00 – Workshop Dinner (“La Tierruca” Avda. Nazaret, 8, 28009 Madrid)




Workshop Day 1 Monday, 17th November 2014




  Economic crisis: No relevant trend on increasing losses in Spain. Actually, CCS lowered the fees because excess on accumula+on of resources. Sta+s+cs show no effect in last 35 years (A. Nájera, CCS)

  Economic crisis: Slowing down trend of increased flood risk associated to increased building construc+on in exposed areas in Spain (J. Marquínez, INDUROT)

  Economic crisis: Increased risk in the case of forest fires in Greece (M. Dandoulaki, Harokopio Univ.)

  Corrup+on diminishes with crisis: “Cake” smaller size (B. de Marchi, POLIMI)




  Economic crisis: Relevant effect in competencies in Italy (F. Puma, Po River Basin Auth., cited by S. Menoni, POLIMI)

Before crisis, high budgets → subcontrac+ng At present, work carried out internally → Fostering collabora+on among ins+tu+ons

  Spanish Na+onal Security Strategy 2013. CC major environmental & socioeconomic challenge of the 21st c. CC key element, can become a threat mul+plier. CC provides opportunity for a more sustainable model of development (J.L. González, NSD)

  Losses put pressure on legal rules: Governments, Policyholders, Insurers (A. Nájera, CCS)




Workshop Day 2: Tuesday, 18th November 2014

Morning Session 1 (Chair: Bruna de Marchi)

09:00-‐09:30 "Legisla+on to hydrological extremes: Effec+ve risk reduc+on measure?" Jorge Olcina

University of Alicante

09:30-‐10:00 Flood risk management in Spain and European Flood Direc+ve Jorge Marquinez

INDUROT, Spain

10:00 – 10:30 “Seismic Risk Protec+on Regula+ons: from Na+onal to local scales” Mercedes Feriche

Inst. Univ. Andaluz de Geoesica y Prevención de Desastres Sísmicos

10:30 – 11:00 "Insurance and regula+ons in DRR & CCA: cri+cal issues" Roland Nussbaum

Mission Risques Naturels, Paris

11:00 – 11:30 “Accountability issues in emergency management and opera+ons” Rosa Mata

Civil Protecfon Catalonia

11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break





Morning Session 2 (Chair: Scira Menoni)

12:00 – 12:30 “Natural hazards in legal prac+ce” Eduard De Ribot

DA Advocats, Barcelona

12:30 – 13:00 “Scien+sts facing courts. Today’s challenges of providing scien+fic exper+se on risk issues in uncertain environments”

Davide Amato

Cima Foundafon, Italy

12:30 – 13:00 "Problems of scien+fic advice in emergency communica+on and management"

Bruna de Marchi Politecnico Milano

13:30 – 14:00 “Challenges for governance in the risk society” Urbano Fra Paleo

Univ. Extremadura

14:00 – 15:00 Lunch break




Workshop Day 2 Tuesday, 18th November 2014




  Last 30 years increased popula+on, housing & economy in coastal areas of Spain. New factor: Foreign residents & labour immigrants (J. Olcina, Univ. Alicante)

+ popula+on → + vulnerability Foreign popula+on → more vulnerable

  “Risk landscapes”: hazardous areas with high vulnerability. Risk depending on type of land occupa+on and social acceptance of risk (J. Olcina, Univ. Alicante)

  “Decoupling” between land use planning and risk management

  Regional spa+al planning failed. Land use by municipali+es without formal spa+al planning (using 60’s 70’s plans) (J. Olcina, Univ. Alicante)




  Cost/Benefit analysis: Challenge for new plans on flood management (J. Marquínez, INDUROT)

  Local Emergency Plans for municipali+es in Andalucía compulsory above a threshold. No budget allocated (M. Feriche, IAG)

  Core risk financing op+ons: Risk Reten+on, Risk Transfer, Risk Sharing (R. Nussbaum, ONRN)

  Cost for insurance companies: 70-‐80% Risk, 20-‐30% Management (R. Nussbaum, ONRN)




 Household & Business Insurance main tool for increasing resilience against disasters (R. Nussbaum, ONRN)

 Map of Civil Protec+on of Catalunya: Public Web app hnp://taure.icc.cat/pcivil/map.jsp (R. Mata, CPC)

 Precau+onary Principle (scien+fic data insufficient, inconclusive or uncertain / preliminary scien+fic evalua+on shows poten+ally dangerous effects reasonably be feared) to be included in land use and urban planning (E. De Ribot, DAA)

 Many laws and regula+ons for natural hazards. There should be a Comprehensive Law (E. De Ribot, DAA)




  Sufficient laws exists, but reality is s+ll in progress. What Is and What Ought to Be (E. De Ribot, DAA)

  The “Performance Paradox” in forecast/predic+on (D. Amato, CIMA)

  Dis+nc+on between voluntary choices vs contractual obliga+ons (D. Amato, CIMA)

  Community par+cipa+on to emergency planning (D. Amato, CIMA)

  Contamina+on of knowledge – Common Glossary (D. Amato, CIMA)




 Science advice is largely sought in dealing with sensi+ve maners of high public concern and inevitably associated with uncertainty and considerable scien+fic and poli+cal complexity (P. Gluckman, cited by B. De Marchi, POLIMI)

 R.A. Pielke,1999. “Nine fallacies of floods” (U. Fra Paleo, Univ. Extremadura)

 The unfolding of risk governance: Disaster Response → Disaster Management → Emergency Preparedness → Risk Management → Risk Governance (U. Fra Paleo, Univ. Extremadura)





A@ernoon Session 1 (Chair: María José Jiménez)

15:00 – 16:00 Panel Discussion 1

“Approaches, scales and methods in laws, regulafons, codes and standards: are those most adapted always implemented in legislafons?”

Patrick Pigeon (Chair) Miranda Dandoulaki

Jorge Olcina

16:00 – 16:15 15’ Break

16:15 – 17:15 Panel Discussion 2

“DRR and CCA legislafon: Roles, responsibilifes, and accountability among the different actors”

Funda Atun (Chair) Scira Menoni

Urbano Fra Paleo

17:15 Closing and Coffee/Tea/Drinks




Workshop Day 2 Tuesday, 18th November 2014

Panel Discussion 1 & 2




  Legisla+on in Spain: Weak link between land use planning and risk management. Failure of regional scale (J. Olcina, Univ. Alicante)

  Not assumed local scale is most important in risk reduc+on and management (J. Olcina, Univ. Alicante)

  Legisla+on in Greece: Massive issue of “legal formalism” which stands in the way of effec+ve and efficient governance (M. Dandoulaki, Harokopio Univ.)

  WWF Hellas 2013 Annual Report: Severe drawback in environmental policies, both in terms of loss of established environmental rights and deteriora+on of environmental law (M. Dandoulaki, Harokopio Univ.)




 France: Discrepancies between DRR policies and building code implementa+on (P. Pigeon, Univ. Savoie)

  Challenges: (a) Living with uncertain+es; (b) What tools to create a shared culture around the necessity of DRR policies and their limita+ons (P. Pigeon, Univ. Savoie)

 Available resources and legisla+on changes might exacerbate hazard consequences (F. Atun, POLIMI)

 Two fundamental tools: (1) Land use (Interacfon among elements); (2) Communica+on (Need for “brokers”. Olen media is focusing on “sufferers/heroes”). (F. Atun, POLIMI)




 Need for a shir to a transparency culture in which all informa+on and knowledge should be shared within ins+tu+ons to build a social construc+on of risk (U. Fra Paleo, Univ. Extremadura)

 Share the building of future scenarios. Key to socially construct risk governance (U. Fra Paleo, Univ. Extremadura)

 Try to avoid li+ga+on; e.g., by insurance (R. Nussbaum, ONRN)

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