GREEN AGENDA FOR

CLIMATE CHANGE

METHODOLOGY FOR DEVELOPMENT

COMMUNITY STRATEGIES FOR CLIMATE
CHANGE

Stole Georgiev, BSc. Environmental Engineer

MKM Trainer/ Green Agenda Process Expert

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 What is
GREEN AGENDA?
It is PROCESS:
Based on Principles
Implemented by Local Communities (NGOs)
Involving all relevant stakeholders
Has own Methodology organized in Phases and Steps
Defining Community Strategy with Action Plans
Delivering outputs and achieving results
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 Green Agenda
PRINCIPLES
Local VALUES
Active community PARTICIPATION
Joint OWNERSHIP
Community STRATEGY
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Strengthened CAPACITY 3
 Green Agenda GOALS
Improving Public Participation in Decision-Making Process at Local Level

Analysis the level of community development in the context of

environmental protection and adaptation to climate change;

Analysis of the vulnerability to climate change in the context

of local sustainable development

Creating a Community Vision and strategic approach to adaptation to

climate change and its mitigation

Raising awareness of the local population on environmental issues,

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sustainable development and climate change 4
 Green Agenda
METHODOLOGY
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 PHASE 5
PHASE 1
IMPLEMENTATIO
PREPARATORY
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PHASE 4
PHASE 2
SYNTESIS &
DESIGN
SCOPING

PHASE 3
ASSESS

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 Green Agenda
PRE-PHASE

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 Green Agenda
PRE-PHASE
Select implementing NGO together with the municipality.
Form Local Team
Made Training curicullas for the CSO or local core group depending on their
capacities and needs . Scope of training that need to be adjusted and
delivered:
o Process Green Agenda Implementation, step by step
o Climate Change Basics
o Statistics and Data Analysis on Climate Change
o Gender and Climate Change
o People with disabilities and Climate Change
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 Green Agenda
Phase 1
PREPARATION THE PROCESS

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 Step 1 Understanding the community better

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 Green Agenda
PHASE 1 - Preparatory
Collect community baseline information Outputs:
Identifying and rank community values Community Profile
Mapping stakeholders List and grouping of values
Compile information on geography, Map of stakeholders
demography, and economy Inventory of policy/strategy
Compile list of existing local strategies, documents
laws, policies Summary of the geography,
Prepare Local GHG Inventory demography, and economy.

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 Step 2 - Forming Working Groups according selected Values

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 Green Agenda
PHASE 1 - Preparatory
Organizing and Conducting Community FIRST STAKEHOLDER MEETING
Selecting the most priority VALUES
Organizing the WORKING GROUPS

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 What are
Community VALUES?
Water
Resources
Local River Local Lake Springs & Wells Wetlands

Mountains

Hills & Landscape Forest Forest Fruits Mushrooms

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 What are Community VALUES?

Specific Wild Animals Fishes

Biodiversity

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 What are Community VALUES?
Infrastructure

Public
Buildings

Historic
Buildings

Sports &
Recreation
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 What are Community VALUES?

Agriculture

Industry

Transport &
Services
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 Green Agenda
Phase 2 -
SCOPING THE CURRENT
SITUATION
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 Step 3 - Analyzing the Functions of the Values (within WG)

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 Green Agenda
PHASE 2 - SCOPING

Identify and prioritize the FUNCTIONS OF THE VALUES;

Create a short description for each function;
Select at most three functions that are most important for the value;
Identify and MAP THE INPUTS OF THE FUNCTION (inputs are things that are
needed to achieve the function, e.g., roads, water, energy, food, humans,
equipment, or a building);

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 Functions of the Value
Function 4
Primary functions WATER FOR INDUSTRY
Function 1 (Primary Function) Function 6
(Direct usage) WATER FOR DRINKING BY
HUMANS
WATER FOR HYDROPOWER
(Primary Function)
(Primary Function)

Secondary Function
VALUE
(Usage of value as raw Function 2 BREGALNICA RIVER Function 7
AESTHETIC AND TOURISM
WATER FOR DRINKING BY Municiaplity of Pehcevo
material) ANIMALS/LIVESTOCK (MKD)
(Enrichment Function)
(Primary Function)

Regulation Function 8
(protection) Function 3
WATER FOR IRRIGATION Function 5
NATURAL HABITAT OF
FLORA AND FAUNA
(Primary Function) WATER FOR FISHERIES (Enrichment Function)
(Primary Function)
Enrichment

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 Mapping the inputs of the function
VALUE
VINICA VALLEY
(VINICKO POLE)
Municipality of Vinica
INPUTS Example
Physical: roads,
buildings, schools
INPUTS OUTPUTS
Environmental: land, Tomatoes
water, flora, fauna Fertilizers Seeds Soil
Social: education, Primary Peppers
labor, health Water/Irrigation Machineries & tools Function 1
PRODUCTION Cucumbers
Economic: jobs, Local Roads Materials Finance OF
savings, credit VEGETATIVE Apples
FOOD AND
Political: institutions, Storage Facilities Knowledge
NUTRITION Plumbs
governance FOR HUMANS
Energy / Fuel Credits & Loans (Directly
Cultural: sacred sites, Potatoes
edible)
natural resources Farmers / Workers / Labor
Onion
Insurance Consulting Servicess
Grapes

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 Step 4 - Determine Trends and Develop Scenarios

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 Green Agenda
PHASE 2 - SCOPING
Determine CLIMATE STRESSORS and NON-CLIMATE STRESSORS on inputs
and outputs
Identify whether each input and output is EXPOSED to each climate stressor
and non-climate (typically yes or no answer) and record answer in matrix
Summarize historical trends of climate stressors (precipitation/temperature),
non-climate stressors (climate/pollution), emissions (GHG inventory), and
important inputs (water usage/food production) to determine trends
Select most significant trends
Develop future scenarios (~2025) for the most significant trends (use climate
tool for climate stressors, create register for emissions)
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 Green Agenda
PHASE 2 - SCOPING
Climate Stressors Non-Climate Stressors
Changes in the timing and
amount of precipitation
Economic: rising prices, inflation

Changes in temperature
Social: population growth, urbanization

Extreme events (storm, winds)

Physical: aging infrastructure

Floods & erosion

Political: poor governance, corruption

Droughts

Environmental: overconsumption of
Heat or Cold waves resources, pollution
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 Green Agenda
PHASE 2 - SCOPING

Mapping the exposure of Inputs on Climate and Non-climate Stressors

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 Green Agenda
PHASE 2 - SCOPING
Developing possible Scenarios according current Trends

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 Green Agenda
Phase 3 -

DETAIL ASSESSMENT OF
PROBLEMS AND POSIBLE
SOLUTIONS (VULNERABILITY
ASSESSMENT)

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 Step 5 - Assessing Climate Impacts

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 Green Agenda
PHASE 3 - VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT

Determine which inputs and climate stressors will be included in the impact assessment using
information from the previous step.

Assess whether each inputs is SENSITIVE TO EACH CLIMATE STRESSOR (typically high, medium, or
low) and record answer in matrix

Summarize the impacts that climate stressors will have on the inputs (e.g., extreme precipitation will
cause flooding of fields, which will result in damage and destruction of tomato crops)

Consider how non-climate stressors will interact with or further impact inputs

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 Green Agenda
PHASE 3 - VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT

Analyzing the sensitivity of exposure on Climate Stressors the identified Inputs and Outputs

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 Green Agenda
PHASE 3 - VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT

Exposure Sensitivity

Example:

Potential Impact

The combination of exposure and

sensitivity dictates potential impact.
It is important to consider non-climate
stressors as they can exacerbate
potential impact.
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 Step 6 - Analyzing Vulnerability on Climate Change

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 Green Agenda
PHASE 3 - VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT

Assess the ADAPTIVE CAPACITY of each input (typically done by high, medium, low) and record
answers in the matrix

Provide examples of the adaptive capacity associated with each input and identify what climate
stressors are relevant (this information will be used for future steps)

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 Green Agenda
PHASE 3 - VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT
Adaptive capacity is largely determined by available resources and the ability to
take advantage of opportunities and to take action to cope with stressors. It is
comprised of a number of dimensions, including information, social capital,
financial capital, institutional capital, and ecological resilience.

Exposure Sensitivity

Potential Adaptive
Impact Capacity

Vulnerability

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 Green Agenda
PHASE 3 - VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT

Analyzing the current adaptive capacity on Climate Stressors of the identified high
sensitive Inputs and Outputs

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 Step 7 - Determine Climate-Related Problems and Risks

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 Green Agenda
PHASE 3 - VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT

Review the results of the climate impact assessment together with the analysis
of adaptive capacities to determine the most significant climate vulnerabilities
or problems
Summarizing the causes of these problems by identifying why they are a
problem and specifying the drivers of the problem
Identifying the most significant problems including both the most vulnerable
inputs and the largest emitting inputs
Scale the risk of the problem for the Community.

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 Step 8 - Set the Community Climate Change Vision

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 Green Agenda
PHASE 3 - VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT

Have all working groups gather to discuss the results of the Steps 4-7 each
working group may give a presentation summarizing the biggest problems and
their causes
Set the community climate change vision using the information from each of the
working groups (this will likely focus on ensuring a climate-resilient and low
emissions community)
Set goals for the vision by identifying the biggest problems that need to be
addressed e.g., if water was determined to be extremely vulnerable to future
climate conditions then ensuring climate-resilience of water supply may be a
goal; alternatively if emissions from energy was the most significant source of
emissions then reducing emissions to energy may be a goal
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 Green Agenda
Phase 4 -
PLANNING ANS SYNTHESIS

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 Step 9 - Identify Mitigation and Adaptation Measures

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 Green Agenda
PHASE 4 - SYNTHESIS

Develop a list of measures that will support the goals and the vision from Step
8 that are relevant to your value (within WG)
Identify measures that support mitigation e.g., increasing energy efficiency
within public buildings or building
Identify measures that reduce vulnerability or increase resilience these
include measures that reduce exposure and sensitivity and enhance adaptive
capacity
Be sure to include diverse types of measures e.g., policy, good practices,
capacity building, and infrastructure

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 Improve livelihoods of farmers in the Bogdanci
Planning for development

Inputs: water resources, healthy soil, labor, farm infrastructure

Enabling conditions: strong community organization, local eagerness to

Resilience Improved
participate

Climate stressors: increased water scarcity, soil erosion

Non-climate stressors: pollution, lack of regulatory oversight, low
education levels

Actions to reduce climate stress: switch to climate-resilient crops

Actions to reduce non-climate stress: reduce energy used in the
planting and harvesting process
Actions with co-benefits: implement regulations to monitor water
abstraction & dumping of waste
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 Value: Local agricultural products (Fruits) Measure 2.1: campaign for application of a drip
Function 2: Vegetative food and nutrition for humans (directly edible);
irrigation system to save water
Development goal 2: Improvement of cultivation of orchards and vineyards in Bogdanci
Inputs: Enabling conditions:
Orchards Ministry of agriculture, forestry and water Measure 2.2: separate tariff for charging water for
conditions
Input and

Vineyards
Enabling

economy the users of the drip irrigation system

Measures for adaptaion of climate change

Irrigation system
Workforce
Professional staff Measure 2.3: debates on use of UV networks for UV
Road infrastructure and hail protection
Climate Non-climate
Ice Dilapidation of infrastructure
Hail Migration
Measure 2.4: application of new practices of pruning
Drought Outdated methods in irrigation of vineyards and orchards
Stressors

Flood Outdated methods in cultivation of

Wind orchards and vineyards
Measure 2.5: Trainings on informing farmers about
UV radiation
Heat waves the use of assets from the IPARD funds
Temperature differences
Change of quantities and period of rains Measure 2.6: laboratory for soil examination
Reduced yield
Potential impact of

Damages of crops in the phase of a flower

climate stressors

Damages of the foliage Measure 2.7: laboratory for examination of coil pads
(exposure *
sensitivity)

Reduction of the process of photosynthesis

Increased water consumption Measure 2.8: system for utilization of waste from
Reduction of the work ability
Damaging of the road infrastructure
orchards and vineyards for production of pellets
Damaging of the irrigation network
Use of water from water supply network
Use of water from the hydro system Spas of Lake Dojran
Adaptive
capacity

Network repair
Repair of the road infrastructure
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Measure 2.1: campaign for application of a drip irrigation system to save water
 Step 10 - Evaluate and Select Adaptation and
Mitigation Measures (within WG)

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 Green Agenda
PHASE 4 - SYNTHESIS

Possible Selection Criteria:

Price investments and recurring costs,
Technical feasibility ease of implementation and monitoring; limiting
capacities (skills, staff),
The effectiveness in the meeting of the objectives/problems resolution
Physical, biological, economic and social impacts
Co-benefits for mitigation of climate change
Gender equality, emancipation of women, benefits for the marginalized
groups
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 Green Agenda
PHASE 4 - SYNTHESIS

Development
goal:

Criterion B Criterion C Criterion D Criterion E

Adaptive Criterion
measures 20 % 25% 10% 30% 15% TOTAL
Measure 1 High = 60 Medium = 30 Low = 10 High = 60 High = 60 48
Measure 2 Medium = 30 Medium = 30 High = 60 Medium = 30 Low = 10 31
Measure 3 Medium = 30 High = 60 High = 60 Low = 10 High = 60 40,5
Measure 4 High = 60 Low = 10 Medium = 30 High = 60 Medium = 30 40
Measure 5 Low = 10 High = 60 Medium = 30 Medium = 30 High = 60 39

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 Green Agenda
PHASE 4 - SYNTHESIS
Value Water sources in Boganci
Primary function Drinking water
Goal Sustainable management with water supply
system in Bogdanci
Criteria

Effectiveness

Affordability
economic
feasibility
Technical

Urgency

liability

TTAL

Rank
15%

25%

30%

20%

10%
Measures

Measure 1.1. Building new water-supply reservoir (tank) 9 15 18 12 1 55 1

Measure 1.5 Reconstruction of existing water pipe-line
9 15 9 12 1 46 2
network
1.3 Installment of renewable sources of energy on
4.5 7.5 18 12 1 43 3
the water-pumps (solar panels or wind turbines)
1.4. Raising awareness campaign saving water 9 7.5 3 12 6 37.5 4
1.6. Feasibility study for usage of ground waters
4.5 7.5 9 2 1 24 5
and storm waters.

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 Step 11 Compose Strategic Plan

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 Green Agenda
PHASE 4 - SYNTHESIS

Convene plenary session of all WGs, optional other stakeholders too

WGs present all adaptation and development actions
Select criteria for selecting/organizing actions in the action plan, including
human resources, funding and timing
Draft action plan
Prepare the monitoring and evaluation plan

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 Green Agenda
PHASE 4 - SYNTHESIS

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 Step 12 Adopt the Community Climate Change
Strategy

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 Green Agenda
PHASE 4 - SYNTHESIS
Make a draft of the Green Agenda Document Municipal Climate Change Strategy
Hire a qualified consultant to prepare the required Strategic Environmental Assessment
(SEA) to be reviewed and approved by the Ministry of Environment
Prepare for and conduct the second stakeholder meeting where draft Community
Climate Change Strategy is presented
Seek and incorporate stakeholder comments on the Community Climate Change
Strategy
Identify approach to put the strategy on the next council meeting agenda (mayor,
council member, or group of citizens)
Submit strategy to the Municipal Council for Final Approval (Adoption)
Participate in council meeting to explain your strategy
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 Green Agenda
Phase 5 -
IMPLEMENTATION &
EVALUATION

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 Step 13 Implement Pilot Project

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 Green Agenda
PHASE 5 - EVALUATION

Municipality, with consultation from the NGO, select a pilot project

from the measures identified in the strategy to implement
Selected pilot project should be one which can be implemented in a
short timescale, produce visible results for the community, and
demonstrate the value of the strategy.
Municipality implements pilot project
NGO prepares communications and outreach materials to publicize
pilot project (press release, news segments, outreach materials)

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 Step 14 Monitor, Evaluate and Adjust

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 Green Agenda
PHASE 5 - EVALUATION

Establish a local monitoring body, mandated by the Council of the

Municipality;
Monitor and evaluate the monitoring plan and report on the
assessment to the community,
Those most closely involved in the Green Agenda process and
possibly donors;
Develop follow up activities that may support successful
implementation and further development of the Green Agenda;
Implement pilot projects (after fundraising).
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 THANK YOU!

Stole Georgiev
Green Agenda Process Expert
Milieukontakt
stole.georgiev@gmail.com

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