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1LAMPRE | Cooperation EU-LAC |Universidad de Costa Rica | 19-22 Jan 2015
COOPERATION EU-LAC
ON NATURAL HAZARDS
UMBERTO PERNICE

GOAL OF THE SPEECH
Provide an overview of the new EU-LAC Cooperation Programmes
[funding Instruments] for the period 2014-2020…
…to stimulate international cooperation between LAMPRE partners
and Latin American organizations in the field of Natural Hazards
adopting a Disaster Risk Reduction approach and Earth Observation
technologies.

NATURAL HAZARD IN LA
Latin America is highly vulnerable to climate
change and to natural disasters due to:
• Geography
• Distribution of population
• Infrastructures
• Economic reliance on fragile natural
resources.
Increased high-intensity cyclones,
reduced arable land and the loss of low-
lying regions are just some of the possible
consequences for Latin America and the
Caribbean [LAC] if global temperatures
were to rise 4°C by 2100, according to the
new study “Turning Down the Heat”1
Source: Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events in
Latin America: An Exposure Index Adrián Garlati, January
2013
1 World Bank Group, 2014. Turn Down the Heat: Confronting the New Climate
Normal. Washington
Distribution of Natural Disasters in LA
[1970-2011]

RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN LA
LA regions must increase their resilience
to climate change by:
• Ensuring the region's infrastructure can
withstand the new climatic 'extremes'
• Growing a wider variety of crops which
perform well in droughts, floods and heat
• Prioritizing land use to preserve and
manage multiple threats
• Implementing emergency response
plans and early-warning alert systems
• Developing social safety nets and
insurance to protect the region's most
vulnerable groups
• Sharing best practices and
information systems between countries
Sources: R. Landa et al., Cambio climatico y desarrollo
sustentable, 2010; ECLAC, Climate Change. A regional
perspective, 2010.

COSTA RICA: CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT…
…on natural hazard vulnerability:
• 6.8% of total area exposed to three or
more adverse natural events
• 77.9% of population and 80.1% of the
country’s GDP ($29 billion annually)
reside in areas at high risk of multiple
hazards
• Part of this vulnerability has to do with
the presence of populations in areas
prone to volcanic eruptions and in
unstable lands, or in poorly planned
settlements prone to landslides and
flooding
• Climate change and climate-related
extreme weather events endanger
agricultural production, biodiversity,
and human settlements
Source: GFDRR and ISDR. Costa Rica Disaster Risk
Management Programs for Priority Countries, 2010

COSTA RICA: FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES
• 2001-2008: floods and storms have had
the highest human and economic
impact with 106,000 people affected by
floods (8 events) and $106 million of
cost of damages.
• 2005: landslides caused damage to
agricultural fields and areas covered
with primary forest.
• Oct. 2007: during the heavy rains, a
total of 14 people died in a landslide in
the city of Atenas.
• Feb. 2009: heavy rains affected the
Pacific Coast and Central Valley and
caused floods and landslides in 65
counties, with 18 deaths, at least 27
major roads and 2,000 homes flooded
in the northern province of Guanacaste.
Source: CCAD and SICA. Regional Strategy on Climate
Change, 2010
Image from http://www.costaricantimes.com/60-of-
costa-rica-is-prone-to-landslides/32088
• Jan. 2009: after the earthquake, a
landslide killed at least 10
people in Cinchona (west of San
José).

DRM IN COSTA RICA
• Despite its high exposure to adverse
natural events, Costa Rica is trying to
build an efficient disaster response
system and has managed to limit
vulnerabilities through the effective
enforcement of building codes,
environmental standards, and land use
planning and guidelines.(1)
• Substantial progress in mainstreaming
disaster risk management in its
national development program and
adaptation to climate change.(1)
• Signatory to the HFA 2005-2015(2)
involving all different sectors and actors
to reduce disaster losses and rebuild
resilience (2) Source: Disaster Risk Management in Latin America and
the Caribbean Region: GFDRR Country Notes, Costa Rica.
The World Bank, 2010
(1) Source: Vulnerability, Risk Reduction, and Adaptation to
Climate Change, GFDRR, April 2011

EU-LAC JOINT INITIATIVE FOR R&I
The EU is seeking to strengthen its well-
established ties with the region.
The EU is the leading investor in the
region, the 2nd largest trading partner after
the USA. and a major provider of
development cooperation assistance.
The ’EU-LAC Joint Initiative for R&I’
supports the development of the ‘EU-LAC
Knowledge Area’ by improving cooperation
in research and innovation, following the
’EU-CELAC’ action plan.
Main instruments: DCI, HORIZON 2020

EU-CELAC ACTION PLAN
Priority 2:
sustainable development, environment, climate
change, biodiversity, energy
Cooperation activities and initiatives:
• Strengthen bi-regional cooperation in
the field of environment and DRR and
management
• Exchange experiences and information
between countries and regions to
facilitate the design of adaptation and
mitigation strategies and policies.
Expected results:
• Improved knowledge on problems
and consequences of climate change
including vulnerability and risk
assessment, biodiversity loss and
environment issues, and integration of
these issues into sustainable
development and climate adaptation
strategies and activities.
• Strengthened capacities and
emergency networks to prevent and
address the effect of natural disasters.

EU ACTORS
ECHO – EC Humanitarian aid and Civil Protection
department - aims to save and preserve life,
prevent and alleviate human suffering and
safeguard the integrity and dignity of populations
affected by disasters.
Headquarter in Brussels, global network of field
offices, ECHO ensures rapid and effective delivery
of EU relief assistance through its two main
instruments: humanitarian aid (DIPECHO
programme) and civil protection.
ECHO has built up the European mechanism for
disaster response inside & outside the EU.
DG DEVCO - Directorate-General for
International Cooperation and Development - is
responsible for designing European international
cooperation and development policy and delivering
aid throughout the world.

ECHO'S DRR FUNDING YEAR 2013
DRR Funded activities
Source: ECHO Factsheet
DRR Funding per Region
(by % of DRR funding allocated)
DRR Partners
(per number of projects funded)
• Technical surveys: mapping of
villages/risks/structures
• Institutional building: reinforce regional information
sharing and coordination
• Early warning systems: collection of hydrometric
data, communication systems, awareness signs
• Small-scale mitigation works

EU-LAC REG. COOPER. PROGRAMMES:
2007-2013 EU-LAC Regional Cooperation Priorities
• Social cohesion
• Promotion of higher education and
research
• Sustainable development, including
climate change
• Etc.

EU-LAC REG. COOPER. PROGRAMMES:
Sustainable development, including climate
change
• EUROCLIMA: enabling EU-LA cooperation on
climate-change-related problems
• EURO-SOLAR: promoting the use of renewable
energy and Internet connectivity
• FLEGT South America: fostering forest law
enforcement, governance and trade
• RALCEA: supporting the setting up of a network of
knowledge centres in the water sector
• WATERCLIMA: river basins and coastal
management in the context of climate change.

EUROCLIMA PROGRAMME
• Three components implemented by Five partners:
EU- LATIN AMERICAN POLICY
DIALOGUE ON CLIMATE
CHANGE.
ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION
“NO-REGRETS” MEASURES
AND/OR WITH CO-BENEFITS.
DESERTIFICATION AND SOIL
DEGRADATION MEASURES.
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE,
FOOD SECURITY AND CLIMATE
CHANGE.
• Facilitates the integration of climate change mitigation and adaptation
strategies and measures into Latin American public development policies and
plans at national and (sub) regional levels.
• Funding for 2014-2016 already assigned!

CAPRA
Central America Probabilistic Risk Assessment Program
Duration: 2008 - on-going Partners
• CEPREDENAC
• UNISDR
• IADB
• World Bank
• SFLAC
• Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
of the Australian Government
• GFDRR
Objectives:
It aims to strengthen the institutional
capacity for assessing, understanding and
communicating disaster risk, and to
integrate disaster risk information into
development policies and programs.
Results:
• Technical Assistance Projects (TAPs)
in disaster risk assessment.
Government institutions and other
agencies partner with the World Bank
address specific development
challenges and meet disaster risk
information needs through practical
trainings and complementary services

CAPRA
Results:
• Software platform for risk assessment includes hazard mapping tools or
add-ons to connect with existing hazard tools, risk assessment and cost-
benefit analysis.
• CAPRA can also be used to design risk-financing strategies.
Central America Probabilistic Risk Assessment Program

RAPCA
Duration: 1999 – on-going
Regional Action Programme Central America
Partners
• UNESCO
• CEPREDENAC
• ITC
• Dutch government.
Objectives:
• Training of professionals from Central
America in the use of GIS and Remote
Sensing techniques for Natural Hazard,
Vulnerability and Risk Assessment
• Development of a series of pilot studies
in Central America used as illustrative
case studies on the use of GIS and RS
for disaster prevention at the local level
• Transfer of the results (case studies
and training package) to other
professionals.
Results
• Knowledge and networking for several
professionals to promote scientific
methodologies to analyze geo-data and
risk phenomena.

DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION INSTRUMENT
DCI- multiannual indicative programme 2014-2020
https://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/multi-annual-indicative-programme-2014-2020-peru_en
Presented on Nov 2014, with calls to be published shortly.
Total budget for LA: € 924 mln. in two components:
1. Activities at continental level
(€805 mln.)
• Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil,
Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador,
Guatemala, Honduras,
Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama,
Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay
and Venezuela
2. Sub-regional programme for
Central America (€120 mln.)
• Costa Rica, El Salvador,
Guatemala, Honduras,
Nicaragua and Panama.

1. Activities at continental level 2. Sub-regional programme for
Central America
focus on priority areas requiring
joint cooperation efforts between
both regions:
• Security-development nexus
• Good Governance,
Accountability and Social
Equity
• Inclusive and sustainable
growth for human
development
• Higher education
• Environmental sustainability
and climate change
key development challenges at
sub-regional level, focuses on:
• Regional Economic
Integration
• Security and the Rule of Law
• Climate change and disaster
management (€ 35 mln)

Climate change and disaster management (€35 mln)
Objective: contribute to building more resilient and sustainable societies
through a better preparation of the region to address climate change.
Results Indicators*
Reinforce the implementation at
regional and national level of proper
disaster risk reduction plans.
Level of disaster management
coordination at regional level in CA
countries.
Strengthen research, data collection
and promote information exchange
(including early warning systems) on
reducing and managing disaster risk
among national and regional
institutions.
• Number of CA countries with updated
disaster management coordination
networking.
• Number of regional DRR plans for
vulnerable coastal cities due to climate
change.
Reinforce capacities to take over from
humanitarian aid operations attending
victims of large-scale or recurrent
disasters.
Number of CA countries where disaster
early warning systems are in place at
intra-regional level.
*Means of verification: CEPREDENAC information systems

HORIZON 2020: RELEVANT OPEN CALLS
DRS-01-2015: Crisis management topic 1:
potential of current and new measures and
technologies to respond to extreme
weather and climate events
DRS-22-2015: Ethical/Societal Dimension
topic 3: Impact of climate change in third
countries on Europe's security
EO-1-2015: Bringing EO applications to the
market
EO-2-2015: Stimulating wider research use
of Copernicus Sentinel Data
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/deskto
p/en/opportunities/index.html

LAC: ACTORS FOR COOPERATION
CEPREDENAC - CENTRO DE COORDINACIÓN PARA LA PREVENCIÓN DE LOS
DESASTRES NATURALES EN AMÉRICA CENTRAL
• Promotes and coordinates international cooperation and exchange of information,
experience and technical and scientific advice on prevention, mitigation, care and
disaster response. It promoted the Regional Plan for Disaster Reduction (PRRD)
CCAD - CENTRAL AMERICAN COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT and
[SICA] SYSTEM FOR THE INTEGRATION OF CENTRAL AMERICA
• They mange the Regional Strategy on Climate Change
CSUCA - CONSEJO SUPERIOR UNIVERSITARIO CENTROAMERICANO
• Works in several regional cooperation in scientific research (including University
Programs for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in Central
America), university-business sector relationship, etc.
CRID - CENTRO REGIONAL DE INFORMACIÓN SOBRE DESASTRES
• Collection and dissemination of information available on disasters in LAC (composed
by OPS/OMS, ONU/EIRD, CNE, FICR, CEPREDENAC)
ROLAC - REGIONAL OFFICE FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
• Works closely with humanitarian and government partners to strengthen disaster
preparedness and response in the region.

IMN - INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE METEOROLOGIA DE COSTA RICA
• It outlines research related to the GHG inventory, vulnerability studies, and analysis of
mitigation and adaptation measures.
CNE - COMISIÓN NACIONAL DE PREVENCIÓN DE RIESGOS Y ATENCIÓN DE
EMERGENCIAS
• It developed the National Plan for Risk Management 2010–2015
CCCC - COMISIÓN CONSULTIVA DE CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO
• It fosters inter-sectoral dialogue on adaptation and mitigation policies and measures
for climate change
COSTA RICA: ACTORS FOR COOPERATION

CONCLUSIONS
• To join forces globally to tackle global
challenges in Disaster Resilience and
Climate Change
• To strengthen collaboration with
European partners for research and
innovation in Earth Observation
technologies applied to natural
hazards
• To exchange knowledge produced in
Europe and LAC and gain (reciprocal)
access to new markets
For H2020:
Costa Rica and all LAC automatically eligible non-EU applicants
Source: EC
Which benefits from international cooperation with LAMPRE
partners?
Countries with most participation in H2020

QUESTIONS?
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