Life Artisan Achieving Tender

Duration 01-NOV-2019 to 31-DEC -2027Total budget 16657712.00 EU contribution 9994627.00 Project descriptionBackgroundThe French strategy for climate change adaptation 2006 is implemented operationally through national plans in line with the EU strategy on adaptation to climate change. The national plans target the effective adaptation by 2050 to a regional climate in continental France and overseas territories consistent with a worldwide increase in temperatures of 1.5C to 2C compared to the 19th century in response to the multiple impacts of climate change e.g. flooding heat waves water scarcity shoreline erosion. The assessment of the first national plan for climate change adaptation 2011-2015 highlighted the relevance of the targeted environmental issues but also the weak points in the strategy and the governance of the plan such as a lack of consistency with other policies insufficient coordination between the various governance levels and difficulties in mobilising economic stakeholders. In order to overcome these gaps and shortcomings the second plan 2018-2022 is putting forward the mainstreaming of nature-based adaptation solutions as a strategic and cross-cutting principle. These measures green solutions respond to all thematic objectives of the plan and have catalysing effects on the implementation of grey solutions i.e. those using civil-engineering techniques and non-renewable resources and soft solutions based on changes in behaviour and forms of governance.ObjectivesThe overall ambition of the LIFE IP ARTISAN project is to increase the resilience of the country to climate change by reinforcing French national adaptation to the impacts of climate change.The project will contribute to the achievement of objectives set in the second national climate adaptation plan and future plans. To this end the project will seek to generalise the use of nature-based solutions wherever appropriate by 2030. LIFE IP ARTISAN is a capacity building project aimed at mainstreaming good practices and creating a favourable framework for the emergence of local climate adaptation projects focussing on ecosystems. The complementary actions will make it possible to fund new local projects and to improve coordination among the funding parties to enhance overall consistency. For this cross-cutting topic an integrated framework is required to coordinate the work of the funding parties in financing either climate change or biodiversity policies.In addition to the IP budget itself the project will facilitate the coordinated use of 3.8 billion EUR of complementary funding from ERDF EAFRD and national funds from water agencies especially.ResultsExpected results The LIFE IP ARTISAN project expects to fully implement all the actions planned within Frances second national climate change adaptation plan concerned with nature-based solutions. At the operational level the following results are e