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Climate Change
   and Urban Policy
       Colombia

               March 25th, 2021
Source: http://stories.nama-facility.org/colombia-greener-cities/2/
Climate Change and Urban Policy Colombia March 25th, 2021 - Source
Content
1.- Problems to address in the NUP Process
2.- Legal and Policy Instruments for Urban Planning
3.- Climate Change Framework
4.- Current State of the Process
5.- Why Mainstreaming Climate Change into the NUP
6.- Climate Action – Urban Policy
7.- Multi Level Analysis
8.- The importance of planning instruments in the climate change
management
9.- Adaptation and Mitigation Actions
10.- Initial Recommendations
Climate Change and Urban Policy Colombia March 25th, 2021 - Source
Climate Change and Urban Policy Colombia March 25th, 2021 - Source
Problems to address in the NUP Process
                                                          Pressure over                                                                          Lack of                     Lack of
   Poverty and                   Informal                                                                              Urban
                                                          Environmental                   Pollution                                           employment                 Connectivity and
    Inequality                 Settlements                                                                             Sprawl
                                                             Services                                                                         opportunities                 Transport
                                                                                       Colombia ranks 40             With respect to                                        In the last six years,
                              1.2 million households                                                                                            The informal urban
                                                         Very low performance in     among the countries that     housing and habitat,                                       approximately 40
                                  live in poor and                                                                                           labor rate is 56.6% and
      24% of urban                                         the use of water and        emit the most GHG           the housing deficit                                   thousand personas have
                             overcrowding conditions                                                                                          in rural areas is 85.8%
    households with                                         consumes 2.8 more                                      for the country has                                   died as a consequence of
                               1.7 millions of urban
insufficient funds to buy                                times tan the average in                                    reached 36.6%                                             road accidents
                             households and 1.6 rural
 the basic food basket,         households lack of             Latin America
  vs 36% in rural zones       housing or live in very
          (2018)                   bad conditions
                                                                                                                                                Disordered patterns
                                                                                         Particulate matter
                                                                                                                                                 have produced a         Bike lanes represent only
     The proportion of                                                                 (PM10) was exceeded         Cadastral records
                                                         Very low performance in                                                                  decrease in the          15% of the new built
  income poverty in the                                                              from permissible limits in    outdated. 92,93%
                                                            the use of water and                                                                proportion of urban        kilometers for public
      dispersed rural                                                                  Bogotá, Cali, Medellín     of the municipalities
                                                         consumption of 2.8 more                                                               areas close to arterial        urban transport
      municipalities of                                                              and Santa Marta, as well         with outdatd
                                                          times tan the average in                                                            roads - Decrease in the
   Colombia is 2.3 times                                                              as the municipalities of      information and
                                                               Latin America                                                                   effective connection
 higher than in the cities                                                              Ráquira and Yumbo          2.12% without any
                                                                                                                                                  between urban
    and agglomerations                                                                     (IDEAM, 2018)               information
                             In Colombia more than                                                                                                peripheries and
                              50% of the growth of          In the last 6 years                                                                 metropolitan labor
                              cities in the last three    Colombia lost forest an    According to the Ministry    64% of cities have at              markets.
                              decades is of informal        equivalent of 926        of Mines and Energy, the       least doubled the                                    48% of the population is
                                        origin           thousand of soccer fields    building sector appears       area occupied by                                      disconnected from big
                                                                                        in third place with       their built area since                                 cities and their benefits
                                                                                      22.04% of the national        1990; and 28% of
the percentage of people
                                                                                       energy consumption              cities have
  classified in extreme
                                                                                                                     quadrupled their
 poverty with respect to
                                                                                       Only 42.6% of urban        areas of occupation
    the total national
                                                                                       wastewater is treated
  population was 8.5%
   (+.6% 2015 -2016)                                                                                                                       Sources: Ciudades 4.0, PND 2018-2022), IDEAM 2017, 2018
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Legal and Policy Instruments for Urban PLanning
Political Constitution (1991).- Establishes the structure of the
territorial entities: Department, Districts, Municipalities,
Indigenous Communities                                                    CONPES 3819 (2014).- System of Cities
Law 99 (1993).- Establishes the National Information
Environmental System (SINA) and the structure for the
environmental management in the country

Law 388 (1997).- Ley de Desarrollo Territorial
Set the principles and implementation mechanisms for the
national and territorial planning
                                                                     CIUDADES 4.0 - NATIONAL URBAN POLICY (NUP)

Lay 617 (2000) .- Establishes differences according to the size of
the population and the annual current income of the
                                                                          VISION                     SYSTEMIC – INTRA URBAN
municipalities. Although this categorization has been useful for
the control of operating expenses, it does not allow                                                 NATIONAL – SUSTAINABLE
                                                                          SCALE
differentiating the characteristics of the level of development of                                         BUILDING
the territorial entities                                              CATEGORIZATION                      CENSUS 2020

Law 1454 (2011).- Ley de Ordenamiento Territorial                     ARMONIZATION                  DIFFERENT LEGAL INSTRUM.
Specify competencies to each level of government
                                                                        APPROACH                   BOTTOM UP – TOP TO BOTTOM
Law 1551 (2012).- Establishes a categorization in line with the
                                                                        INDICATORS                  STRENGTHENING OPERATION
Law 617, adding the economic component. Municipalities are
categorized in: large, intermediate, basic.
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Legal and Policy Instruments for Urban PLanning
Political Constitution (1991).- Establishes the structure of the
territorial entities: Department, Districts, Municipalities,
                                                                         CONPES 3819 (2014).- System of Cities
Indigenous Communities

Law 99 (1993).- Establishes the National Information
Environmental System (SINA) and the structure for the
environmental management in the country

Law 388 (1997).- Ley de Desarrollo Territorial
                                                                     CIUDADES 4.0 - NATIONAL URBAN POLICY (NUP)
Set the principles and implementation mechanisms for the
national and territorial planning
                                                                     UN-HABITAT
Lay 617 (2000) .- Establishes differences according to the size of   Methodology
the population and the annual current income of the
municipalities. Although this categorization has been useful for
the control of operating expenses, it does not allow
differentiating the characteristics of the level of development of                                                CAMBIO
the territorial entities                                                                                         CLIMÁTICO
Law 1454 (2011).- Ley de Ordenamiento Territorial
Specify competencies to each level of government

Law 1551 (2012).- Establishes a categorization in line with the
Law 617, adding the economic component. Municipalities are
categorized in: large, intermediate, basic.
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Climate Change Framework

                           Source: BUR 2016
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Current State of the Process

         Ciudades 4.0
         Concept Note

     Urban Management              Working tables with DNP

      Sustainable Habitat
                                   Urban Policy Review - OCDE   Climate
Infraestructure for Productivity                                Change         New Urban Policy

        Urban Growth               Climate Change - UNHABITAT

          Innovation

             2020                               2021-II                   2021-II-III
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Why mainstreaming climate change into the NUP?
    Geographic Distribution of Risk                             GHG emissions by Sector (2014)
                                                                                                             The total estimated direct
                                                                                                             GHG emissions for this year
                                                                                                             were 236,973 Gigagrams of
                                                                                                             CO2.

                                                                                                             Estimated CO2 removals
                                                                                                             were -22,659 Gigagrams
                                                                                                             CO2eq, mostly by forest
                                                                                                             lands. Consequently, net
                                                                                                             emissions (net balance) for
                                                                                                             2014 were 214,315 Gg of
                                                                                                             CO2eq

Source: Third Communication
UNFCCC 2014

                                                                               Source: Third Communication
                                                                               UNFCCC 2014

•     Climate Change represents high economic, social and cultural impacts for the country
•     Colombia is highly vulnerable to climate change, through El Niño, La niña and other phenomena
•     Forestry (36%), Agriculture (26%), Residential and Transport (14%), are the sectors that emit
      higher concentrations of GHG. Residential sector- one of the most affected
•     Impacts on human health, regional competitiveness…
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Why mainstreaming climate change into the NUP?

          LIMITING GLOBAL WARMING TO 1.5 TO 2.0C WILL
        REQUIRE FAR REACHING TRANSITIONS IN CITIES IN THE   According to its recent
                     COMING TWO DECADES                       NDC submission,
                                                                   Colombia
                                                                will produce a
                                                             maximum of 169.44
                                                            million tons CO2 eq in
                                                            2030 (equivalent to a
                                                              51% reduction in
                                                                  emissions)
                                                                 2027 – 2030
                                                              Carbon Neutrality

Source: BUR, IDEAM 2015
Why mainstreaming climate change into the NUP?
  LIMITING GLOBAL WARMING TO 1.5 TO 2.0C WILL
REQUIRE FAR REACHING TRANSITIONS IN CITIES IN THE
             COMING TWO DECADES
Climate Action – Urban Policy

                                                         Climate Responsive National Urban Policy

                                                                                   • SISCLIMA
                           •   Law 388                                             • INTERSECTORAL
                           •   Law 1454                                                                                                • SISCLIMA
                                                                                     COMMISSION FOR                                    • Comisión Intersetctorial
Legislative instruments    •   CONPES 3819                                           CLIMATE CHANGE (CICC)
                           •   CONPES 3919                    Institutional                                  Financial Mechanisms        de Cambio Climático
(building code, land use                                                           • REGIONAL NODES FOR       to channel domestic      • Comité Transversal de
                               sustainable build.             Mechanisms
 regulation, urban and                                                               CLIMATE CHANGE          climate finance to the      Gestión Financiera
                           •   Decret 1285 guidelines   Interagency Coordination     (NRCC)
   regional planning                                                                                               local level         • PIGCCS
                               for sustainable                Mechanisms           • REGIONAL
   development law)            construction                                                                                            • PIGCCT
                                                                                     AUTONOMOUS
                           •   CONPES 3870 POT                                       CORPORATIONS (CAR)
                           •   NAMA Habitat                                        • PIGCCS - PIGCCT
                           •   NAMA Waste Mgmt
                                                                                                                                       •    Estrategia Nacional de
                                                                                                                                            Financiamiento
                                                                                                                                            Climático
                           •   CONPES 3919                                         •   National Urban        National Level Sectoral   •    Estrategia Nacional de
                               CIUDADES 4.0              National Level Sectoral
National Level Sectoral
                           •
                                                          Policies & Strategies        Policy                 Policies & Strategies         Financiamiento ante
                           •   CONPES 3604 MIB                                                                                              Riesgo de Desastres
 Policies & Strategies     •   CONPES 3718 EP                                      •   CIUDADES 4.0
                                                                                                                                       •    Descentralization
                           •   CONPES 3991 Urban                                                                                            mechanisms
                               Movility
                                                                                   •   POT                                             •    Mercados de Carbono
                           •   POT                                                 •   Planes desarrollo                               •    Asociaciones Publico
                           •   Territorial               Regional & Local Plans        Municipales           Regional & Local Plans         Privadas
Regional & Local Plans         development Plans            Implementation         •   Planes Maestros          Implementation         •    Recolección tributaria
   Implementation          •   Planes Municipales                                      Intermodales                                    •    Compensaciones
                           •   Planes Gestión del                                  •   Planes Gestión del                                   Ambientales
                               Riesgo                                                  Riesgo
Multilevel Analysis
The importance of planning instruments in the climate change
management
                                                                                                                                             HARMONIZATION

     Source: DNP, MINAMBIENTE, IDEAM SNGRD, UNGRD. (2016) “Plan nacional de Adaptación al
     Cambio Climático: Líneas de Acción Prioritarias para la adaptación al cambio climático en Colombia”

Law 1931 Guidelines for Climate Change Management
ART. 7 - Incorporate C.C. Management in POT                                                                Source: DNP, MINAMBIENTE, IDEAM SNGRD, UNGRD. (2016) “Plan nacional de Adaptación al
                                                                                                           Cambio Climático: Líneas de Acción Prioritarias para la adaptación al cambio climático en Colombia”
ART. 10 - CAR – Integrate climate change strategies in POT
ART. 13 - Jan, 2020 - POT should incorporate C.C. criteria
Art. 14 - Climate Change management
Art. 19 - PIGCCT - POT

                                                                 Diversity ok knowledge
NDC              PIGCCS                 PNU
       Mitigation

              Mitigation in energy supply                     Mitigation in end use energy
              and renewable energy                            efficiency                                      Mitigation in transportation

                                     INTEGRAL MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR SECTORAL CLIMATE CHANGE (PIGCCS)

                  Urban and
                                                                    Sustainable
                   Territorial
                                                                   Construction
                  Sustainable
                 Development                                                                                  CIUDADES 4.0
                                                               Reduction in energy
                                                            consumption in new houses
         Reduction of GHG emissions
                                                               without including VIS
        through the implementation of
          low-carbon urban planning
                   criteria                                     Reduction of energy
                                                             consumption of buildings
                                                             without including housing

    UNHABITAT RECOMMENDATIONS                              Reduction of GHG emissions in
                                                               life cycles of buildings
•    Support the development of local level
     plans and strategies to reduce
     greenhouse gas emissions.                                                                     •   Encourage development patterns that are more
•    Increasingly obtain energy from low-              • More sustainable design and                   conducive to reduce emissions, including by
     carbon and renewable sources.                       construction of new buildings,                minimizing travel distances.
•    Encourage research in the renewable                 and retrofitting of existing              •   Promote more sustainable modes of
     sector and innovative solutions.                    buildings.                                    transportation.
Mitigation
                       Mitigation in land use, land                                                          Mitigation in solid waste and
                       use change and forestry &                                                             waste water
                       agriculture

                            INTEGRAL MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR SECTORAL CLIMATE CHANGE (PIGCCS)

                                                                                    Integral                     Integral                            Deforestation
                        Urban and Territorial
                                                                                 Management of                Management of                          reduction and
                            Sustainable                                                                     domest. wastewater                          control
                                                                                  Solid Waste
                           Development
                                                                                                                                              Sources of protection for
                                                                              Biological mechanical      Biogas conduction, capture           aqueducts through PSA,
                    EEP protection and reduction of                         treatment systems (TMB)         and burning systems                  reforestation and
                     deforestation through specific                                                                                                 restoration
                          criteria for land use                                                          Biogas conduction, capture
                                                                            Recycling and composting                                          Sources of protection for
                                                                                                            and burning systems
                                                                                                                                              aqueducts through PSA,
                     Reduction of GHG emissions in                          Systems for burning biogas   Management Systems for                  reforestation, etc.
                    developments of informal origin                                in landfills           the use of Biogas in in
                                                                                                                 WWTP                         Sources of protection for
                                                                              NAMA Municipal Solid                                            aqueducts through PSA,
                                                                                                           Increased coverage of
                                                                                   Waste                                                         reforestation, etc.
                                                                                                         domestic wastewater treat.
UNHABITAT RECOMMENDATIONS
                             • Make municipal management of solid waste and wastewater more                                                  Compensation in the increase
                               sustainable.                                                                                                        of forest mass
                             • Initiate community- led waste segregation and collection.                                                     Aqueducts sewers and landfills
                             • Innovate waste-to-energy solutions.
Adaptation
                                             Local-level climate change                                           Integrate disaster risk reduction
   Research into the risks associated      vulnerability assessments that                                         with climate change adaptation.
   with the impacts of climate change      include an analysis of climate                                        Promote the mapping of hazards,
                                          resilience and adaptive capacity                                       including climate related hazards

                    INTEGRAL MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR SECTORAL CLIMATE CHANGE (PIGCCS)

                                                                                  Risk management              Reuse of treated            Management of
      CIUDADES 4.0                            CIUDADES 4.0                          for Adaptation               wastewater                supplying basins

                                                                              Early warning Systems to                                     Strategy for the
                                                                                                             Strategy to increase
                                                                                    reduce hydro                                          conservation and
                                                                                climatological events
                                                                                                               reuse of treated
                                                                                                                                       protection of prioritary
                                                                             provision of public services   domestic wastewater
                                                                                                                                             suply basins

                                                                             Strengthening technical         Strategy to increase
                                                                              capacities – guidelines          reuse of treated
                                                                                                            domestic wastewater

                                                                              Sustainable Drainage
                                                                              Urban Systems (SUDS)

                                                                              CIUDADES 4.0
                                                                                 Food security
                                                                             Transport and logistics
Adaptation
       Plan human settlements, regulate
                                                      Prioritize actions that reduce health      Encourage regional planning,           Promote the protection and
          land use and provide critical
                                                         risks and build the resilience of      including a strategy for coastal       restoration of ecosystems and
      infrastructure and services in a way
                                                           vulnerable and marginalized         areas, to protect ecosystems and       natural buffers. Promote nature-
        that takes into account risks and
                                                                   communities                      avoid ‘mal-adaptation’                     based solutions
                 build resilience

                                   INTEGRAL MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR SECTORAL CLIMATE CHANGE (PIGCCS)

                                                                                                            Climate resilient
      Human settlements                      Recovered areas                                                   Territorial                   Resilient Housing
        less vulnerable                                                                                      Development
                                                                                                                                           Definition of adaptation
                                        Definition and legal and                                         Definition of adaptation         criteria applicable to new
   Guidekines for adaptation in           technical tools for                                         guidelines to climate change         buildings - cost-benefit
    high mitigable risk zones           Non-mitigable risk areas                                       articulated with DRM - POT                   analysis
                                          Technical support to
 Awareness raising and outreach                                                                          Technical support for           Socialization criteria - new
                                        territorial entities in the
    strategies to introducie                                                                          prioritization of adaptation                buildings
                                        implementation of legal
  adaptation plans in high risk                                                                            measures in POT
                                               instruments
             zones                                                                                                                       Design and construction of
                                                                                                      Support in formulating and        buildings with C.C. elements
   Formulation of programs in                                                                       implementing projects to reduce
    prioritary municipalities                                                                          vulnerability – local level
                                                                                                                                           CIUDADES 4.0
UNHABITAT RECOMMENDATIONS          • Make municipal management of solid waste and wastewater more
                                     sustainable.
                                   • Initiate community- led waste segregation and collection.
                                   • Innovate waste-to-energy solutions.
Principal Ecological Structure (EEP) – Cadastre – Risk
Mapping
Initial recommendations

                                                            Actions                                                                       Legal and Institutional
                                                                                                                                             Considerations
Develop guidelines, handbooks and all the necessary material on time to strengthen local capacities for adaptation and mitigation   Política Nacional de Ciencia e Innovación para
actions. Consider the creation of a Knowledge Management Institution that coordinates and facilitates continuous materials and      l Desarrollo Sostenible (Libro Verde)
training
Continuous technical support will be necessary to incorporate climate change aspects in the Land Use Plans (POT) and all            Law 1454, 2011; Law 152, 1994; Law 1962,
existintg planning instruments.                                                                                                     2019; CONPES 3870;

Develop more research and cooperation frameworks with research centers / New agreements to produce more data and                    Law 1931, 2018;
information to take better decisions                                                                                                Política Nacional de Ciencia e Innovación para
                                                                                                                                    el Desarrollo Sostenible (Libro Verde)
Increase vulnerable assessment studies, identifying risks and adaptive capacities at the local, regional and national level         Law 1523, 2012; Law 1931, 2018; Law 1444,
                                                                                                                                    2011;

Although the water and sanitation sector has mainstreamed DRM in their adaptation strategies, it is still necessary to mainstream   Law 1523, 2012; Law 1931, 2018; Law 1523 of
specific DRM actions in infraestructure for productivity, urban growth, transport, and urban management                             2012
Thank you!

carolina.quiroz@un.org
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