Submitted by
Mikhail.DURKIN
on Fri, 06/16/2023 - 13:43
General Information
Resolution
49169
IUCN Constituent
Coalition Clean Baltic
IUCN Constituent type
IUCN Member organisation
Period covered
Geographic scope
European Union (EU)
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Activity
Capacity-building
Description and results/achievements of activities:
Climate change in the Baltic Sea Region. In 2022 the campaign has addressed the demand for more information to the general public on climate change impacts to the Baltic Sea Region and consisted of an open communication on the results of COP26 and COP27, as well as the impacts of climate change in other CCB Working Areas through concrete examples.
Status
_none
Activity
Policy influencing/advocacy
Description and results/achievements of activities:
Lynetteholm Artificial Island, Oder river and Nord Stream. Within recent years the Baltic Sea Regionhas been experiencing a boost of various large-scale development projects, ranging from pipelines, oil terminals, nuclear power plants and wind parks to navigation canals connecting different watersheds. In 2022 CCB has continued coordinating with Member Organisaitions to keep track of development on large infrastructure projects such as Lynetteholm Artificial Island, Oder river pollution incident and Nord Stream gas leakages.
Status
On-going
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken
Lynetteholm case. Following the work in 2021, CCB submitted in July a joint complaint together with Climate Movement in Denmark and the MO Danish Society for Nature Conservation to the EC and EP. CCB has also organised educational activities on this topic. Pollution incident currently ongoing along the Odra river. In August, CCB expressed concerns and sent a letter to HELCOM and the International Commission for the Protection of the Odra River against Pollution (ICPO). Nord Stream 1 & 2. In September, CCB expressed serious concerns about the natural gas leakages from the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines. Regarding the climate change campaign: - Present the results of the previous water and climate project (2020-2021) on flood risk management in the Baltic Sea Region to the 2022 River University participants. - Preparatory work for the report, which will be released in 2023, on examples of impacts and adaptation practices in river basins, cities and coastal areas. - Attendance to the UN COP27. As a result, "The flood is coming: Water security issues at COP27" article was published on the CCB website. Organization of two webinars about latest outcomes of the UN climate
Identify and briefly describe what future actions/activities are planned for the implementation of this Resolution
Future action / activity
Education/Communication/Raising awareness
Description
Educational activities will continue to take place
III. Additional Information
External link(s)
Report status
Published
Constituent type
IUCN Member