My cookie preferencesThe Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan (SECAP) is a programmatic document drafted by municipalities that sign the Covenant of Mayors. This document describes the actions that municipalities intend to take to achieve the objectives of reducing CO2 emissions and adapting to climate change.
The Municipality of Bolzano joined the Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy in 2017 and published its own SECAP in October 2020.
The plan describes the risks that climate change poses to the city and proposes actions to reduce CO2 emissions by 40.65% by 2030, compared to 2010 levels, and measures to adapt to the effects of climate change, particularly to rising temperatures and heat waves.
Four years after approving the first SECAP, the Municipality of Bolzano has decided to update it. This update aims to align the SECAP with the new climate objectives of the Climate Plan of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano and with current European directives.
To update the plan, the Municipality partnered with Eurac Research - Institute for Renewable Energy to organize a participatory process that included a Citizens' Assembly for Climate and a Stakeholder Forum, following the model adopted by the Autonomous Province and several other Italian and foreign cities. Additionally all citizens could contribute with ideas and suggestions on reducing emissions and adapting to climate change through a web form.
The participatory process involved three phases:
- Training: Training sessions on climate change and possible actions to mitigate and adapt to it. Participants could ask experts questions to delve deeper into the topics.
- Debate: Members of the Assembly and the Forum discussed proposals and actions to be taken.
- Decision: Participants formulated final recommendations for the Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan of the city of Bolzano.
