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end of the project by the commitment of the Clim’Foot partners through the collaboration with other projects aimed at developing country-specific datasets for both
national EF and Life Cycle Assessment database, and through the involvement of
stakeholders such as trade associations, national agencies or networks. The dissemination activities about the Clim’Foot approach are continuing in order to involve other
policymakers and foster synergies with other projects or policymakers’ initiatives.
A first synergy has already been set between Clim’Foot and the project “CReIAMO
PA,” which is on-going and will run until June2022, and includes training and support
actions on CFO.
From 2018 and so far, several training events were organized for the Public
Administrations:
• five workshops in Rome, Turin, Cagliari, Padua and Bari to provide general
training on CFO and present Clim’Foot tools
• five laboratory sessions in Florence, Turin, Bari, Cagliari and Padua for the use
of the Clim’Foot calculator and to present CFO case studies.
Furthermore, two courses were organized for training the consultants that will
support local administrations in calculating the CFO and in developing GHG mitigation actions. This training action is built upon the Clim’Foot action “training the
trainers.” Other training sessions are planned for the next future.
After the dissemination phase, the “CReIAMO PA” project started to calculate
the CFO with several different public administrations: one Region (Piedmont), five
Municipalities (Mantova, Prato, Cagliari, Saluzzo, Serrenti), three Regional agencies
for environmental protection (Piedmont, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Apulia), and IPLA,
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society for forestry management of Piedmont.
5 Conclusions
The modular structure of the toolbox and the integration of informative materials and
documents summarizing the lessons learnt, are the strengths of the project. All this
increases the potential of replicability and sustainability of the approach both in the
consortium’s countries and in other European countries. The ultimate goal is to raise
policymakers’ awareness on climate change mitigation and give them instruments,
methodologies and training materials to implement the necessary national policies.
National Databases of GHG Emission Factors, with reliable and country-specific
data available for free, are a decisive asset for national policies and can promote the
adoption of mitigation actions by the organizations. The development of a common
methodology and format, the definition of procedures for data collection, highlighting
the main sectors to be developed and favoring the exchange of EFs among partners,
were key aspects for the transferability and replicability of the approach in other
countries and contexts.
8 Istituto per le Piante da Legno e l’Ambiente.
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end of the project by the commitment of the Clim’Foot partners through the collaboration with other projects aimed at developing country-specific datasets for both
national EF and Life Cycle Assessment database, and through the involvement of
stakeholders such as trade associations, national agencies or networks. The dissemination activities about the Clim’Foot approach are continuing in order to involve other
policymakers and foster synergies with other projects or policymakers’ initiatives.
A first synergy has already been set between Clim’Foot and the project “CReIAMO
PA,” which is on-going and will run until June2022, and includes training and support
actions on CFO.
From 2018 and so far, several training events were organized for the Public
Administrations:
• five workshops in Rome, Turin, Cagliari, Padua and Bari to provide general
training on CFO and present Clim’Foot tools
• five laboratory sessions in Florence, Turin, Bari, Cagliari and Padua for the use
of the Clim’Foot calculator and to present CFO case studies.
Furthermore, two courses were organized for training the consultants that will
support local administrations in calculating the CFO and in developing GHG mitigation actions. This training action is built upon the Clim’Foot action “training the
trainers.” Other training sessions are planned for the next future.
After the dissemination phase, the “CReIAMO PA” project started to calculate
the CFO with several different public administrations: one Region (Piedmont), five
Municipalities (Mantova, Prato, Cagliari, Saluzzo, Serrenti), three Regional agencies
for environmental protection (Piedmont, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Apulia), and IPLA,
8
society for forestry management of Piedmont.
5 Conclusions
The modular structure of the toolbox and the integration of informative materials and
documents summarizing the lessons learnt, are the strengths of the project. All this
increases the potential of replicability and sustainability of the approach both in the
consortium’s countries and in other European countries. The ultimate goal is to raise
policymakers’ awareness on climate change mitigation and give them instruments,
methodologies and training materials to implement the necessary national policies.
National Databases of GHG Emission Factors, with reliable and country-specific
data available for free, are a decisive asset for national policies and can promote the
adoption of mitigation actions by the organizations. The development of a common
methodology and format, the definition of procedures for data collection, highlighting
the main sectors to be developed and favoring the exchange of EFs among partners,
were key aspects for the transferability and replicability of the approach in other
countries and contexts.
8 Istituto per le Piante da Legno e l’Ambiente.