In May 2016, the process for the elaboration of the National Plan for Adaptation to Climate Change (Pnacc) began, which should have taken inspiration from the National Strategy for Adaptation to the Climate (Snac) (already launched in June 2015)
Till 28 February 2017, the main stakeholders were called through the public consultation tool to provide information regarding the exposures on a territorial scale and to set priorities for needed interventions.
However, after the revision in 2017, everything came to a halt. The new 'version' of the plan was never mentioned again and never formally approved.
These factors show that economic coverage is lacking (such as the necessary resources and where to find them) besides the fundamental institutional coordination between State, its infrastructures and the local entities.
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Meanwhile, given the increasingly devastating impacts of extreme weather and climate phenomena, local authorities have proceeded independently. Some regions, including Emilia Romagna, Abruzzo, and even individual cities, launched their own adaptation plans.
Furthermore, in the summer of 2020, the National Association for Land Reclamation, Irrigation and Land Improvement (ANBI) launched a National Plan for the Extraordinary Maintenance and Infrastructure of Works for Hydrogeological Defense and Water Collection, including almost 4,000 interventions to be done throughout the national territory although 50% of them concern northern regions: Piedmont, Lombardy, Trentino Alto Adige, Veneto, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Liguria and Emilia Romagna.