National Development Strategy Croatia 2030: Roadmap for a Better Future

Required actions
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Continue with projects enhancing climate change resilience (focus on water supply and sanitation 
(WSS), forest-fire and flood protection; implementation of WSS and flood protection climate change 
resilience measures.
 
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Establish a climate monitoring and early warning system for protected areas and ecological network 
and monitoring of protected wild habitat types and wild species. 
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Develop and promote green cities concept – launch multiple pilot that clearly articulate how urban 
areas will combat climate change, manage solid waste, reduce its GHG emissions and other air pollu-
tion, increase green spaces, improve biodiversity and manage wastewater and rain water in its local 
planning system. 
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Prepare a Sustainable Cities Framework and indicator system including national standards, guidelines 
and indicators for green urban infrastructure and circular economy approaches in urban areas. 
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Expand the Croatian Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction to include climate change-related indicators 
for the development of an early warning system. 
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Modernize hydro-met and early warning services, particularly for wildfire management and enhanced 
early warning for flood, drought and fire. 
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Establish monitoring system to identify types and locations of greatest pressure stemming from tourism 
activity on the infrastructure, environment and quality of life in general. 
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Continuously upgrade visitors’ management regime in national parks under heaviest pressure.