Steering Local Adaptation: Hands-On Lab on Measuring Climate Risks in Muncipalities - The CLARITY Project

Description

How are climate change impacts gaining importance to urban infrastructure planning? Regulations and investors increasingly require the consideration of climate risks and opportunities both over the lifetime or in the planning phase of urban infrastructure. This form of climate resilient planning can increase, and improve urban quality of living. This interactive session showcases how multi-level collaboration can unlock the potential for local climate action to shape a greener Europe.

In the context of EU regional policy, two roundtables will discuss lessons learnt from two approaches to local projects: 'municipal climate partnerships' and 'smart cities'. Participants will share experiences and challenges of supporting communities through these approaches. Based on a hands-on lab conducted prior to the session, participants identify climate risks and impacts to their infrastructure projects based on data of their specific location through the CLARITY Climate Services Information System (CSIS) screening tool. Hazard-specific resilient solutions will be presented, guided by pilot initiatives with climate-resilience experience from Austria, Sweden and Italy.

Results of the lab will be discussed at a panel discussion by experts and innovators from the investment, climate risk, and adaptation sectors. This session is aimed at urban and infrastructure planners and developers, municipal decision-makers, energy and climate policy experts with interest in bringing together adaptation and mitigation measures at the local level.

Inputs to the session are based on the Horizon-2020-co-funded project CLARITY providing the CSIS tool and a climate services marketplace and the project Bridging European and Local Climate Action (BEACON) financed by the European Climate Initiative of the German Environmental Ministry (BMU). BEACON brings together 34 municipalities and 57 schools from seven EU Member States in central-eastern and south-eastern Europe. These slides were used in the input presentation for the CLARITY project: Pilot city with recent insights on climate proofing project.

Period	8 Oct 2019
Event title	European Week of Regions and Cities
Event type	Conference
Conference number	2019
Location	Brussels, BelgiumShow on map
Degree of Recognition	International