News from the project

The webinar took place on 26.11.2020. Participants presented and discussed challenges of climate change adaptation and possible solutions for small and medium-sized municipalities. The recording of the webinar is available on the Webseite of CLIMATEUROPE.

The President of the State Environmental Agency of Saxony (LfULG), Norbert Eichkorn, awarded six districts and municipalities as winners of the 2nd competition in the EU project "LIFE LOCAL ADAPT" - model projects for adapting to the consequences of climate change - at the status colloquium on climate in Dresden on 5 December 2019.

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Since 2013, the “Open European Day” - from this year on the “European Urban Resilience Forum” - takes place in Bonn. The Forum is a unique platform to learn about and discuss strategies for adapting to climate change and thus increasing the resilience of cities. A special characteristic of the forum is its very interactive format.

This year, the focus laid on smaller municipalities. In the European Union, there are tens thousands of small towns and smaller municipalities compared to around 800 cities with more than 50,000 inhabitants. Capacities, resources and administration of smaller municipalities differ, sometimes considerably, from those of bigger cities. In one of nine sessions, the challenges of adaptation planning in smaller municipalities, their specific support needs and possible solutions were examined. Beside the Italian municipality of Urbino, also two partner municipalities of LIFE LOCAL ADAPT, the German municipality of Coswig and the municipality of Weiz in Austria took part in the discussion.

Further information on the Urban Resilience Forum 2019:  Homepage, Twitter

The project LIFE LOCAL ADAPT was presented on this European platform. Experiences from the cooperation with municipalities in the project regions and in the application of different methods and information platforms were shared and discussed at various sessions with the conference participants. In a special session, LIFE LOCAL ADAPT and four other LIFE projects informed about their work and the results of adaptation to climate change. A close exchange of information between the projects is planned for future.

LIFE-Projects at ECCA 2019, Session: EU LIFE Programme: Supporting the integration and co-production of climate change adaptation in small and medium-sized municipalities in the EU.

Supporting integration and co-production of climate change adaptation in small and medium-sized municipalities across the EU

LIFE LOCAL ADAPT: Challenges for small and medium-sized municipalities to adapt to climate change in four European regions

life adaptate: Supporting commitment of the European municipalities, Spain

LIFE MASTER ADAPT: MAinSTreaming Experiences at Regional and local level for ADAPTation to climate change, Italy

RadomKlima: New approach to climate change adaptation in Radom based on the presently conducted LIFE project, Poland

Life-Good Local Adapt: Facilitating good adaptation in urban areas of small and medium-sized municipalities of the Basque Country, Spain

More information on  ECCA 2019: Homepage, Youtube

LIFE LOCAL ADAPT supports Saxon municipalities with projects of adaptation to climate change. At least three project ideas for non-investive measures are funded with an average of 30.000 EUR. In this way, municipalities can better protect the population from the effects of heat or flooding, plan green infrastructure or improve rainwater retention.

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