urban adaptation to climate change in europe birgit georgi, 21 may 2012
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Urban adaptation to climate changein Europe
Birgit Georgi, 21 May 2012
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Vulnerabilities and adaptation - isn’t it a local issue?
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75% of Europeans live in cities
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… and most of Europe’s economic wealth is generated
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Current approach
But what about Europe?
Single city studies Collection of adaptation measures Guidance to cities
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Heat waves in Europe…
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Urban heat island effect
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Heat waves
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Social sensitivity
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Social sensitivity – elderly people
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Soil sealing increases the risk for urban flooding
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Copenhagen2 July 2011
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Urban Flooding
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Coastal floodingand erosion
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Coastal Flooding
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Adaptive capacity
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Cities are strongly interconnected
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Cities depend on national and European decisions
Floods in France – Getting the national framework supportiv for urban adaptation
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The need for a multi-level
governance approach
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Pillar: Territorial governance
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Pillar: Policy coherence
cohesion
environment
transport
employment
economy
…
national
local
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Pillar: Financial support and access to funding
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Pillars: Institutional capacities and knowledge base
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http://climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu
Climate-ADAPT
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Take aways
A multi-level governance framework
Identifying urban hotspots across the continent
European dimension of
urban adaptation challenge
Your
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http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/urban-adaptation-to-climate-change