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Capitan Maurice

Managing water extremes across borders

Central European cities increasingly face both water shortages and sudden floods, yet proven solutions often remain limited to one region or country. Capitan Maurice adapts results from earlier Interreg projects to help more places manage rainwater through measures such as green spaces, water-retaining surfaces and smarter use of public areas. Six pilots will test these approaches in new settings. Their lessons will be turned ...

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CENTRAdapt

Preparing border regions for shared climate risks

Floods, extreme heat and severe weather often affect communities on both sides of a border, but neighbouring authorities may use different data, risk maps and planning methods. CENTRAdapt combines tools from earlier Interreg projects into one shared approach for assessing threats and agreeing how to respond. Three border regions will test it by mapping risks together, involving residents and preparing coordinated adaptation plans. The ...

CICADA4CE

Involving citizens to better adapt cities to climate change

Cities increasingly face negative effects of climate change and try to adapt. But their adaptation strategies often do not work out as planned because citizens and stakeholders are not sufficiently involved in developing these. The CICADA4CE project helps city authorities to design effective climate change policies based on the concept of ecosystem- and community-based adaptation. The partners co-create action plans with citizens and other ...

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Clim4Cast

Improving forecasts of extreme weather events

Climate change increases the risk of severe weather events in central Europe. Increasing resilience to droughts, heatwaves and fires is urgent but tools that monitor and predict these phenomena are widely missing. The Clim4Cast project established a new weather forecast tool, which is integrated into existing national monitoring platforms of seven countries. Concrete action plans to set up regional response mechanisms were also developed.

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Climate_CRICES

Making better use of data to counter climate change

Huge quantities of environmental and meteorological data are already available both within public institutions and from open sources. But how to make sense of all the data to improve public responses to heatwaves, droughts, floods and reduce their impact on biodiversity? The Climate_CRICES project enhances the capacity of public authorities to manage climate change effects projected by the data. A dashboard visualises available data ...

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CONE

Tackling climate change in cities together with their citizens

Despite the numerous negative effects of climate change on the environment and people’s health, climate risk awareness is generally quite low among citizens. To change this, there is a need to target and actively involve all generations. The CONE project helps city authorities to work better together with citizens to make cities greener. The partners design and test new participatory and digitally-driven processes that ...

GreenScape CE

Making grey cities greener

Cities are growing in central Europe, often turning green areas into grey concrete places. This urban sprawl accelerates negative effects of climate change such as urban heat islands. The GreenScape-CE project worked on reversing the trend by making urban areas greener again. The partnership strengthened planning capacities and piloted the application of nature-based solutions and green infrastructure approaches in five cities, which are significantly ...

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INACO

Increasing the resilience of heritage sites in river basins

Climate change increases the intensity and frequency of hydrometeorological events, including landslides, flash floods, storms, heat waves or prolonged drought periods. Amongst other negative consequences, this endangers natural and cultural heritage sites close to river basins. The INACO project strengthens the resilience of these by deploying joint adaptation strategies. The partners also design and test new WebGIS-based solutions for heritage sites and tools for ...

LOCALIENCE

Joining forces against extreme weather events

Extreme weather events are increasing with rising temperatures. They are best tackled in collaboration but the task too often relies on experts alone. The LOCALIENCE project took disaster managers out of their one-directional information and service provider position and connected them in a co-design process with local communities. The partnership developed and tested collaborative disaster response and management solutions and mobilised local communities through ...

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MAURICE

Safeguarding urban water supplies

The impact of climate change is increasingly important for the design, construction, and maintenance of water infrastructure. Scarcity of water resources due to extreme weather events and falling groundwater levels threaten our cities and regions. The MAURICE project introduced new water management solutions for cities. The partnership helped to integrate these into broader concepts on regional climate change adaptation and encouraged the uptake of ...

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MISSION CE CLIMATE

Introducing cross-sectoral climate adaptation systems

Resilience to climate change can only be achieved when you look at all parts of the puzzle. Cross-sectoral approaches are needed but silo-thinking is still hard to overcome in central Europe. The MISSION CE CLIMATE project helped regions to better coordinate their responses to climate change. The partners activated citizens in pilot regions to contribute to newly introduced community climate missions and developed a ...

RE-PUBLIC SPACES

Making historic courtyards fit for climate change

Historic cities often find it difficult to become resilient to climate change. Especially in their centre, quartered buildings with internal courtyards need special attention while tools and policies for their adaptation are missing. The RE-PUBLIC SPACES project involves local communities and applies participatory methods in changing this. The partners develop a new methodology to analyse courtyards as a single spatial organism and prepare adaptation ...

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Ready4Heat

Protecting citizens from heat

Global warming comes with more frequent and intense heat waves. Cities in central Europe need to adapt but many still lack efficient strategies and action plans to protect their citizens from heat. The Ready4Heat project helped them to introduce tested short-, medium- and long-term measures with a focus on the most urgent issue: sudden heat waves. The project made proven and tested measures such ...

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SuPeRBE

Helping regions to adapt buildings to extreme weather

Central Europe experiences climatic changes with a growing number and severity of extreme weather events. Communities are affected by climate-related hazards that impact their ecosystems and their built environment. The SuPeRBE project helps local and regional authorities in their adaptation efforts. The partners develop a new digital toolkit, which features a multi-scale assessment tool for the adaptation of buildings, decision-making methodologies, and a 3D ...

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UrbanBlueHealth

Making it safer to swim in urban lakes and rivers

When it’s hot in summer there is nothing better than taking a swim. However, in central European cities this might not be a good idea: 65% of urban surface waters meet only minimum quality standards. The project UrbanBlueHealth improves this condition by first assessing health impacts and then creating new solutions for cleaning up urban lakes and rivers. Amongst others, the partners develop a ...

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Wildfire CE

Fighting wildfires better together across borders

Climate change increases the threat of wildfires across central Europe. Since they often affect more than one region, fighting these fires needs better cooperation and information sharing. The Wildfire CE project improves the assessment and management of wildfire risks by mapping fire potentials, providing fire assessment manuals, and developing action plans for pilot regions. In cooperation with regional authorities and emergency services, the partners ...