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