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Competitive advantages through norms and standards in innovation projects
Bismarckstr. 28
High-level climatic vulnerability assessments and pathway design for adaptation planning
2nd RAMSES training webinar
The RAMSES (http://www.ramses-cities.eu/) project has produced a large number of resources that can be offered to cities and adaptation practitioners in a co-creative process between cities and researchers. This final training phase of the project is the last opportunity to get acquainted with the project's key findings and to interact directly with the experts. The webinar "High-level climatic vulnerability assessments and pathway design for adaptation planning" is the second of three such webinars.
Alistair Ford, University of Newcastle will present on "Analysing urban flood risk and adaptation options: how much can models help?" and Helia Costa London School of Economics will present on ""Supporting cities in assessing costs of climate change, prioritizing, and financing adaptation."
For more information, click here.
Protecting public health from climate change and designing pathways towards more resilient cities
The 3rd Training Webinar of the European research project RAMSES on "Protecting public health from climate change and designing pathways towards more resilient cities" will take place on 13th September 2017 from 11:00-12:00 (CET).
The RAMSES project has produced a large number of resources that can be offered to cities and adaptation practitioners in a co-creative process between cities and researchers. This final training phase of the project is the last opportunity to get acquainted with the project's key findings and to interact directly with the experts.
The webinar "Protecting public health from climate change and designing pathways towards more resilient cities" is the final edition in a series of webinars and experts from Tecnalia and the World Health Organization will present their work on climate change, health and city resilience.
Maddalen Mendizabal, Tecnalia, Donostia/ San Sebastian (Spain) will present on "Transferring the pathway approach in new local adaptation processes: experiences and outlook from Antwerp" and James Creswick, World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, Bonn (Germany) will present on "Climate change and Health: WHO perspectives."
For more information, please visit http://ramses-cities.eu/events/webinars/.
Cities and Climate Conference 2017
Cities are both focal points of human endeavour and major emitters, forming part of the global climate problem. While cities are characterised by an overwhelming complexity, they are also threatened by climate impacts. It is a challenge to develop cities into entities that consume fewer resources, emit less CO2 and pollution, are more resilient to the impacts of climate change, and which are more sustainable in general.
This conference will explore the latest advances in research and practice addressing climate change in cities, including issues of infrastructure, planning, governance, economics of adaptation, risk management, and their possible trade-offs and synergies with mitigation and sustainability objectives. Invited speakers will complement the conference programme.
“Cities and Climate Conference 2017” is the final conference of the RAMSES project and open to submissions from all relevant fields. RAMSES stands for Reconciling Adaptation, Mitigation and Sustainable Development for citiES.
Abstract submissions are now open. For the abstract submission form, click here.
For more information, click here.
Investing in resilience: a necessity for European cities? What solutions?
Committee of the Regions, Jacques Delors, Room 51
Organisers: UDITE/European Federation of Local Government Chief Executives
Themes: Theme 1: Building resilient Regions and Cities
Speakers: De Castro Neto, Miguel
Kruf, Jack
Lucey, Tim
Radojcic, Kristijan
Radziejewski, Grzegorz
Robrecht, Holger
Wild, Oliver
Interpretation Languages: português (pt)
English (en)
français (fr)
Holger Robrecht will present on "Smart Mature Resilience - solutions for resilience planning in European cities" and participate in the event as a panelist.
Using strategic narratives to help integrate CCA & DRR
JPI Climate / Belspo
The workshop is aimed at practitioners, policymakers and scientists working in:
- community preparedness for flooding
- landscape management for wildfire protection
Mixed workshop format:
Break-out sessions, group work and discussion.
Inspiring talks and coaching by international experts:
Karen O’Brien – University of Oslo, Norway
Art Dewulf – Wageningen University & Research, the Netherlands
Sukaina Bharwani and Julia Barrott – Stockholm Environment Institute, UK
Ingrid Coninx – Wageningen University & Research, the Netherlands
Julia Bentz – Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisboa, Portugal
Reimund Schwarze – Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung (UFZ), Germany
SMR Stakeholder Dialogue
Thessaloniki City Hall, Leof. Vasileos Georgiou 1
The Stakeholder Dialogue will be the official launch of the SMR Tier 3 programme, where the project is welcoming a new group of cities into the project to validate the project tools and the overall management resilience management process proposed by SMR as a 'European Resilience Management Guideline'. Four tools are already available to cities: the Resilience Maturity Model, Risk Systemicity Questionnaire, Resilience Engagement and Communication Tool and Resilience Policies Tool. The final tool, the City Dynamics Model, will be made public before the event.
Practical information
A social programme will be provided for project partners and Tier 3 cities following the event, free of charge. Participation is free for representatives of local governments, citizens and representatives of non-profit organisations. Registration is open at http://smr-project.eu/news/events/stakeholder-dialogue/.
For more information, please contact Clara Grimes (clara.grimes@iclei.org) or Vasileios Latinos (vasileios.latinos@iclei.org).
Kick-off meeting for CEN Workshop on 'City Resilience Development - Maturity Model'
Thessaloniki City Hall, Leof. Vasileos Georgiou 1
The CEN Workshop agreement targeted audience is policy and decision makers at city level and councilors working for resilience in their city, as well as to any other city stakeholders working on resilience (e.g. critical infrastructure providers, emergency services, citizens, media, non-governmental organizations, academic and research institutions).
The kick-off meeting will be held on 08 November 2017 in Thessaloniki. All interested parties are welcome to register for participation and submit comments on the draft Project Plan to Workshop Secretary, René Lindner no later than 31 October 2017.
Agenda
9:00 to 10:30 - Joint introduction to both CWAs (i.e. info about procedures)
10:30 to 12:00 Formal establishment of each CEN Workshop (incl. revision of project plan) in two different groups
o Group 1: ‘City Resilience Development – Maturity Model’
o Group 2: ‘City Resilience Development – Operational Guidance’
12:00 to 12:30 – Coffee Break
12:30 to approx. 14:30 working on the content individually in each of the two CWA groups
The final deliverable of this Workshop (CEN/CWA) is expected to be finalized in May 2018.
Kick-off meeting for CEN Workshop on 'City Resilience Development – Operational Guidance'
Thessaloniki City Hall, Leof. Vasileos Georgiou 1
The CEN Workshop agreement might be helpful for local administration staff members engaged in sustainability, climate adaptation, resilience, environmental planning as well as strategic planning by providing guidance and training on resilience. The workshop might also be helpful for any other city stakeholders working on resilience.
The kick-off meeting will be held on 08 November 2017 in Thessaloniki. All interested parties are welcome to register for participation and submit comments on the draft Project Plan to Workshop Secretary, René Lindner no later than 31 October 2017.
Agenda
9:00 to 10:30 - Joint introduction to both CWAs (i.e. info about procedures)
10:30 to 12:00 Formal establishment of each CEN Workshop (incl. revision of project plan) in two different groups
o Group 1: ‘City Resilience Development – Maturity Model’
o Group 2: ‘City Resilience Development – Operational Guidance’
12:00 to 12:30 – Coffee Break
12:30 to approx. 14:30 working on the content individually in each of the two CWA groups
The final deliverable of this Workshop (CEN/CWA) is expected to be finalized in May 2018.
Tools that enhance operational guidance and decision making for local resilience
The RESIN and SMR tools
Bonn Zone @ UNFCCC COP23
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 653569.