{"id":38082,"date":"2024-05-27T16:46:36","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T15:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greencitysolutions.de\/?p=38082"},"modified":"2024-06-02T22:47:46","modified_gmt":"2024-06-02T21:47:46","slug":"urban-adaptation-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greencitysolutions.de\/en\/urban-adaptation-in-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Adaptation in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cities are key …<\/strong><\/p><\/h3><\/div>

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… to a climate-resilient Europe \u2013 and stronger adaptation targets can boost progress.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Do you know what are the \u201cengines creating the value that boosts economic recovery\u201d?
\nCities are!<\/em><\/p>\n

Do you know who \u201cconsumes 78 per cent of the world’s energy and produces more than 60 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions\u201d<\/a>?
\nCities do!<\/em><\/p>\n

But which are the places where \u201cthe fight for a green recovery will be won or lost\u201d<\/a>?
\nCities are!<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cMost Europeans live in urban areas\u201d<\/a> and by 2050, about 66 per cent of the world<\/a> population will be living there, as the United Nations<\/em><\/strong><\/a> wrote on World Population Day. Thus, problems as pollution and waste are evolving.<\/p>\n

\u201cUrbanization presents some of the most significant opportunities and challenges in the world today. Cities are centres for economic growth and development but also face demographic, environmental, economic and social challenges\u201d<\/a>, according to UN HABITAT<\/em><\/strong><\/a>. You could read more in our article \u201cURBAN OCTOBER: World Habitat Day & World Cities Day\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Across Europe, the \u201caverage temperatures […] are rising faster than the global average, and Europe’s cities are feeling the impacts of climate change more regularly and more severely. With the summer of 2023 breaking temperature records, the case for investing in societal resilience to climate change has never been clearer\u201d<\/a>. [Read more about the European Climate Risk Assessment by the EEA<\/em><\/strong> and how \u201cEurope is not prepared for the rapidly intensifying climate risks\u201d<\/a>.]<\/p>\n

There is a need of urban adaption.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Photo: Calvin Hanson<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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The latest European Environment Agency (EEA)<\/em><\/strong><\/a> report \u201cUrban adaptation in Europe<\/strong><\/a>\u201d underlines that \u201ccities play a key role in protecting citizens and improving the resilience of European societies against the increasing impacts of climate change\u201d<\/a> such as heatwaves and floods. \u00a0The analysis \u201chighlights the urgent need to adapt European cities to climate change and provides an overview of actions they are taking\u201d<\/a>: They include a \u201cwide range of effective actions, including urban planning and building codes, economic incentives and insurance, early-warning systems and information campaigns\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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But: What Works?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

\u201cEmerging areas of opportunity for adaptation include promoting urban agriculture, creating more liveable public spaces and protecting cultural heritage<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n

The EEA report shows that they are \u201cincreasingly implementing nature-based solutions<\/strong>, which are included in 91% of local adaptation plans analysed\u201d<\/a> as they are e.g.<\/p>\n