Il progetto LIFE MASTER ADAPT sarà raccontato all’annuale congresso di AESOP 2019 – Association of european schools of planning dal titolo “Planning for transition” che quest’anno sarà ospitato a Venezia, dal 9 al 13 luglio, presso l’Università IUAV di Venezia. A presentarlo, in qualità di partner del nostro progetto, sarà proprio IUAV nell’intervento dal titolo “Integrate adaptation to climate change in … Read More
MASTER ADAPT’ first results: Climate analysis and vulnerability assessment of target areas
MASTER ADAPT intends to find a common methodology to support the regions and metropolitan areas in identifying main vulnerabilities and priorities of intervention and, in particular, to develop guidelines for the adaptation government in urban areas, starting from the experience of the target areas of the project. In Mantua, on October 5, within the Italian Local Agenda 21 Assembly, the … Read More
Climathon 2017: Cagliari, Sassari and Master Adapt for innovative ideas on adaptation
The Region of Sardinia, coordinator of Master Adapt and partner of Climate-KIC, has involved the cities of Cagliari and Sassari in the next Climathon that will take place on October 27, brining in the Master Adapt experience but also engaging in developing ideas, emerging from the event, within the project activities. What is a Climathon? It is a specific hackathon … Read More
Adaptation: coordination is key to reduce risks posed by extreme weather
The European Environment Agency EEA has just published a new Report on Adaptation and Climate Change Risks, ‘Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in Europe – enhancing the coherence of knowledge base, policies and practices’. A closer cooperation between adaptation and risk reduction experts, better policy alignment, increasing coherence in actions and the implementation of innovative methods are crucial … Read More
Urbanopromo Green in Venice: Master Adapt and adaptation on the spotlight
LIFE Master Adapt presented at Urbanpromo Green, INU and URBIT’ event on Urban Regeneration with a focus on green policies, to be held in Venice on 21 and 22 September. The findings of Master Adapt will be presented on September 21 in the Round Table ‘Cities and Territories testing Adaptation: Italian Trials’ that will take place within the Conference ‘New … Read More
European Committee of the Regions: Master Adapt as a Good Practice at European level to address the impact of climate change
The Committee for the Environment, Climate Change and Energy of the European Commitee of the Regions (CoR) has just published a Best Practices Report of European regions in addressing climate change to meet the objectives of Paris: MASTER ADAPT, presented by the Region of Sardinia, project coordinator, has been selected as one of the best practices, due to its main … Read More
The call for the twinning programme of the Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy is now open!
The EU Call, supported by the EU Office for the Covenant of Mayors, offers the opportunity to participate in twinning exchanges aimed at increasing local authorities’ capacity and knowledge to mitigate and adapt to climate change. The program is open to all signatories and territorial Coordinators of the Covenant of Mayors, as well as municipalities, provinces and regions that are … Read More
MASTER ADAPT in Barcelona to the meeting of the LIFE Platform on Climate Action on urban areas
MASTER ADAPT has been invited to participate in the LIFE Platform Meeting on Climate Action in Urban Areas, organized by the LIFE Clinomics project (http://lifeclinomics.eu/en/) and hosted by the Diputación of Barcelona, on the 21 and 22 of June. The purpose of the platform is to bring together the beneficiaries of European LIFE projects, competetent local, national authorities and European … Read More
EEA Report ‘Climate change, impacts and vulnerability in Europe 2016’
Released in January 2017, this Report form the European Environment Agency is an indicator-based assessment of past and projected climate change and its impacts, together with an assessment of risks and vulnerabilities of ecosystems, human health and society in Europe. The publication summarises key adaptation policy developments in Europe, at national and transnational levels and stresses the need for further … Read More
The Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy has published an online consultation on the EU cities’ expectations
The Covenant of Mayors Office, on behalf of the European Commission and with the support of the Committee of the Regions, is conducting a survey to collect the expectations of European cities towards possible capacity building activities offered by the Covenant of Mayors. The survey aims to provide the community the opportunity to report the type of assistance they need … Read More