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Cooperation of cities and local companies for climate change adaptation (LIFE-CLIMCOOP)

Description:

The overall goal of the LIFE-CLIMCOOP project is to develop, test and demonstrate collective actions between a city government and a multinational company to reduce local climate risks and enhance joint climate change adaptation to the benefit of both parties. The pilot demonstration will particularly explore water-saving opportunities in the upstream parts of the River Saj in Hungary. The long-term objective is to replicate the methodology in other climate change-vulnerable urban and industrial areas in Central Eastern Europe.

Specifically, the project aims to:

  • Develop and test replicable collaboration mechanisms between a medium-sized city in a less developed region and its business partners in the local industrial park for starting and facilitating joint climate adaptation actions; Demonstrate practical examples of small-scale nature-based adaptation measures that require either resource sharing or shared implementation between businesses and cities at local level to reduce shared climate risks;
  • Develop, test and demonstrate a prototype solution for harvesting treated wastewater and rainwater, and its reuse to recharge groundwater aquifers and irrigate urban green surfaces, to reduce vulnerability due to limited water resources and unfold synergistic effects for both cities and businesses;
  • Mainstream climate adaptation into the entire structure of the business and urban government partners, and demonstrate how climate adaptation considerations can be co-integrated into local municipal and company policies, regulations and practices to their mutual benefit;
  • Raise awareness of the local population and the employees of the partner industry on the connection between climate change adaptation, water resources and quality of life, using smart and innovative information tools;
  • Build capacity and increase knowledge base for urban governments and private sector companies in Hungary and abroad to help develop and implement strategic climate adaptation partnerships, explore synergies, tackle shared risks and start mainstreaming results;
  • Disseminate the practical knowledge gained and foster the replication of the tested adaptation solutions for improved climate resilience in vulnerable urban-industrial locations in the Saj River Basin, in Hungary and in Central-East Europe; and
  • Build a locally coordinated river basin partnership for upscaling of urban and business adaptation to basin level, involving stakeholders.

 

ECCA 2021 - Climate Adaptation solutions video - LIFE-CLIMCOOP

Project information

Lead

University of Miskolc, Hungary

Partners

MGSH (Mining and Geological Survey of Hungary), Hungary
Kbarcika (Municipality of Kazincbarcika), Hungary
GeoGold (GeoGold Kárpátia Ltd.), Hungary
KÖVET (KÖVET Egyesület a Fenntartható Gazdaságért), Hungary
BorsodChem (BorsodChem Zrt.), Hungary

Source of funding

LIFE

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Published in Climate-ADAPT Feb 09 2022   -   Last Modified in Climate-ADAPT Dec 12 2023

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