Local Climate Change Response (LIFE CHAMP)

Description:

CHAMP follows up the projects Managing Urban Europe-25 and ENVIPLANS CHAMP is a follow-up project of the Managing Urban Europe-25 project that was running from 2005-2008.
Basing on the experiences and the developed content, CHAMP brings the model of an integrated management system for local sustainability on a concrete practice and will support cities and regions to implement an integrated management system to respond to climate change.

The objectives for the CHAMP project are:

•To considerably contribute to fulfilling the EU environmental and climate change commitments, legislations and targets in a cost-effective way by supporting local level through a competence development package on Integrated Management Systems (IMS).
•To create national hubs to support local and subregional authorities in their strive to contribute to the reduction of EU green house gases trough implementation of IMS.
•To raise the awareness on the IMS as an effective instrument to combat climate change among national authorities, EMAS competent bodies, EMAS auditors, subregional and local authorities as well as the public.
•To demonstrate low-carbon footprint project management and implementation and to secure the continuation of the project processes through the launch of an IMS network.

Project information

Lead

Union of the Baltic Cities (UBC)

Partners

UBC EnvCom, ICLEI Europe, Ambiente Italia, Lake Constance Foundation, Coordinamento Agende 21 Locali Italiane, Lake Balaton Development Coordination Agency, Association for Finnish Local and Regional Authorities, Local and subregional authorities

Source of funding

LIFE+ programme of the European Community and five regional organisations