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CSTM Tool to enhance natural capital revenues from urban climate change adaptation
Restoring ecosystem services in the city while implementing much-needed climate adaptation can create more enjoyable and vibrant cities. As part of the CATCH project, which aims to enhance the climate resilience of midsize cities in the North Sea Region, CSTM developed a tool (click HERE for the document) to support urban planners and decision-makers involved in climate adaptation. It focuses on how to enhance ecosystem services in the urban environment through blue-green infrastructure.
DELTA LADY PARTNER MEETING IN FRIESLAND
Delta Lady Partner Meeting of Phase 2 took place in the Province of Friesland in the Netherlands on May 10-11, 2022. After two years of online meetings, project partners finally met in person in the city of Leeuwarden in the Provincial House of Friesland to exchange the progress in the implementation of their Action Plans. Partners also visited the Afsluitdijk, which is a major dam between Friesland and North Holland, and where one of the Good Practices of the Province of Friesland takes place (Fish Migration). 17 participants including 4 stakeholders from Spain, Romania and the Netherlands, attended the meeting on the first day. Partners and stakeholders presented the progress in the implementation of the Action Plans. Moreover, the progress with the Pilot Action of the Province of Friesland was presented as well which appeared to become a major success. The Pilot is a web-based easy-to-use application that enables regional policy makers and project owners to assess the impact of their projects and policy initiatives on the policy frameworks of ecosystem services, SDG goals and broad well-being, based on the scientific method of policy-enhanced sustainable cost-benefit analysis. The tool can be accessed at: sustainabilityevaluation.org
The Delta Lady partner meeting
The Delta Lady partner online meeting
The 5th Interregional Learning Event and Partner Meeting of the Delta Lady project was organized online in Microsoft Teams on the 8th and 9th September, 2020. The 2-day event was planned in Tulcea, Romania, but travel restrictions prevented partners to travel to Romania, due to Covid-19. Consequently, there was no possibility to visit the Danube Delta. The focus of the meeting was on action plans and sustainable business models. 18 participants attended the online meeting. On the first day, partners presented their progress related to the regional action plans aimed at improving delivery of ecosystem services in participating delta region. The second day, was dedicated to the expert's presentations on sustainable business models in deltas. Partner from Romania presented sustainable tourism activities in the Danube Delta, a combination of different small-scale businesses and community initiatives, cycling, kayaking and sailing combined with accommodation and catering as well as bird watching, photography. Moreover, Dutch expert on sustainable innovations presented the methodology of Innovative Business Model in the Delta environments. Business opportunities in deltas related to the issues mentioned by project partners and stakeholders and observed during the study visits in the participating deltas, were illustrated by the expert. All presentations are available in the project material database. The meeting was finalized by the Steering Group discussion on further management and communication/dissemination activities of the project, on scientific outputs and project indicators. Partners are mobilized to continue their work on drafting the regional action plans and are motivated to share their experiences with each other. The next partner meeting is planned in the beginning of the next year in the Dutch Province of Friesland.
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