Climate Change Adaption

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Climate ChangeAdaptation

The IPCC's 5th Assessment Report of the IPCC emphasises the urgent need to adapt to the impacts of climate change in order to minimise the associated risks. In general, less developed countries are much more at risk than industrialised countries. Nevertheless, a change in climate regime including climate impacts is also expected for Germany.

In 2008, the German Federal Government adopted the "German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change". It was further developed and elaborated in 2011 when the government, in cooperation with the federal states agreed on an "Adaptation Action Plan". Parallel to this, most states also developed regional adaptation strategies.

Designing strategies and methods of sustainable development processes at different political levels in a climate robust way is challenging, for instance in the areas of energy transition and sustainable urban transformation. Resilience criteria such as robustness, redundancy, and flexibility should be incorporated into existing methods of "climate proofing" in the future. In addition to this, new standards and norms and the development of sufficient capacity, e.g. regarding urban areas and infrastructure planning, are also lacking.

Bosco Verticale — Green view: Nearly 900 trees growing on balconies of two Milanese high-rise buildings. Nature helps with adapting to the impacts of climate change and gets cities involved.

In the Wuppertal Institute's research projects on climate change adaptation, the various debates and disciplines are always consolidated. The research topics are usually technical infrastructure and urban development with particular consideration of their interfaces, social integration, and design. As part of a strategic policy advising, the Institute supports public and private institutions in developing integrated approaches to climate change adaptation. Conceptually, this requires the use of a wide range of research methods, such as developing guiding visions, participatory processes, and multi-criteria analysis; more detailed information is available in the paper: Methods of Climate Change Adaptation

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Here you find research activities in the field of climate change adaptation.

Living Lab Based Development of a System-Oriented Serious Game for the Virtual Simulation of Concepts and Options to Reduce Nitrogen Emissions in Pig Farming and to Adapt Farms to Climate Change

Cooperation on Climate Adaptation in Wine-Growing Landscapes Using the Example of the Rheingau – Action Competences for Adaptation for Local Actors Using the Concept of Ecosystem Services

JIKO X

Implementation and Further Development of Mechanisms of the Carbon Market by the "Coordinating Committee on Market Mechanisms and Art. 6"

Bergische Klimagespräche

Resilient City - Future City

Preparation for the Implementation of the Climate Action Plan of North Rhine-Westfalia in the Field of Climate Adaptation

Demands on a Climate Sound (Resilience and Mitigation) Management of Complex Settlement and Infrastructure Areas - Implementation Ways and Evaluation Based on Selected Case Studies

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EcoZones_Mex

Piloting an Approach for Co-Designing, Scalling and Replicating Climate Action at the Neigbourhood Level

PigNPlay

Living Lab Based Development of a System-Oriented Serious Game for the Virtual Simulation of Concepts and Options to Reduce Nitrogen Emissions in Pig Farming and to Adapt Farms to Climate Change

VorAB

Acting Preventively – Avant-Garde Bridging Approaches for Sustainable Regional Development

KomAVP

Communication Strategy and Implementation in the Development of the Waste Prevention Programme

KAS-NRW

Key Points for the Implementation of a State-Strategy for Climate Change Adaptation

KliA-Net_Weinbau

Cooperation on Climate Adaptation in Wine-Growing Landscapes Using the Example of the Rheingau – Action Competences for Adaptation for Local Actors Using the Concept of Ecosystem Services

JIKO X

Implementation and Further Development of Mechanisms of the Carbon Market by the "Coordinating Committee on Market Mechanisms and Art. 6"

Bergische Klimagespräche

Resilient City - Future City

Preparation for the Implementation of the Climate Action Plan of North Rhine-Westfalia in the Field of Climate Adaptation

Demands on a Climate Sound (Resilience and Mitigation) Management of Complex Settlement and Infrastructure Areas - Implementation Ways and Evaluation Based on Selected Case Studies

Structures, Priorities and Instruments of Implementation of the Climate Protection Plan NRW in the Field of Climate Change Adaptation 2014/2015

Summarization of the Results of Phase II and Editing of Measures in Preparation for the Climate Protection Plan

Capacity Building for Transformational Change in International Climate Finance

ÖKOPO

Economic Potentials of Adaptation to Climate Change