The presentations of the several speakers at the final conference of LIFE Veneto Adapt “Climate change: how to deal with it? The tools developed by the Veneto ADAPT project” are available at the links below: Lectio magistralis “Climate change and cities: research and experimentation” by Luca Mercalli and Francesco Musco (part 1 and part 2) (in Italian language) “European Climate …
The last documents produced in the framework of LIFE Veneto Adapt project are now online in the download section (in Italian language). The project has reached its conclusion and is now sharing tools and possible actions for climate change mitigation and adaptation. Starting from the guidelines of the project, available to all public administrations interested in replicating the “Veneto Adapt …
The increase in average temperatures (+0.6 °C in the last decade), in the frequency of extreme phenomena (such as floods, hail, sea storms, intense wind) and in heat waves with consequent periods of drought, are some of the effects caused by climate change in the Central Veneto region in recent years, which are severely testing the resilience of cities. This …
The LIFE Veneto ADAPT project developed an operational methodology and guidelines to enhance the capacity of territories to respond to the impact of climate change, adopting a multi-level approach that led to the drafting and approval of 39 new Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plans. The project aims at developing and testing a coherent approach for enhancing the regional capacity …
The Action Plan for Sustainable Energy and Climate (SECAP) was approved on 21 October by the Vicenza City Council. The SECAP of Vicenza was also developed thanks to LIFE Veneto ADAPT project, on which, in addition to Vicenza, the cities of Padua, Treviso, the metropolitan area of Venice and the Unione dei Comuni del Medio Brenta (Cadoneghe, Curtarolo, Vigodarzere) worked …
The Municipality of Cadoneghe (Padua), in participation with the Unione dei Comuni del Medio Brenta, thanks to the European Project LIFE Veneto ADAPT has approved the Action Plan for Sustainable Energy and Climate (SECAP), a tool through which the Municipality organizes and plans its actions to make the territory more “resilient” to the effects of increasingly violent weather events and …
On the 23rd of February the first round of meetings finished between the partners of LIFE Veneto ADAPT (Union of Municipalities of Medio Brenta, Municipalities of Padua, Treviso and Vicenza and the Metropolitan City of Venice) and the cities that have taken part in the “call for twinning”: the twinning invitation, promoted by the project with the aim of creating …
The Unione dei Comuni del Medio Brenta, partner of the LIFE Veneto ADAPT project, Ceutí (Spain) and Niepołomice (Poland) are the institutions that met yesterday (10 February) as part of the “Call for Twinning” initiative promoted by the LIFE project. Representing the Unione dei Comuni del Medio Brenta was Valentina Giacon, project manager of the Comune di Cadoneghe, with Alessandra …
This was the second twinning event for Padua, coordinator of the LIFE Veneto Adapt project. The meeting took place yesterday (8 February) with the city of Brescia, among the cities selected in the “Call for Twinning”, promoted in 2020 by Veneto ADAPT. Participating in the virtual meeting for Padua were Daniela Luise, project coordinator, representative of the Environment and Territory …
On the 4th of February, Venice, partner of the LIFE Veneto ADAPT project, had its second twinning meeting, this time with the cities of Lisbon and Saldus, also selected for the “Call for Twinning”. Representing Venice were the Project Manager and Head of the Environment and Civil Protection Department Massimo Gattolin and representative of the Environment Department Davide Lionello, who …
