Mitigating effects of climate changes through developing a system of green-blue infrastructure in the area of Nowa Ruda city
Commune Nowa Ruda ·Poland
About this project
<p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="background-color: #FFFFFF"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">Project realization stems from the provisions of strategic documents and responds to the diagnosed issues in Nowa Ruda, such as: change in the structure of rainwater, increase in the number of extreme phenomena, air pollution, insufficient amount of green areas, low degree of rainwater management and disposal, occurrence of urban “heat island”, low social awareness of climate changes.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"> </p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="background-color: #FFFFFF"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">Under the project a number of adaptation – mitigation actions and education – information ones have been planned in green-blue infrastructure. They constitute a reply to the diagnosed issues, such as: - conduct of new plantings, - actions related to rainwater management and disposal, - modernizing street lights for better energy efficiency, - promoting cycling, - actions increasing social awareness of climate changes.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"> </p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="background-color: #FFFFFF"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">The project will contribute to increasing resistance to climate changes, i.e., through conduct of new plantings, managing rainwater in the area of the Urban Municipality of Nowa Ruda.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"> </p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="background-color: #FFFFFF"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">Project realization will bring a number of benefits to Nowa Ruda inhabitants and the city visitors who will participate in education-information actions.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"> </p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="background-color: #FFFFFF"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">Our partner, INTBAU Norway, has experience in implementing partnership projects. Within the framework of the project, the partner will participate in educational and informational activities in the form of training and in information and promotion activities in the form of a scientific conference. The activities of the partner focus, among others, on green infrastructure development. Thanks to the participation of the partner from the Donor States there will be an exchange of experience and solutions related to rainwater management as implemented in the partner country.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
Bilateral cooperation results
Thanks to the participation of the partner from the Donor States, an exchange of experiences took place, and solutions related to stormwater management in the partner's country, which could be implemented by the Applicant, were presented. The partnership contributed to achieving the project implementation goals. The main results from a bilateral level: -Study visits (two) of the Partner to the Applicant aimed at consulting the implementation of the educational and informational activity: training and knowledge transfer in the form of specialized education planned within the project, as well as evaluating the completed educational and investment activities (Partner's participation, flight, accommodation, and meals). -Participation of the Partner in the second conference (Partner's attendance). Plans to continue the bilateral cooperation - At the moment, there are no concrete plans.
Project partners
- INTBAU Norway Donor project partner· Norway