Metro Adapt joins The Nature of Cities Festival
From the 22nd to the 26th of February 2021, Metro Adapt joined The Nature of Cities Festival, a virtual festival that engaged 2300 people from 72 countries. 18 plenaries, 180 seed sessions and field trips engaged stakeholders from the whole [...]
Climate and Resilience: The Metro Adapt webinars
During the month of November, Legambiente Lombardia organized two webinars as part of the LIFE Metro Adapt project to discuss climate change and climate resilience, thus continuing the seminar path started last year. On November 17th, the seminar "Climate [...]
ADAPTING EUROPEAN METROPOLITAN AREAS TO CLIMATE CHANGE: JOIN THE WORKSHOP!
On the 22nd of October 2020 at 11:30, it will take place the workshop “Adapting European Metropolitan Areas to Climate Change” within two important international events organized by the European Commission: the European Week of Regions and Cities and [...]
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION STRATEGIES WITHIN THE MILAN METROPOLITAN TERRITORIAL PLAN
The Metropolitan City of Milan is one of the most densely populated urban areas both on a national and European level. As regards climate change, it undoubtedly represents an area subject to the critical issues, typical of many metropolitan areas, [...]
The LIFE Metro Adapt project shares its achieved results and tools
In June, the LIFE Metro Adapt project organized three virtual events during which the Environment and Landscape Protection Department of the Metropolitan City of Milan (project leader) explained the project, the actions and the achieved results as well as the [...]
Nature-Based Solutions as an opportunity for urban sustainability
On the evening of the 15th of July, the 3rd public seminar of the LIFE Metro Adapt project was held online, as part of the project dissemination activities. The event focused on the importance for cities and urbanized areas to [...]
NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS IN METROPOLITAN AREAS: CHARACTERISTICS AND BENEFITS
One of the main strategies that a metropolitan area can implement to improve the effectiveness of climate change adaptation measures is the design and development of the so-called Nature-Based Solutions. Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) are interventions inspired and supported [...]
FEASIBILITY STUDIES: INNOVATIVE NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS TO MITIGATE FLOOD RISK IN URBAN AREAS
NBS are cost-effective solutions that contribute to biodiversity defense, species conservation, energy savings, social cohesion, among others. The Metro Adapt project, co-funded by the LIFE Programme of the European Union, has carried out two feasibility studies that aim [...]
GUIDELINES FOR CLIMATE ANALYSIS AND VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT AT THE METROPOLITAN SCALE
Thermal anomalies on the ground surface in the City of Milan during the 2015-2018 summer heat waves Higher temperatures, lower rainfalls and intense precipitation phenomena are the main effects of climate change. To minimise the most serious [...]
The show “PALE BLUE DOT” premiered in Gorgonzola within the METROTEATRO initiative
On Saturday 8th February 2020, the Metroteatro initiative was welcomed by 90 spectators in Gorgonzola (MI), with the show PALE BLUE DOT by and with Andrea Brunello, from the Arditodesìo Company. The Metroteatro is a set of [...]