📋 Tender Overview
Start Date: 01/12/2021
End Date: 31/12/2031
Total Eligible Budget: 15,833,242 €
EU Contribution: 9,499,946 €
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
BACKGROUND
Climate change is one of the greatest global challenges. In Europe, over the period 2009-2018 average temperatures ranged from 1.6 to 1.7°C above levels in the pre-industrial period, making the decade one of the warmest on record. This period also saw 3 years with the highest average temperatures measured in history. Climate models predict a further increase in temperatures of up to 4.8°C by the end of the century (according to the pessimistic emission scenario known as RCP8.5). Climate change is also reflected in changes in the amount of precipitation. These vary from one part of Europe to another, but in general the probability of intense episodes of precipitation has grown. Such episodes can cause local floods in north-eastern Europe, while longer periods without precipitation can result in devastating droughts in southern and south-western Europe.
The situation is similar in Czechia. In the period 2001-2016, the average temperature increased by 1.1°C compared to what is considered to be normal. The country is responding with the Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change in the Czech Republic and the National Action Plan on Adaptation to Climate Change (both adopted in 2015). In reality, however, this process is insufficient. In particular, activities at the regional and local level are uncoordinated, unconnected and not evaluated centrally. There is also a lack of sufficient knowledge and motivation on the part of potential beneficiaries for their implementation.
Although interest in developing adaptation strategies has increased, only about 20 out of 130 cities with a population of over 10,000 in Czechia have developed and adopted such strategies. Currently, just 1 region out of 14, the Moravian-Silesian Region (MSR), has a vulnerability analysis on the impacts of climate change and an adaptation strategy, as well as implementing these in the Regional Development Strategy. In addition, to date only 24 municipalities and cities in Czechia (out of a total of over 6,250 municipalities) are signed up to the Covenant of Mayors initiative.
The adaptation process is demanding and requires effective cooperation in a territory, supported by a functioning system of tools for planning, communication and evaluation of the entire process. In order to manage such a complex process, the MSR needs to create a functioning system based on professional capacities, suitable tools and connections between the actors of the whole process, including international connections, in order to draw on good practice and experience.
OBJECTIVES
The objective of this integrated project (IP) is to successfully implement the Moravian-Silesian Region’s (MSR) adaptation strategy, in order to increase the region’s climate resilience, improve the quality of the environment for its inhabitants, and support the region’s sust
