Climate Resistant Region
About the Project
LIFE COALA is an integrated project of the LIFE programme, which focuses on increasing the resilience of our region to climate change. The main task of the project is the successful implementation of the objectives of “Adaptation Strategy of the Moravian-Silesian Region to the Impacts of Climate Change”and thus contribute to increasing the climate resilience of the region, improving the quality of the environment for the life of its inhabitants and supporting the sustainable development of the region.
The total implementation period of the project is 10 years (2021 to 2031) divided into 4 consecutive phases. During this period, a total of 41 activities will be implemented, to which 139 indicators are linked.
A total of 13 partners are involved in the project, with the Moravian-Silesian Region as the lead partner.
Project Activities
- Preparatory Actions
- Elaboration and Updating of Adaptation Plans
- Mitigation Plans
- Support for Nature and Landscape Adaptation
- Information System for Adaptation and Advisory Center
- Revision of MSR Economic Instruments and Mobilisation of Resources
- Demonstration and Pilot Projects
- Project Monitoring and Management
Project objectives LIFE COALA
- create a coalition for adaptation and define a common priority for strengthening the climate resilience of the Moravian-Silesian Region
- strengthen planning tools in the adaptation process with an emphasis on their subsequent application in practice
- ensure sufficient professional and staff capacity to manage the process
- support individual projects from complementary sources to strengthen the climate resilience of the region
- improve and provide access to important information about the territory, which will be concentrated in an information system that will be used for the preparation of specific targeted measures and the continuous evaluation of the entire adaptation process
- implement demonstration and pilot activities as examples of good practice, which will be used further by other players in the adaptation process in the Moravian-Silesian Region and also in other regions of the Czech Republic or abroad
- raise public awareness in the Moravian-Silesian Region about climate change and the need to strengthen resilience through education and information
- mobilise financial resources, increasing their use for the implementation of projects to raise the climate resilience of the region
- disseminate the project results within the Moravian-Silesian Region and other regions in the Czech Republic, to establish new partnerships and draw on available good practice in EU countries
The LIFE COALA project is co-funded by the European Union through the LIFE Programme
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