2018 URBACT City Festival How to design and implement nature-based solutions for more healthy, liveable, climate resilient and sustainable cities? ,
2018 URBACT City Festival Nature-based Solutions: an opportunity for cities Chantal van Ham, EU Programme Manager, Nature-based Solutions, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Brussels
2018 URBACT City Festival What are EU NBS projects aiming to achieve? • Social: health, wellbeing and quality of life • Economic: good jobs and sustainable growth • Environment: biodiversity W • Climate change: adaptation & carbon reduction 03
2018 URBACT City Festival Headline aim: To support EU cities to develop and implement citywide NBS strategies W 07
2018 URBACT City Festival IUCN – International Union for Conservation of Nature a unique democratic Union since 1948 1400+ members 10000+ +900 full time worldwide from voluntary staff worldwide over 160 countries experts in 6 HQ in Gland, thematic groups: States, Switzerland Government Over 50 offices agencies, NGO around the world Over 60 regional and national committees 01
2018 URBACT City Festival Actions to protect, sustainably manage and restore natural or modified ecosystems that address societal challenges, while also providing human wellbeing and biodiversity benefits. 02
2018 URBACT City Festival The benefits of nature for cities Social cohesion Economic development Jobs 03
2018 URBACT City Festival Accounting for and investing in nature – Borough of Barnet, London • Evidence to quantify the economic, social and environmental benefits of green infrastructure assets • Value of parks and open spaces for wellbeing of residents • Total value of natural capital assets in 2016: £ 1,9 mln, maintenance costs: £ 134,000 04
2018 URBACT City Festival Philadelphia – green city, clean waters • Philadelphia has integrated nature into city planning to tackle storm water run off – green instead of grey infrastructure - transforming 10,000 acres of impervious cover to green space • Potential reduction of storm water overflows and sewage pollution of 85% • Storm water fee: % of impervious land on private property A green acre can soak up and filter more than 100 000 liters of storm water 05
2018 URBACT City Festival Metropolitan level NBS strategies e.g. Greater Manchester City level NBS Strategies e.g. Stavanger Neighbourhood level demonstration projects Pilot projects e.g. Bologna 07
2018 URBACT City Festival Manchester Funding City Greening 05
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2018 URBACT City Festival Surface Water Flood Risk 04
2018 URBACT City Festival Air Quality 04
2018 URBACT City Festival Funding Strategy for Greening our Urban Areas 1. Projects/programmes € 10m+ to attract investment 2. Business models that deliver ROI – NOT grants 3. Delivery and maintenance mechanisms 4. Investor confidence 05
2018 URBACT City Festival W W https://www.bitc.org.uk/sites/default/files/water-resilient-cities-report-july-2018.pdf 07
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2018 URBACT City Festival 5-year payback = 249 sites 15-year payback = 598 sites W 05
2018 URBACT City Festival Where next? • EU PDA for energy = € 97m PDA € 5,400m investment (x55) • EU PDA for NBS & GI? (c. € 5m/city) (beyond current EIB NCFF) Evaluation of the Project Development Assistance implemented under the Intelligent Energy Europe https://ec.europa.eu/energy/sites/ener/files/documents/dgener_pda_-_final_report_abstract_rev_3.0_rev.pdf 03
2018 URBACT City Festival More information, next steps and joint action URBACT Action Planning Network call 2019? Partner with GrowGreen? Conference: Innovative financing for greening W cities Cities with Nature The Nature of Cities 07
2018 URBACT City Festival Questions 1.Could/do NBS help to deliver some of your existing city priorities? Health, air quality, biodiversity, flood risk, etc? 2.Does your city have any existing plans/projects in place? W 3.What support do you need to develop and/or implement an NBS Strategy for your city? 07
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