The World Congress on Water, Climate and Energy will explore the topics of resilient and sustainable cities with a focus on climate
change adaptation and mitigation. The EU-funded PREPARED project deals with early warning systems, as well as short- and
long-term response strategies for urban areas pertaining to climate change adaptation. The technological and managerial
response opportunities in the project are developed in the context of environmental, social and economic perspectives.
HomeThe European Commission is funding the Collaborative project ‘PREPARED Enabling Change’ (PREPARED) within the context of the Seventh Framework Programme 'Environment'. The PREPARED project originates from the WSSTP (Water Supply and Sanitation Technology Platform - www.WssTP.eu) thematic working group Sustainable Water Management in Urban areas. Over a period of five years, PREPARED will work with a number of urban utilities in Europe and worldwide to develop advanced strategies to meet anticipated challenges in the water supply and sanitation sectors brought about by climate change. The project will provide a framework that links comprehensive research with development programmes in these utilities. The PREPARED vision will provide significant synergistic opportunities that the utilities can utilise to improve their preparedness for the ongoing changes related to the provision of water supply and sanitation. The outcomes of the project will be used as input for the planning and rehabilitation programmes of the participating cities. Following on from that, the experience gained by the utilities, will be shared with other actors of the water sector in Europe. The ultimate objective is environmental-concern based rehabilitation and investment programmes for water supply and sanitation systems (including storm water). The cities and utilities involved will be prepared and resilient to the impacts of climate change in the short and in the long-term. The project implementation started in February 2010 and it is expected to end in January 2014, under E.U. contract number 244232. |
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The calendar below shows which events will be taking place. Underlined dates indicate an event. The events below the calendar are the latest three events submitted.
18 – 20 April 2012
IWA Utility Conference in Vienna, 18 – 20 April 2012
13 - 15 June 2012
Conference Water & the City, TU Delft, The Netherlands
May 13-18th 2012
A Welcome to join IWA-WCE Dublin Congress May 2012
News and Information
1st PREPARED ALLIANCE FORUM 14th May 2012, Dublin
Ten cities and water/wastewater utilities in Europe participate in the EU co-funded R&D project PREPARED, enabling change. This project focuses on climate change adaptation and is constructed around the needs of the utilities. The R&D partners are tasked with developing innovative solutions for the challenges posed by climate change under differing conditions.READ MORE >
Conference Water & the City, TU Delft, The Netherlands
Water is crucial for the development of every city. All over the world, cities are confronted with increased and uncontrolled urbanization, higher risks of flooding, scarcity of water for industry, households and ecosystems, rising pollution, ground subsidence, climate change and energy shortages.READ MORE >
Prepared newsletter 4 - On-line catalogue of European adaptive initiatives of the water sector to face climate change impacts
Why a Catalogue of adaptation initiatives? Far from any debate between climate sceptics and scientists, adaptation to the impacts of climate change has become a reality for many water supply and sanitation utilities.READ MORE >
Prepared Newsletter 3 - CAN WE ADAPT TO CLIMATE CHANGE? Visions of the Future and their Role in PREPARED
Urban Water Systems are dominated by large assets, many of which have design lives of several decades. It is anticipated that many of the impacts of climate change will only become apparent after many years.READ MORE >
