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Natural disasters: anticipatory governance and disaster risk management from a local and regional perspective
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Date:
5 Dec 2023 - 30 Apr 2024
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Client:
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Project duration:
05.12.2023 - 30.04.2024
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Agnieszka Maj
Economist
Projects from this author:
- How local and regional authorities support the recognition and development of geographical indications in their territory
- Study on “The role of local and regional authorities and decentralised cooperation in fragile settings: building on the Nicosia Initiative in Libya”
- Study on the ‘Repercussions of US agri-food tariffs on EU regions’
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Karolina Zubel
Environment, Energy and Climate Change Director
Karolina Zubel is Environment, Energy and Climate Change Director at the CASE - Center for Social and Economic Research. In this role, she leads and contributes to research, pilot and implementation projects, as well as the preparation of policy recommendations, with a strong focus on climate adaptation, resilience and sustainable urban development. Her work at CASE is strongly grounded in local and regional perspectives, supporting cities and regions in addressing climate, environmental and socio-economic challenges through innovative governance approaches, financing mechanisms and applied solutions. She is currently involved in projects financed by European institutions, including the European Commission (notably Horizon programmes), the European Committee of the Regions, and the European Economic and Social Committee, and regularly contributes to policy-oriented publications.
Projects from this author:
- Study on “The role of local and regional authorities and decentralised cooperation in fragile settings: building on the Nicosia Initiative in Libya”
- Study on the ‘Repercussions of US agri-food tariffs on EU regions’
- Climate-resilient Warsaw: The Sponge City Concept
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Marek Peda
Vice-president of CASE Management Board
Projects from this author:
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How the EU should prepare for the enlargement in terms of governance, policies and investments: options and choices made from a territorial perspective
In its 2023 enlargement package, the European Commission recommended that the Council open accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova. Moreover, it recommended that the Council grant Georgia the status of candidate country and open accession negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina, once the necessary degree of compliance with the membership criteria has been achieved. The … Continued
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The means for cities and regions to support the energy transition in the Mediterranean
Since February 2022, the war in Ukraine has significantly reshaped the geopolitical landscape and exacerbated the multiple challenges and tensions in the Mediterranean region. The conflict has highlighted the vulnerability of traditional energy supply routes, and the need to reassess future energy development strategies in the Mediterranean region. Like the COVID-19 pandemic, geopolitical uncertainties … Continued
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In search of mechanisms linking the pseudo-causal narratives and policy outcomes: the case of the Trade-Development-Migration nexus in the EU’s approach towards the countries of its Southern Neighbourhood
The project will examine what causal mechanisms link the pseudo-causal policy narratives and policy outcomes in the European Union’s trade-development-migration nexus (hereafter, T-D-M nexus), and how they do it. To address this question, the project will focus on the narratives about addressing the root causes of migration through trade and development cooperation, produced by … Continued
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How the EU should prepare for the enlargement in terms of governance, policies and investments: options and choices made from a territorial perspective
The COVID-19 pandemic, the war right on our doorstep, the devastating floods in Slovenia, wildfires in Greece and Cyprus, relentless heatwaves in Italy and Spain, to name just a few: all of them highlight the need to better prepare for, cope with and recover from disasters and crises. It is one of the most important challenges for local and regional governments.
The study will focus on how to develop and improve the anticipatory governance approach to disasters, disaster risk management and adaptation by local and regional authorities. The focus is mainly on extreme weather events and climate-related disasters, given their growing frequency, intensity and impact. It will provide a brief overview of regional vulnerabilities across Europe, summarise the state of play, and analyse the benefits of an anticipatory approach, i.e. preparedness for disasters in risk and crisis management (shifting from a reactive approach to a proactive mindset and action) and climate adaptation, as well as the challenges involved in adopting and implementing such an approach, including examples of best practices by cities and local and regional governments that have developed tools and initiatives to address climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction and management and to integrate them into local and regional planning, in order to strengthen local resilience. Lessons learnt and best practices will also be derived from those local governments that have recovered from past disasters and strengthened their resilience through the UNDRR principle of building back better.
The outcomes of the study will be formulated as concrete future-oriented suggestions for improving the involvement of regions and cities in the implementation of the EU’s disaster resilience goals and working towards a cross-cutting, “resilience-by-design” approach that will allow vulnerability criteria and resilience considerations to be integrated in public policies, regulations, action plans, investment programmes, etc., specifically at local and regional level. The study will include country-focused fiches (with specific attention paid to the regional and local level), including a simple overview of the legislative and financial framework in the field and an analysis of some relevant, and if possible local and regional, future-oriented best practices.
Client: European Committee of the Regions
Project leader: CASE – Centre for Social and Economic Research
Partner: Fraunhofer ISI