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R2K-Klim+ meets in Duisburg for workshop

Now a monthly tradition: the R2K-Klim+ project consortium met on 22th and 23th October for an internal workshop, this time as a ‘home game’ at the project location in Duisburg.

Now a monthly tradition: the project consortium of the interdisciplinary BMBF joint project R2K-Klim+ met again on 22th and 23th of October 2024 for an internal workshop, this time as a ‘home game’ at the project location Duisburg. External guest Robin Conrad from LANUV NRW presented the NRW Climate Atlas. Other focal points included stakeholder management of the administrative policy area, results of traffic modelling for extreme climate events and the methodology for evaluating municipal adaptation measures. R2K-Klim+ is part of the BMBF funding programme ‘Regional Information for Climate Action’ (RegIKlim).

Global climate change and its consequences affect a wide variety of spatial levels - from entire regions to individual municipalities. Local extreme weather events with corresponding consequences, such as small-scale flooding caused by heavy rainfall events or heat-related stress for people, have occurred with increasing frequency in the past. At the same time, however, regions are also exposed to extreme events caused by climate change, which have large-scale effects: Floods and low water levels on rivers not only have a regional impact, but often affect the entire river catchment area. The effects of these and other climate change-related events, and therefore also the potential damage in the affected regions, are very differentiated due to various factors - such as the different spatial locations or economic structures. However, there is usually no sound basis for decision-making at regional and municipal level.

In this context, the BMBF project R2K-Klim+ is developing a concept for the city of Duisburg that uses climate projections to create possible visions of the future and to explain the influences of the regional and supra-regional effects of climate change. The six-member consortium coordinated by FiW will build on the results of the first funding phase to drive forward the development of a cross-sectoral decision support system (EUS) for the city of Duisburg. The prototype of the EUS can already be viewed online (r2k.geomer-maps.de). The second funding phase started last year. Building on the results to date, the consortium will further develop the evaluation and prioritisation of adaptation measures. To this end, climate scenarios from the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) and selected types of measures will be integrated into the models. A particular focus will be on the transfer of methods and results to other local authorities, associations and companies. Topics such as the evaluation methodology of measures and address-specific science communication will also be explored in greater depth.

Over the course of two days, the work status of the individual sub-projects was presented at the workshop and the next steps were discussed in depth. The first day started with an interactive session on address-specific science communication, in which the most important information for the identified core topics was summarised in an easily understandable way for the general public and Duisburg's urban society. The ZLV then presented the results of the traffic modelling, an important interim status on traffic effects in the event of extreme climatic events. This time, the project was able to welcome Mr Robin Conrad from the LANUV NRW from the Centre for Climate Impact Adaptation, Climate Protection, Heat and Renewable Energies as an external guest. Mr Conrad presented the work of the LANUV and the contents of the NRW Climate Atlas, which provides comprehensive data on the effects of climate change across NRW. The last item on the agenda was a discussion of administrative policy stakeholders in the Duisburg area. The second day then presented the evaluation methodology of various adaptation measures for the municipality and the tool for urban structural analysis. We look forward to the next exchange.