Climate adaptation concept (KLAK)

᠎Pending Translation: Was ist das Ziel?

᠎Pending Translation:

Wolfsburg soll auch in Zukunft ein sicherer, lebenswerter und widerstandsfähiger Ort bleiben. Das Klimaanpassungskonzept bündelt dazu Maßnahmen und Strategien, um Menschen, Natur und Infrastruktur besser vor Hitze, Starkregen oder anderen Extremwetterereignissen zu schützen.

᠎Pending Translation: Was beinhaltet das Konzept?

᠎Pending Translation:

• Analyse der Klimafolgen: Welche Veränderungen sind bereits spürbar und womit müssen wir in Zukunft rechnen?
• Bewertung lokaler Risiken: Welche Bereiche der Stadt sind besonders betroffen?
• Strategie und Maßnahmen: Priorisierte Handlungsfelder, konkrete Vorschläge und ein Maßnahmenplan – von kurzfristigen Schutzmaßnahmen bis zu langfristigen Lösungen.
• Verstetigung in der Verwaltung: Klare Zuständigkeiten und feste Strukturen für eine dauerhafte Umsetzung.
• Controlling: Regelmäßige Überprüfung, ob Maßnahmen wirken.
• Beteiligung: Aktive Einbindung von Bürgerinnen und Bürgern sowie lokalen Akteurinnen und Akteuren.

᠎Pending Translation: Was bedeutet das für Wolfsburg?

᠎Pending Translation:

Das Konzept ist die Grundlage, um Wolfsburg frühzeitig, vorausschauend und nachhaltig auf den Klimawandel vorzubereiten. Mit den beschlossenen Maßnahmen werden Risiken reduziert und die Anpassungsfähigkeit der gesamten Stadt gestärkt.

Brief description and purpose of the project:

It can be assumed that climate change will continue to progress and that weather events with increasing damage potential will therefore also increase in Wolfsburg. With the creation of a climate adaptation concept, the city of Wolfsburg would first like to investigate which existing and expected climate impacts will affect the city. The relevant fields of action are then to be integrated and considered in the long term in order to develop a strategy with countermeasures. Building on previous experience, the stated aim is to be prepared for climate change impacts at an early stage in order to reduce the vulnerability of natural, social and economic systems to climate impacts and at the same time increase the adaptability of these systems and the exploitation of potential opportunities.
As a basis for the climate adaptation concept, the first step is to analyze climate change impacts that have already occurred and to forecast expected future climate change impacts. From this, emerging challenges and opportunities can be derived and fields of action identified that take into account both short-term acute and long-term consequences of climate change. If this data is overlaid with local circumstances, such as the population or settlement structure, the next step is to identify particularly affected or sensitive fields of action and locations (hotspots).

Based on the results of this analysis, an overall strategy is developed that prioritizes fields of action, identifies possible solutions, formulates holistic objectives taking into account the sustainability goals and identifies necessary land requirements for adaptation measures.

A catalog of measures forms the basis for implementing the climate adaptation objectives. This specifies targets with different time horizons and the action required to achieve them. Possible synergies or conflicts with climate protection activities are examined.

In order to permanently integrate climate adaptation activities into the administration and the municipality, a continuation strategy is being developed that starts at the organizational level, specifies responsibilities, creates structures and promotes networking.

A cotrolling concept is also part of the project. It aims to systematically record and evaluate the short, medium and long-term effects of adaptation management.

The entire process will be accompanied by active public relations work and stakeholder and citizen participation. To this end, a communication strategy will be developed to determine how the topic can attract attention in order to achieve broad and active participation and the implementation of measures.