Climate-Proof City (ILKKA) – Tools for Planning –project

Climate-Proof City (ILKKA) – Tools for Planning -project promotes climate-proof urban planning. The goal of the project is to create planning tools and instructions about climate-proof planning for urban planners and construction and landscape industries.

In addition to the planning tools best adaptation practices in Finland and abroad will be surveyed. The results will be presented in the planner’s workbook (this webpage) and in Climate Guide- web portal. The long-term goal of the project is the development of climate-proof planning procedures and growing knowledge of city officials and decision-makers.

ILKKA-project is coordinated by the City of Helsinki and other members of the consortium are Cities of Lahti, Turku and Vantaa, Helsinki Region Environmental Services Authority, Finnish Meteorological Institute and the University of Turku.

Topics of the project:

1. Best urban climate change adaptation practices, synergies and confrontations between mitigation and adaptation measures and peer-review of cities climate measures
2. Carbon sink comparison in cities and carbon sink potential in case areas
3. Climate change vulnerability: mapping of impervious surfaces
4. Mapping of the urban heat islands
5. Use of Green Factor in city planning
6. Natural storm water management in urban areas
7. Costs and benefits of climate change adaptation and sustainable development budgeting in city

ILKKA-project will be implemented during the years 2012-2014. Project’s overall budget is 1.5 million Euros and it is part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund.

(Updated 18/03/2014)