Klimaquartier Melk

Our climate has already changed considerably, and the effects of climate change are becoming increasingly noticeable (ÖKS15 final report, BMK 2024; Climate Change, Full report IPCC 2022[BS1] ). Weather extremes such as heat waves, droughts, storms and heavy rain are increasing and require increased adaptation and prevention measures. Extreme heat is a major burden on people's health, while urban infrastructures and ecosystems are coming under increasing pressure. The climate crisis is thus increasingly developing into a social and economic crisis. At the same time, energy poverty and housing shortages are worsening in cities. Cities must therefore act immediately and make the necessary investments to promote ecological and fair urban development in the interests of the common good. Given the diverse ecological, social and economic challenges as well as the lengthy duration of planning and decision-making processes and their structural implementation and financing, it is urgently necessary to implement climate change adaptation and climate protection measures on a large scale, effectively and with the involvement of as many actors as possible. Point-by-point and small-scale lighthouse projects may not be sufficient to address and solve the diverse problems holistically. From the applicants' point of view, it is therefore urgently necessary to develop transferable and individually adaptable processes and instruments that raise climate change adaptation from the area of ​​specific individual projects to an Austria-wide scale. The CO2 emissions associated with the measures must also be taken into account in the sense of the European "do no significant harm" strategy. The focus of the project is therefore on demonstrating an effective climate-resilient district transformation with an above-average, cross-silo effect compared to current redesigns of district squares and streets.