LIFE Tree Check (“So the city doesn’t burn”) is a project led by Nadace Partnerství in which we are partners. It aims to help Central European cities to effectively tackle climate change. The intention is to strengthen green-blue infrastructure and the knowledge of city councillors and residents about its importance in a variety of ways... Continue Reading →
Egoists like climate adaptation but not climate mitigation
In our recent blog post we argued that engaging in climate adaptation does not undermine the willingness of individuals to engage in climate mitigation and vice versa. In another study that is currently under review in a peer-reviewed journal (preprint of this study is linked here) we studied what values are typically associated with individual... Continue Reading →
Zranitelnost českých měst vůči teplotním extrémům
V letech 2018–2022 Ústav výzkumu globální změny AV ČR ve spolupráci s Ústavem informatiky AV ČR realizoval projekt „Adaptační výzvy měst: podpora udržitelného plánování s využitím integrované analýzy zranitelnosti“, který byl podpořen Technologickou agenturou ČR (TAČR) v rámci programu ÉTA. Cílem projektu bylo na příkladu Prahy, Brna a Ostravy vyvinout jednotnou metodiku pro hodnocení budoucí zranitelnosti měst vůči teplotním... Continue Reading →
Using Google Street View photographs to assess outdoor thermal discomfort and heat perception due to heatwaves in the urban environment
We have just published a preprint of a new study together with colleagues from the Department of remote sensing. The preprint reports the results of three studies conducted on residents of Czech cities of Brno and České Budějovice (N = 1,877) in which we explored heat perception in cities during summer heatwaves. Using street view... Continue Reading →
The Department Highlights of 2021
Would you like to read our highlights of 2021? We have prepared a little newsletter to show you what we have done over the last year. We wish you a wonderful winter holiday, and look forward to seeing you again in 2022. highlights2021_finalDownload
LIFE LOCAL ADAPT project comes to an end.
Project LIFE LOCAL ADAPT aims to integrate climate change adaptation into the work of urban authorities on a local level. Six partners from four countries (figure 1) came together in 2016 to start a five-year project that addressed: Improvement of data and information base on climate change impactsEnhancing the knowledge of municipalities on climate change... Continue Reading →
Climate adaptation and climate mitigation do not undermine each other
In our new paper in the Journal of Environmental Psychology, we report results from an experimental cross-cultural study conducted in Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia. We found that support for climate adaptation does not undermine people’s commitment to climate mitigation and vice versa. In fact, we found that prior focus on climate adaptation increases worry... Continue Reading →
O městech, klimatické změně a scénářích budoucího vývoje
Eskalující klimatická změna se více či méně hmatatelně dotýká všech aspektů našeho života a její dopady můžeme pociťovat bez ohledu na to, kde žijeme. To jen v závislosti na místních podmínkách se liší charakter a síla těchto vlivů. Zároveň žijeme v takzvaném sociálně-ekologickém systému, ve kterém je člověk a příroda kompletně provázán – lidská činnost má přímý... Continue Reading →
Public support for urban climate adaptation policy through nature-based solutions
The impacts of climate change on urban life require response in terms of adaptation planning. We investigated perceptions of and economic preferences for urban climate adaptation through nature-based solutions (NBS) in Prague and found that: (i) increased use of NBS is likely to generate significant economic public value; (ii) people perceive the species diversity of the NBS measures positively; (iii) NBS implemented in...
Started from the bottom: a new track for strategic green space planning in cities?
This blog post summarises the background and core ideas of the recently published article dealing with the inclusive approaches to green space planning and governance in cities as part of my doctoral research. When doing my Master’s, I got deeply interested in the topic of urban sustainability. It all started with my teacher talking about... Continue Reading →
What are the conservation-development conflicts when it comes to wolves (Canis lupus) in the Czech countryside?
When it comes to large carnivores in Europe, what are the main issues described by farmers, foresters and herd keepers, and what are the just measures to give both parties (animals and humans) their needed living space? The return of large carnivores to Europe as a means of rewilding nature is gradually becoming one of the burning issues for a variety of... Continue Reading →
Making re-naturalisation of cities a common practice
Cities provide a locus for sustainability. We live on an increasingly urban planet. Roughly three-quarters of Europe’s population lives in cities today, including the Czech republic. Scientists predict that this will be the case for the rest of the world by the second half of this century. People are moving into cities and thus cities... Continue Reading →
Urban ecosystem services in the light of population needs: Why do they matter to urban planning?
Cities and large urban areas are major drivers of global environmental change that has negative impacts on human well-being. Consequently, urban areas are one of the most vulnerable to these impacts since they centre a large share of the population and economy. At the same time, urban areas are an important player in shaping policy... Continue Reading →
Getting a grasp on urban challenges and futures in face of the climate crisis: The collaborative scenario-based techniques.
Climate crisis is happening here and now… and we must act! But do we know the whats, wheres, whens, and hows? We are witnessing an escalating climate crisis worldwide. Urban areas, accommodating a large portion of the world’s population, experience growing concerns from climate-related impacts in relatively compact space. Increasing risks of heatwaves due to... Continue Reading →
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