The 26th Steering Group Meeting of EUSDR Priority Area 5, organized on 21 November in Hungary, was an opportunity for projects funded by the Danube Region Program in 2024 to present their priorities and progress thus far. Sofia Development Association, the lead partner of the BeReady project, took part in the event and highlighted the results achieved in the first 11 months of implementation.
Focused on urban heat islands (UHI), BeReady tackles critical climate change issues in urban environment and aims to promote policy and technological solutions for adaptation. The city partners have already engaged in UHI risk assessment and vulnerability and held methodology workshops with local stakeholders to plan the process of urban climate data collection and analysis. Through local coalition pacts, BeReady encourages wide public engagement and the involvement of quadruple helix organizations in the risk assessment; over 95 external organizations have signed the local coalition pacts. The first results of the UHI assessment reports will be available in January 2025 and will serve as the basis for planning the city pilot actions: they will encompass innovative acupuncture methods, focused on blue, green, and white technological and infrastructure measures to reduce the effect of UHI.
To stay informed, please visit the website and the social media accounts of the BeReady project: website (https://interreg-danube.eu/projects/be-ready ), Facebook https://www.facebook.com/bereadyprojecteu, LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/beready-project/.
Be Ready is an INTERREG Danube Region project co-financed by the European Union.
