Webinar

Climate-proofing Buildings and Innovative Solutions – Building Back Better

Join the Mission on Adaptation Community of Practice online event on Building Back Better, where you’ll explore real-world examples of climate resilience in buildings and innovative solutions for a sustainable future.

The 11 February 2025 from 15:00 to 16:30 Brussels time

The EU Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change Community invites all interested parties to join the online webinar Building Back Better, part of a monthly event series focusing on a specific topic. The February focus is on buildings and the need to integrate innovative solutions and actions to make them climate-proof.

In this online event, participants will gain insights from case studies, best practices, and innovative techniques for incorporating climate adaptation and mitigation into reconstruction efforts, with a focus on applying these learnings to future projects.

Agenda

Welcome and opening remarks
Keynote Presentation | Natalia Alonso Cano, Chief Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia, UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Lightning Talks: Turning Knowledge into Action
Dr.-Ing,. Jörn Birkmann, Network Coordinator of the “Climate Adaptation, Floods, Resilience (KAHR)” project, Institute of Spatial and Regional Planning (IREUS)  

Dr Sebastian Seebauer, Deputy Head of LIFE: International climate policy and economics research group, Jonanneum Research  

Dr Ralph Schielen, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, Rijkswaterstaat, dept. of Water, Traffic and Environment, The Netherlands
Q&A
Closing remarks and next steps