Metropolitan City of Milan

Marta Arosio
projects@alda-europe.eu

According to most climate models, Southern Europe, and especially the Mediterranean basin, is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.
Due both to the expected increase of peak flow of the Olona and Seveso rivers and the runoff generated by the not permeable urban fabric, Milan Metropolitan City (CMM) is prone to flood risk and extreme weather events like heat waves. Local governments are in a unique position to engage local stakeholders and draw punctual responses to local climate-related vulnerabilities and risks. At the same time, individual municipalities do not have the necessary resources (scientific knowledge, administrative competences, funding, etc.) to deal with climate problems.
For this reason, the Metro Adapt project is designed to foster the creation of common well-structured governance related to climate change adaptation among the local authorities of the Metropolitan Area of Milan. Moreover, the project will produce tools to allow local authorities to implement climate change adaptation strategies and policies adapted to the local context.

An additional detail: The project will share and disseminate the project’s tools and good practices with other Italian and EU metropolitan areas.

• Mainstream the adaptation strategies and measures in the elaboration process of the CMM Territorial Plan and the planning and building rules of the 134 Metropolitan municipalities;
• Establish and promote Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) according to a multi-objectives approach;
• Enhance bottom-up initiatives increasing citizens’ awareness and engagement on climate change adaptation strategies;
• Make available disaggregated meteorological and territorial monitoring data and tools;
• Develop a network of Italian and European metropolitan areas enhancing the mainstreaming of adaptation policies and measures and supporting the implementation of Nature-Based Solutions.