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Climate Proofing Urban Municipalities (LIFE UrbanProof)
Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2020,
Background
Cities and towns, with their high population densities and dependence on collective infrastructure, are extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The concentration of people in urban centres restricts vegetation and green spaces, thus increasing risks related to heat and floods. The impacts of climate change on the urban environme ...
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Quarry Resource Efficiency Demonstration Project (QuaResE)
Start date: Jun 1, 2012, End date: Nov 30, 2014,
Background
The reuse of by-products and waste is necessary to ensure a more resource-efficient future. Mining and quarry waste is, globally, the largest category of waste. In Europe about 300 million tonnes of mining waste is produced each year (Eurostat, 2003). The standard methods of managing quarry slurry are disposal in landfill, discharge into ponds, ...
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Development of a national strategy for adaptation to climate change adverse impacts in Cyprus (CYPADAPT)
Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Mar 31, 2014,
Background
Climate change has already impacted Cyprus, with levels of precipitation falling and the mean temperature increasing. The availability of water resources has fallen by 40% from the estimates made in 1970, while extreme climatic phenomena, especially droughts, are more frequent than before. These climate changes have had an adverse impact on sev ...
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