Plzeň Green and Blue: City and Climate Change
In recent years, it has been getting warmer in the streets (not only) of Plzeň. In this context, the topic of urban adaptation to climate change and the so-called green-blue infrastructure is becoming very relevant. It will also be addressed in the lecture series "PLZEŇ GREEN AND BLUE" organized by the Pěstuj prostor association. The first part of the series, subtitled "City and Climate Change," will take place on Wednesday, June 10, 2020, at 6 PM at Papírna Plzeň. Climate scientist and meteorologist Radim Tolasz, environmental economist Tomáš Baďura, and representative of the Concept and Development Department of the City of Plzeň Kristýna Zýková will present their contributions.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)* has issued three special reports in recent years. The first of these (Global Warming of 1.5 °C from October 2018) sparked a wave of activism not only worldwide but also in the Czech Republic. The current development of climate change has also been confirmed by reports on land use (Climate Change and Land from August 2019) and on oceans and glaciers (Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate from September 2019). Despite the large volume of new and previously known information on climate change, efforts to challenge this information still exist. It is right that science provokes discussions and skepticism, but it is difficult to understand when this skepticism denies basic facts. We should move to a higher level and finally start discussing possible, logical, and feasible measures that could mitigate anthropogenic climate change and aid in our adaptation. It is not the time to panic; we should act. This increasingly relevant topic will be presented in Radim Tolasz's contribution "Facts and Figures about Climate Change (in our country and worldwide)," who has represented the Czech Republic in the IPCC since 2014.
To what extent can current scientific knowledge aid (socially and economically optimal) adaptation of cities to climate change? What economic value does a park or tree row have in public space? How do we compare investments in "green" versus "gray" infrastructure? The lecture by environmental economist Tomáš Baďura titled "The Economic and Social Dimension of Adaptation Measures to Climate Change" will attempt to outline how science can help answer these questions and will specifically focus on how social sciences together with natural sciences can shape urban planning and consider the economic and social values arising from urban green spaces in decision-making processes.
At the end of the lecture, Kristýna Zýková from the Concept and Development Department of the City of Plzeň will outline the emergence and nature of the measures that are part of the city's climate change adaptation strategy.
Radim Tolasz
Czech climatologist and meteorologist. In 1987 he graduated in physical geography from the University of Brno. Since 1986, he has been working for the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute, initially as a technician in the regime information department (1986–1990), head of the meteorology and climatology department at the Ostrava branch (1991–1996), head of the climate database department (1997–2002), deputy director for meteorology and climatology (2003–2011), and head of the climate change department (2012–present). Besides many scientific articles, he was also the editor of the Climate Atlas of the Czech Republic (Prague and Olomouc 2007, ISBN 978-80-86690-26-1). He is an expert for climate data and databases for the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a Czech representative in the Group on Earth Observations (GEO), and in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). He teaches externally at the University of Ostrava (since 1991).
Tomáš Baďura
An environmental economist focused on how to economically quantify the relationships between nature and human society. He currently works as a researcher at the Institute of Global Change Research of the Czech Academy of Sciences (CzechGlobe) and as a Senior Research Associate at the Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment in the UK, where he obtained his PhD.
The second part of the series titled “Water in the City” will take place on Thursday, June 25, 2020, at 6 PM at the Plzeňský Prazdroj complex, in the garden of the Secese conference center. Hydrobiologist Jindřich Duras and hydrologist Jan Kopp will present lectures dedicated to water management (not only) in the city. The third and final part of the series, subtitled “Landscape in the City,” will be held with the participation of landscape architect Klára Salzmann and landscape ecologist Jan Richtr on Wednesday, July 8, 2020, at 6 PM in the PěstírnaDEPO community garden (in the DEPO2015 area).
The lecture series is prepared by the Pěstuj prostor association with the support of the City of Plzeň, the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, the Czech Architecture Foundation, the Green Treasure Foundation, and the State Cultural Fund. It aims to support and develop the interest of the local professional and wider public in architecture and the built and landscape environment of the city.
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)* has issued three special reports in recent years. The first of these (Global Warming of 1.5 °C from October 2018) sparked a wave of activism not only worldwide but also in the Czech Republic. The current development of climate change has also been confirmed by reports on land use (Climate Change and Land from August 2019) and on oceans and glaciers (Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate from September 2019). Despite the large volume of new and previously known information on climate change, efforts to challenge this information still exist. It is right that science provokes discussions and skepticism, but it is difficult to understand when this skepticism denies basic facts. We should move to a higher level and finally start discussing possible, logical, and feasible measures that could mitigate anthropogenic climate change and aid in our adaptation. It is not the time to panic; we should act. This increasingly relevant topic will be presented in Radim Tolasz's contribution "Facts and Figures about Climate Change (in our country and worldwide)," who has represented the Czech Republic in the IPCC since 2014.
To what extent can current scientific knowledge aid (socially and economically optimal) adaptation of cities to climate change? What economic value does a park or tree row have in public space? How do we compare investments in "green" versus "gray" infrastructure? The lecture by environmental economist Tomáš Baďura titled "The Economic and Social Dimension of Adaptation Measures to Climate Change" will attempt to outline how science can help answer these questions and will specifically focus on how social sciences together with natural sciences can shape urban planning and consider the economic and social values arising from urban green spaces in decision-making processes.
At the end of the lecture, Kristýna Zýková from the Concept and Development Department of the City of Plzeň will outline the emergence and nature of the measures that are part of the city's climate change adaptation strategy.
Radim Tolasz
Czech climatologist and meteorologist. In 1987 he graduated in physical geography from the University of Brno. Since 1986, he has been working for the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute, initially as a technician in the regime information department (1986–1990), head of the meteorology and climatology department at the Ostrava branch (1991–1996), head of the climate database department (1997–2002), deputy director for meteorology and climatology (2003–2011), and head of the climate change department (2012–present). Besides many scientific articles, he was also the editor of the Climate Atlas of the Czech Republic (Prague and Olomouc 2007, ISBN 978-80-86690-26-1). He is an expert for climate data and databases for the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a Czech representative in the Group on Earth Observations (GEO), and in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). He teaches externally at the University of Ostrava (since 1991).
Tomáš Baďura
An environmental economist focused on how to economically quantify the relationships between nature and human society. He currently works as a researcher at the Institute of Global Change Research of the Czech Academy of Sciences (CzechGlobe) and as a Senior Research Associate at the Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment in the UK, where he obtained his PhD.
The second part of the series titled “Water in the City” will take place on Thursday, June 25, 2020, at 6 PM at the Plzeňský Prazdroj complex, in the garden of the Secese conference center. Hydrobiologist Jindřich Duras and hydrologist Jan Kopp will present lectures dedicated to water management (not only) in the city. The third and final part of the series, subtitled “Landscape in the City,” will be held with the participation of landscape architect Klára Salzmann and landscape ecologist Jan Richtr on Wednesday, July 8, 2020, at 6 PM in the PěstírnaDEPO community garden (in the DEPO2015 area).
The lecture series is prepared by the Pěstuj prostor association with the support of the City of Plzeň, the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, the Czech Architecture Foundation, the Green Treasure Foundation, and the State Cultural Fund. It aims to support and develop the interest of the local professional and wider public in architecture and the built and landscape environment of the city.
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