BUSINESS

LIFE COALA Project to Help

Moravian-Silesian Region Become

More Climate Resistant

Last year a new project by the name of LIFE COALA started its operation within the region with

one single goal in mind - increasing the region’s climate resistance. LIFE COALA* is focused on

finding new innovative approaches to settlement and landscape management, supporting and

realizing climate conscious investments, and and other efforts such as, providing examples of good

practice that serves as inspiration for further regional development.

Climate change is one of the largest global

challenges we are currently facing, and it

affects all of us. The negative effects of

climate change are a hot topic discussed

not only at the national and supra-national

levels, but at regional and municipal

levels as well. Unfortunately, companies,

The Moravian-Silesian region along with

12 other partners will be leading this

endeavor. Other regional agencies such

as MSID, MEC, MSIC and the Ministry of

the Environment, LIFE COALA will also be

backed by the cities of Karviná, Havířov

and Orlová, as well as Báňská University,

The LIFE COALA project will launch a series

of pilot projects within urban areas, which

will include, for example, adjustment of

public spaces, the construction of a water

tank or a model of an environmentallyfriendly building adaptation. Furthermore,

the project will also give rise to a series of

municipalities and other subjects often do

not know how to grasp this topic properly

and they lack the information, resources

and capacity to realize appropriate and

effective measures.

the Czech Environmental Partnership

Foundation and the DIAMO state

enterprise. The project’s international

impact is facilitated through the Silesian

Voivodeship and the Głowny Instytut

Górnictwa from Katowice.

events, seminars and mutual experience

sharing between cities and other

institutions that are part of the MoravianSilesian Climate Alliance (MSKA).

Currently, the region is working on

designing a regional information network

aimed at concentrating useful information

regarding climate change and making it

available to those who are interested.

This is the reason behind the creation

of the LIFE COALA project, which will

provide cities, municipalities, and private

subjects subjects, within the region,

professional and financial aid. This

support will allow the Moravian-Silesian

region along with all of its related actors

to face climate change and fulfill the

region’s adaptation strategy. LIFE COALA

is only the second integrated project to

ever succeed in the Czech Republic as

part of the LIFE community program.

Recently, a new web of consultation

centers was launched as part of this

project. Local governing bodies of cities

and other subjects may use these centers

to receive professional guidance in, for

example, maintaining climate conscious

approaches in the management of their

areas, finding optimal solutions for public

spaces, making efficient use of rainwater,

saving energy for buildings, or seeking

funding for specific measures.

More information can be found at

www.lifecoala.cz

* The project’s full name is IP LIFE for Coal Mining

Landscape Adaptation, thus its abbreviation gave rise

to the name LIFE COALA. The LIFE COALA project is

partially funded through the EU as part of the LIFE

program.

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