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LIFE URBAN-ADAPT: demonstrating urban climate adaptation and resilience in inner city Rotterdam (LIFE URBAN-ADAPT)
Start date: Jul 16, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2021,
Background
Climate change is a global development issue, with the potential to cause serious problems for the urban environment:
1. Increased flood risk because of increased precipitation and rising water levels;
2. Increased temperatures resulting from the urban heat island effect; and
3. Deterioration of native flora and fauna on land and in water.
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European Sustainable Clothing Action Plan (LIFE ECAP)
Start date: Sep 7, 2015, End date: Mar 6, 2019,
Background
The linear production and consumption model of the EU clothing sector leads to high environmental impacts, for example, in terms of carbon emissions and water resources. A report for the EU27 in 2009 revealed that 9.387 billion tonnes of textiles waste is either landfilled or incinerated. In the UK, textiles disposal is the highest by tonnage a ...
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Demonstration of a 100% non-toxic hull protection and anti-fouling system contribution to zero emissions to the aquatic environment and saving 3-8 % heavy fuels (ECOTEC-STC)
Start date: Jun 1, 2006, End date: Dec 1, 2009,
Background
Marine structures such as ship hulls need protection against corrosion and the attachment of marine organisms such as algae and barnacles, known as biofouling. Biofouling negatively affects the hydrodynamics of the hull, increasing drag and thus the necessary propulsive power. As well as increasing fuel costs up to 40% this also necessitates re ...
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SDF (Sustainable Development of Flood Plains) (SDF)
Start date: Dec 31, 2002, End date: Jun 29, 2008,
The bursting of river banks, flooding of towns and evacuation of communities, have, in recent times, brought about the need for drastic short-term measures including the construction of emergency dams and dykes. With flooding predicted to become ever more acute and ever more frequent, German and Dutch governments have been forced to take more drastic long-term action to cope with rising water leve ...
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SAND
Start date: Jan 6, 2003, End date: Jun 29, 2008,
River basins cross nation state boundaries, therefore action to tackle flooding must be undertaken on a transnational basis. The key objective of SAND is to alleviate flooding by making better use of the gravel pits that line many river basins. The five year project, which is being led by the Dutch Rijkswaterstaats East Netherlands Directorate, draws together five riverine authorities from three N ...
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