ClimateCafé: An Interdisciplinary Educational Tool for Sustainable Climate Adaptation and Lessons Learned

Floris C. Boogaard, Guri Venvik, Rui L. Pedroso de Lima, Ana C. Cassanti, Allard H. Roest and Antal Zuurman
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Floris C. Boogaard: NoorderRuimte, Research Centre for Built Environment, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Zernikeplein 7, P.O. Box 3037, 9701 DA Groningen, The Netherlands
Guri Venvik: Geochemistry and Hydrogeology, Geological Survey of Norway, P.O. Box 6315 Torgarden, Trondheim, Norway
Rui L. Pedroso de Lima: Research and Development, Indymo: Innovative Dynamic Monitoring, Molengraaffsingel 12, 2629 JD Delft, The Netherlands
Ana C. Cassanti: Global Center on Adaptation, Energy Academy Europe, Nijenborgh 6, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
Allard H. Roest: NoorderRuimte, Research Centre for Built Environment, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Zernikeplein 7, P.O. Box 3037, 9701 DA Groningen, The Netherlands
Antal Zuurman: Urban Water, RIONED Foundation Galvanistraat 1, 6716 AE Ede, The Netherlands

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 9, 1-19

Abstract: ClimateCafé is a field education concept involving different fields of science and practice for capacity building in climate change adaptation. This concept is applied on the eco-city of Augustenborg in Malmö, Sweden, where Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) were implemented in 1998. ClimateCafé Malmö evaluated these NBS with 20 young professionals from nine nationalities and seven disciplines with a variety of practical tools. In two days, 175 NBS were mapped and categorised in Malmö. Results show that the selected green infrastructure have a satisfactory infiltration capacity and low values of potential toxic element pollutants after 20 years in operation. The question “Is capacity building achieved by interdisciplinary field experience related to climate change adaptation?” was answered by interviews, collecting data of water quality, pollution, NBS and heat stress mapping, and measuring infiltration rates, followed by discussion. The interdisciplinary workshops with practical tools provide a tangible value to the participants and are needed to advance sustainability efforts. Long term lessons learnt from Augustenborg will help stormwater managers within planning of NBS. Lessons learned from this ClimateCafé will improve capacity building on climate change adaptation in the future. This paper offers a method and results to prove the German philosopher Friedrich Hegel wrong when he opined that “we learn from history that we do not learn from history.”

Keywords: climate adaptation; education; capacity building; Nature-Based Solutions; water management; field experience; ClimateCafe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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