Climate-neutral and resilient historic districts: Findings from the EU R&I Task Force - 12WS22480

Cities host almost 80% of Europe’s population, are the main drivers of its economy and key actors in solving the climate crisis. Historic districts are at the heart of European cities, giving a "sense of place" and contributing to people's well-being. However, such districts face specific resilience challenges that cannot be solved by one-size-fits-all solutions. To coordinate research into these resilience challenges, the EU-funded research projects ARCH, HYPERIOn and SHELTER established the EU R&I Task Force for climate-neutral and resilient historic urban districts.

In this session, Task Force partners and actors at the cross-section of climate change adaptation, mitigation, and disaster risk management for historic districts will present and discuss the main findings of the Task Force, including:

• A Resilience Framework developed into a CEN Workshop Agreement
• Methods and tools for assessing the resilience of historic districts
• Research and policy recommendations to address resilience challenges facing historic districts

In an interactive discussion, panellists will highlight how these solutions have been applied in a number of European cities and will discuss with participants how these solutions can be applied in other cities and what challenges still remain to making historic districts more resilient.