Blue-green infrastructure for resilient cities I: Sustainable water management: key learnings

The webinar has been designed and moderated by Magda Michaliková and Astrid Severin , Thematic Experts for a Greener Europe. 

00:01:00 Introduction by Astrid Severin and Magda Michaliková

00:13:32 Keynote speech by Rene Reisner, Ministry of Climate, Estonia, on Achieving climate resilience through sustainable water management: the case of Estonia

00:27:06 Q&A: How are you Slowing down the rivers? Any specific approach?

00:30:22 Q&A: How do you cope with private land and water management? e.g. Flood prevention might not be possible since there is no public land available.

00:33:41 Q&A:Do you have Funding Programmes for private People for Flood prevention?

00:35:15 Presentation by Agnieszka Nędza, Aquares sp. (Poland) on Urban distributed controlled micro retention system (NBS4LOCAL)

00:41:45 Q&A: How many installations do you have already? And are you planning to have other public buildings equiped? 

00:44:23 Presentation by Wojciech Sołtysiak, The Complex of Świętokrzyskie and Nadnidziański Landscape Parks, on Renaturalisation of the inland delta of Nida River (NACAO) 

00:55:22 Q&A: What is the economic impact from your point of view? 

00:57:43 Q&A: What did the local stakeholders think of the project? Were they for the project or against it and has this changed over time?

00:59:52  Q&A: Who were the owners of the land which is part of the flood area now and how were they compensated (if at all)?

01:00:06 Q&A: Did you study or consider any economic or financial data, to explaine the decisions in relation to economic needs of agriculture and forestry?

01:01:41 Q&A: About freshwater mussels in the natural self-purification process, and how replicable this method could be for other European river systems?

01:02:56 Q&A: Does the Nida crosses municipalities? How the urban sections align with the restoration project? Many thanks for this nice project & presentation!

01:05:08 Presentation by Jasper Dugardeyn, Province of West Flanders, Belgium on Public-private collaboration to buffer water against flooding and drought (Gov4Water)

01:17:40 Q&A: How many farmers have been participating in this program? 

01:19:45 Q&A: How does the design flexibility of these small-scale water storage areas allow them to balance flood prevention with the increasing need for water retention during droughts?

01:21:31 Q&A: What lessons have you learned from working with farmers in West-Flanders that might be applicable to other regions with different water usage and agricultural practices? Their willingness to cooperate, reasonability?

01:23:10 Panel discussion