Prepare Cities for Climate Change

The project will link comprehensive research with development programmes in the participating utilities that are working on an advanced strategy in meeting the upcoming challenges for water supply and sanitation. The partners and technology suppliers will develop new designs, tools and systems in order to approach adaptation and therefore enable change.
The selection of the cities involved in PREPARED was done on the basis of three criteria: the geographic representativeness, the added value of the cities to the matrix of challenges and the ability of the cities to invest a considerable amount of effort (money and staff) in adaptation measures.

Utilities in the following regions and cities will participate: Barcelona (Spain), Berlin (Germany), Eindhoven (Netherlands), Genoa (Italy), Istanbul (Turkey), Gliwice (Poland), Lisbon (Portugal), Lyon (France), Oslo (Norway), Simferopol (Crimea), Aarhus (Denmark), Wales (England), Seattle (USA) and Melbourne (Australia).

“With our research and implementation partners in Europe, the United States of America and Australia, we will work towards a set of solutions for utilities all over the world to put in place mitigating strategies and solutions in the face of the anticipated climate change challenges”, said Adriana Hulsmann, Coordinator of the PREPARED Project.