Hvordan får vi vandet og CO2 ud af KBH?

Jan Rasmussen, City of Copenhagen

Copenhagen

Resilient City

Measures and visions for climate adaptation

www.kk.dk/klima www.kk.dk/english

Report from IPCC

about future

climate change

National working

of IPCC-report

Municipal

climate

adaptation plan

Incorporation in

municipality plan

Demand in local

development

plan

Incorporation in

other planning

(safty plan,

wastewater)

Municipality

administration

New process for municipal planning

• High uncertainty - both regarding

prognoses and technology

• We have chosen to aim towards the

upper estimates in the IPCC scenarios

• Will only matter after about 50 years -

until then the scenarios follow more or

less the same path.

• Continuous revision of the plan allows

for adjustments.

Choice of scenario - what are we protecting us against?

Main challenges Cloud burst Flooding from the sea

Urban Heat Island

Risk calculation

Probability * cost

Risk calculation

Risk map Stormwater Flooding from the sea

”Reality check”

Model og reality

New possibilitys

Reduction of owerflow from the sewer

A green and blue city - adapted to a

future climate = more quality of life • Adaptation is not

just a negative measure

• We can increase the recreational area and create more quality of life for copenhageners

• We can help make copenhageners more healthy

• We can create synergy with other planning

• We can increase biodiversity.

Harbour baths - a huge improvement of the

quality of life

Cloudburst Plan

Protecting against sea level raise

Areas for green growth and innovation

• Technical solutions - eg.

cleaning of run off from roads

• Technical solutions with high

design quality.

• Adaption in the existing city -

development and testing of

methods in the existing city

City of Copenhagen as front runner on

climate adaptation

Strategic planning

Longterm planning embedded in the city’s

planning system

Great potential, locally, nationally and

internationally

Global investment need

Partnership

Copenhagen Municipality will partner

universities, foundations and private

companies in the development of solutions

Innovation

Copenhagen will create new solutions

regarding adaptation that can be attatched to

the Copenhagen brand on high quality of life

• Will influence the way we utilise

and plan urban spaces

• Will influence the use and

development of recreative areas

in the city

• In the future we have to make

sure that we can manage and

control water when we develop

the city, and we will actively use

water as a ressource to improve

the urban life

Adaptation is a new precondition in urban

development

Thank you for your attention

Jan Rasmussen City of Copenhagen jrasmu@tmf.kk.dk