Building green roofs is a good response to many environmental challenges that we are currently facing, strating from droughts, which affect farmers, gardeners and our wallets, and ending with summer heatwaves amplified by city heat Island effect, which are especially bothersome for young babies and elderly. Existing funding programmes might be an important driver encouraging more cities and more people to build green roofs and benefict from their positive impact on building, local environment and local climate.
As a part of their activities supporting development of green & blue infrastructure, the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management announced in May new call for proposals „City with climate”. The call is launched under the priority programme Adaptation to climate change and mitigating negative impacts of environmental hazards. The enterprises that can recieve co-funding are the functionally-connected investment in the area of rainwater management and shaping urban green spaces, inlcuding development of green & blue infrastructure, reduction of surface sealing, implementation of rainwater management systems, development of green areas, etc. The grant can cover up to 50 % of of qualifiable costs (but cannot exceed 1 mio PLN). Local self-government units may apply for it under two categories - cities under and over 100 inhabitants - from 29.05.2020 till 14.08.2020.
More information may be found at:
Also under the EEA and Norwegian Grants, Programme for Environment, Energy and Climate Change, there are collected project proposals. Considering many institutions’ motion, the Minister for Climate made a decision to extend the call Implementation of green & blue infrastructure investment in cities till the 17th of August 2020. Within the framework of the call project proposal may be submitted by local self-governments under 90 000 inhabitants (as well as their unions and bodies providing public services on their behalf). The co-finaning may reach up to 85% of qualifiable costs and the funded activities might include:
- Increasing the surface of green urban areas (including development of green infrastructure) supporting aeration of cities, improving functions of their ecosystems and increasing their overall soft landscaped areas
- Retention of rainwater and making use of it at the retention spot or its proximity, including development of blue infrastructure supporting small retention and reducing local flood hazard;
- Reduction of the city heat Island effect and improving city’s microclimate
- Neutralisation of hazards resulting from extreme weather conditions
More information may be found at:
- https://www.eog.gov.pl/media/90119/Harmonogram_naborow_MF_EOG_NMF_2014_2021_21-05-2020.pdf
- https://www.gov.pl/web/klimat/ogloszenie-o-naborze-wnioskow-realizacje-inwestycji-w-zakresie-zielono-niebieskiej-infrastruktury-w-miastach
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