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Medium-term cooperation for an in-depth exchange of experience and concrete planning processes
In the Deep Dive cooperation format, a small group of municipalities works intensively on an innovative topic over a period of around two years with the aim of achieving a concrete result (cooperation project, draft law, action plan, etc.). The moderated planning process aims to jointly develop locally customised solution options and includes a variety of event formats.
More about the Deep Dive concept
Participating municipalities
In the current Deep Dive from August 2023 to summer 2025, six municipalities have come together, each with two to three experts, to analyse the effects of heatwaves and the occurrence of heat islands in their cities on the topic of "Heat in the City" and to develop locally adapted solutions to mitigate them. The participating municipalities are
23 August 2023
Virtual kick-off event
- Getting to know each other / presentation of the cities
- Input on climate change and cities
- Input on design thinking and project development
- Joint agreement on the next steps
30 Oct. to 02 Nov. 2023
Face-to-face meetings in Bonn and Lüdenscheid
- Contribution to heat action planning in German cities
- Presentations from the participating municipalities
- Exchange of knowledge and experience on the topic of heat planning
- Excursion to Lüdenscheid
23 November 2023
Virtual scientific contribution
Cities in the Future, or Future of Cities?
- Prof. Dr. Juergen P. Kropp,
Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung (PIK)
13 December 2023
Virtual scientific contribution
Climate Analysis and Heat Planning in Amman
- Reem Halaseh
Urban Climate Change Specialist at UNDP, Jordan
11 January 2024
Virtual workshop
- Presentation of measures already taken in the participating municipalities
- Exchange of experiences on previous successes and dilemmas
- Outline of key challenges in the local context
4 to 7 March 2024
Face-to-face meeting in Nairobi, Kenya
- Detailed identification of the exact challenge of the cities
- First steps towards designing a strategy to address the challenge
- Field trip to heat island mitigation projects in Nairobi
Further envisaged activities
Depending on the further planning progress at the face-to-face meeting in Nairobi in March 2024 and the needs of the participants, further steps will be planned, such as possibly
- Specialist information trips and/or expert missions
- Virtual and/or face-to-face workshop to further elaborate strategies and measures