Development of a multilevel REsilience Strategy for Urban areas and River basins to EXtreme weather conditIONS – RESUREXION

We support cities to prepare for extreme weather conditions

Duration of the project

1.5.2025 – 31.7.2029

Source of funding

Interreg Europe

Total funding

2 146 765€

Europe continues to experience an increased frequency and magnitude of extreme weather events, significantly impacting urban areas across all social and economic sectors. Apart from causing massive damage to infrastructure and living, the extreme weathers also increase the inequality between cities and regions.

To address these unforeseen extreme weathers there is an urgent need to accelerate the transition to long-term climate resilience by enhancing existing policy instruments. It is imperative for local, regional, and national governments to collaborate, improving current planning and water management policies to ensure robust resilience under these new conditions. This complex but necessary process involves integrating multilevel and multi-sectoral policies.

RESUREXION addresses these challenges by promoting interregional cooperation to enhance resiliency strategies. The project aims to improve policies affecting water management in urban and catchment areas, ensuring long-term climate resilience.

The project’s goal is to create robust climate resilience by refining existing policies through multi-level exchanges, enhancing their effectiveness and efficiency. This involves a “practicability and interconnectivity check” to develop a synergistic policy system that supports urban and catchment areas in adapting to extreme weather.

A consortium of 9 partners and 3 associated partners, representing various levels of governance, will implement innovative exchange methods to significantly impact local and regional stakeholder networks.

The project’s goal is to create robust climate resilience by refining existing policies through multi-level exchanges, enhancing their effectiveness and efficiency. This involves a “practicability and interconnectivity check” to develop a synergistic policy system that supports urban and catchment areas in adapting to extreme weather.

A consortium of 9 partners and 3 associated partners, representing various levels of governance, will implement innovative exchange methods to significantly impact local and regional stakeholder networks.

The regional development goal

Turku University of Applied Science represents Finland in the project and will work closely together with the associated partner City of Turku. The regional development goal is to support the City of Turku in updating and improving its Stormwater Programme, which guides how stormwater is managed. While the existing programme already prioritises the use of blue-green infrastructure, guidance on how to increase its use and effectiveness will be developed.

For more information on the project and regional developments, please contact jan-hendrik.korber@turkuamk.fi