C-NEWTRAL: smart CompreheNsive training to mainstrEam neW approaches for climaTe-neutRal cities through citizen engAgement and decision-making support

C-NEWTRAL：智能综合培训，通过公民参与和决策支持将气候中和城市的新方法纳入主流

• 批准号: EP/Y032640/1
• 负责人: Geraint Ellis
• 金额: $ 66.43万
• 依托单位: Queen's University Belfast
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2024 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FY032640%2F1
• 关键词: NEWTRAL; smart; CompreheNsive; training; mainstrEam

Achieving climate-neutral cities is an EU priority, yet faces many challenges because of the complex urban activities, and the vast range of stakeholders involved. The European Commission has identified 'participative city governance' and 'integrated urban planning' as key enablers for driving climate-neutral cities forward. Cities require enhanced capacity and ongoing support for implementation of climate-neutral solutions and assessment of how they may impact different sections of society. There is however, a lack of highly-skilled, highly-trained interdisciplinary researchers and professionals for this task, which C-NEWTRAL aims to address. C-NEWTRAL is underpinned by five key thematics (Urban Nature, Urban Mobility, Built Form, Energy, Circularity), which are integrated through two cross-scale research dimensions, linked to drivers identified by the EU: I. Citizen Engagement & Public Participation and II. City Governance & Decision-Making. This provides a framework for individual research projects examining participation and decision-making for integrating nature-based solutions in urban regeneration, active/ green/ just mobility transitions, social acceptance of energy performance standards in buildings/ neighbourhoods/ social housing, hydrosocial/ circular/ digital approaches in urban water management, and nexuses among these. Each researcher will be trained in advanced participative methods and use of governance & planning tools, supported by digital technologies - recognised by the EU as a priority, but still under-developed within city planning processes. Researchers will be exposed to secondments in local authorities, NGOs or industry. The program will provide a dynamic, intellectually-challenging, interdisciplinary training environment attracting the best international graduate candidates and fosters an enthusiastic and innovative community of researchers - effectively placed to advise on cross-sectoral strategies for achieving climate-neutral cities.

实现气候中和城市是欧盟的首要任务，但由于城市活动复杂且涉及广泛的利益相关者，因此面临许多挑战。欧盟委员会已将“参与式城市治理”和“综合城市规划”确定为推动气候中和城市前进的关键推动因素。城市需要增强能力和持续支持来实施气候中和解决方案并评估它们如何影响社会不同阶层。然而，这项任务缺乏高技能、训练有素的跨学科研究人员和专业人员，而 C-NEWTRAL 旨在解决这一问题。 C-NEWTRAL 以五个关键主题为基础（城市自然、城市交通、建筑形式、能源、循环），这些主题通过两个跨尺度研究维度进行整合，与欧盟确定的驱动因素相关： I. 公民参与和公众参与和二。城市治理与决策。这为各个研究项目提供了一个框架，审查参与和决策，以将基于自然的解决方案纳入城市再生、主动/绿色/公正的交通转型、社会对建筑物/社区/社会住房、水社会/循环/能源绩效标准的接受度。城市水管理的数字化方法及其之间的关系。每位研究人员都将接受先进的参与方法以及治理和规划工具的使用培训，并在数字技术的支持下进行培训，这些技术被欧盟视为优先事项，但在城市规划过程中仍处于欠发达状态。研究人员将被借调到地方当局、非政府组织或行业。该项目将提供一个充满活力、具有智力挑战的跨学科培训环境，吸引最优秀的国际研究生候选人，并培养热情和创新的研究人员社区——有效地为实现气候中和城市的跨部门战略提供建议。