What is Climate City Campus?

How should we deal with climate change in cities? Climate City Campus deals with this question. Little is known on the weather in cities, the effect of climate change on cities and the effect of cities on climate change.  

Climate City Campus anticipates two major developments that will change the face of the earth in the coming decades: climate change and urbanisation. The earth is slowly warming and meteorologists expect an increase in extreme weather occurences. At the same time, an unprecedented urbanisation is taking place. Ever since 2008, more than half of the world's population is living in cities. The United Nations expects that the urbanisation pace will pick up even more in the coming decades.

Vulnerable infrastructures

The infrastructures modern society is built on are vulnerable to interruptions such as those caused by extreme weather. The tighther the network, the more vulnerable. Cities consist of tight networks and are vulnerable. These networks however also offer great oppurtunities to protect our society against emergencies. Our current observation technology lacks precision and flexibility. Ordinary citizens can fill these gaps. By using both observation technology and crowdsourcing, we can compose much more specific weather forecasts. The city of Rotterdam is for example very interested in local rain forecasts for more effective water management.

Living Lab

Climate City Campus uses the TU Delft campus, a small city in its own right, as a living lab. It aims to deploy a network of sensors on campus and to apply crowdsourcing.
Climate City Campus is a program of the Delft Environment Initiative.