Programme 4

Urban Rainwater

Coping with stormwater, flash floods or creating islands of coolness, rainwater management in the city has emerged in recent years as a nature-based solution (NbS) that cannot be ignored in managing a sustainable city.

Partners
GRAIE, FEBA (IUCN), APFM (OMM)

Projects
Workshops "Rain in the City"

Source: Venelle du quartier des Vergers à Meyrin (GE). (©Etat de Genève, Théo Gardiol)

 
 
 

Member
Friends of Ecosystem Based Adaptation FEBA - Urban Eba Working group

 
 
The world's urban population will grow from 3.9 billion to 6.3 billion by 2050. (UNESCO, 2012). Faced with the consequences of climate change (pollution, heat waves), the reintroduction of water in cities favours the creation of cool islands and the development of local, effective solutions for sustainable and resilient cities.
 

The challenge of bringing rainwater back to the city

 
Stormwater management is everyone's responsibility and must be addressed from the building scale to the watershed. Alternative solutions to "all-pipes" exist, more integrated strategies are recognised; they often constitute effective and sustainable solutions. Although the techniques are relatively simple, important research is being carried out, particularly on phenomena and strategies.

Moreover, awareness and information are essential to move towards a common culture of water management, shared by decision-makers and technicians, urban planners, landscape architects and water management professionals.

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News - Urban Rainwater

Image Tags de PluiË in Geneva !
29 April 2024

On Saturday, April 27th at 4 pm, the vernissage of Tags de PluiË took place on the Pont de la Machine in the heart of Geneva!

Tag Creation Process

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Image Go out and search for our rain tags: pluiË !
2 April 2024
by Dunand Marion

Go out and search for our rain tags pluiË in the area of Geneva !

Plan des tags

Once you found them, take a photo, post it on Instagram or Facebook...

Image PluiË Programme in Geneva
26 March 2024
by Dunand Marion

We are extremely proud to present to you the program of activities for our project PluiË - Promouvoir de manière LUdique et Innovante l’Eau de ...

Other programmes

 

Programme 1

Rainwater for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

Access to safe water and sanitation, as well as appropriate hygiene, is a human right and can prevent a significant proportion of water-related diseases.

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Programme 2

Rainfed Agriculture and Food Sovereignty

Rainfed agriculture represents more than 85% of family farming today. Ongoing climate change is impacting on the harvests and food sovereignty of farming communities.

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Programme 3

Disaster risk management and ecosystem restoration

The weakening of forest, mangrove and wetland ecosystems, which helps reduce exposure to major risks, increases the vulnerability of communities to the effects of climate change.

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