Description
The project consists of two sub-areas: 1) Creating a training program to study the manifestations of the response of trees to climate changes. This sub-area will focus on the creation of training programs. For their implementation a series of three education objects within extreme climatic conditions in the Czech Republic will be created (Hrubý Jesenik, Pouzdřanská step, open garden in the city centre of Brno). This is where the most radical changes related to climate changes can be expected. State of the art instruments for measuring growth and physiological processes of trees will be installed within the objects. 2) Creating a training program for the study of the effectiveness of ecological construction with regard to carbon balance under the conditions of the changing climate. This sub-area will make use of the unique infrastructure built by the Partnership Foundation located within the premises in Brno. The data from the project will be made available to the public. The educational program will also include students of bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programs, who will take use of the potential of this project for applied research. The experience of the partner, the Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute, in the field of climate change will be highly beneficial for the project's implementation.
Summary of project results
The need to introduce teaching programs in the field of tree care and ecological construction is in line with the strategic documents on the principles of sustainable development under the influence of climate change, the prevention of dangerous human interaction with the climate and the development of national strategies for climate change. The aim of the project was to contribute to changing the skeptical attitude of the Czech public towards the consequences of climate change and the current need for adaptation and mitigation measures. At the same time, support the policy of the Ministry of the Environment and the EU2020 objectives in the low carbon economy with a very practical and illustrative use of data obtained from reference low energy buildings, green roofs and trees for the general public and the education of students and the professional public. The goals of the project were fulfilled and in almost all cases the target value of the indicator was exceeded. The main benefits of the project for the beneficiaries are the continuous collection and evaluation of comprehensive information on all consumables and the production of energy (water, electricity, heat, cold) of two buildings in a passive energy standard, the provision of acquired information for the lay and professional public in an acceptable form using visualized and standardized outputs (pupils, students, professional public) in the field of working with measuring devices to study the physiological response of trees, data evaluation, interpretation of results and practical conclusions for sustainable management, extension of teaching programs at Forestry and Wood Faculty studying the response of trees to climate change and identifying tree stress levels, changing the perception of green building and passive buildings as viable and investment-friendly options for potential private and public investors, creating learning objects to study climate change response. The result of the project is the creation and / or implementation of new environmental education programs and campaigns.
Summary of bilateral results
Cooperation with a partner of the Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO) preceded several research projects. The partnership with this institute had already been verified by previous experience. Following experience from this project, NIBIO partner will continue to participate in the innovation of training courses of Mendelu University. The significant contribution of the Norwegian partner was the use of its long-standing competence in the area of global climate change. The partner institution participated in the processing of the data obtained and its interpretation for the target groups. So far, the partner's involvement in the partner institution has been assessed as beneficial by the final beneficiary and does not find any obstacles in the field to influence the running of the project