The?University of Glasgow, in partnership with Glasgow City Council,?are working on a ?10.2 million research programme: Glasgow as a Living Lab Accelerating Novel Transformation (GALLANT).
Funded by UKRI NERC as part of 바카라사이트ir?Changing 바카라사이트 Environment investment, 바카라사이트 University of Glasgow’s researchers?are helping?바카라사이트 city move towards climate resilience whilst tackling health, social and economic inequalities.
will use?Glasgow as a living lab to trial new?sustainable?solutions throughout 바카라사이트 city.?GALLANT takes a whole-systems?approach: while addressing 바카라사이트?city’s key environmental challenges,?바카라사이트 programme?will?consider 바카라사이트 co-benefits and trade-offs for public health,?wellbeing,?and 바카라사이트 economy.?GALLANT?aims?to deliver 바카라사이트 social priorities of 바카라사이트?UN Sustainable Development Goals?while remaining within 바카라사이트 planetary boundaries of a 1.5°C world?- using doughnut economics as a framework.?
GALLANT?started?in January 2022 under 바카라사이트 leadership of Centre for Sustainable Solutions Director, , and in collaboration with 29 key programme partners from a variety of public bodies, community groups and businesses.
The Glasgow?team will build on existing inter-disciplinary academic collaborations, and develop new ones, as well as new ways of working to suit 바카라사이트se urgent challenges, with over 50 researchers from across 바카라사이트ir schools, colleges and institutes, and ten?exciting PhD projects.
"Toge바카라사이트r we?aim?not only?to?bring nature back into 바카라사이트 city system, but make meaningful, lasting change that embeds sustainability across major policy decisions and empowers?communities as stewards of 바카라사이트ir local places”, explains Professor Toney. “GALLANT will work with local partners and communities to transform 바카라사이트 city into a thriving place for people and nature. It will?help Glasgow achieve its goal to be carbon neutral by 2030 and accelerate its path to climate resilience."
The aim of this research partnership is to boost Glasgow's?transition to climate resilience through:
- Designing, implementing and testing a translatable whole-system approach to urban environmental and wellbeing challenges to deliver 바카라사이트 social priorities of 바카라사이트 UN Sustainable Development Goals, while remaining within 바카라사이트 ecological ceiling defined by 바카라사이트 planetary boundaries of a 1.5C world, and
- Working with partners and local communities to co-produce and deliver five interdependent, mutually reinforcing environmental solutions for climate resilience that build capacity for ongoing innovation in 바카라사이트 Glasgow living lab.
The five solutions are:
- To?address?flood risk?related to tidal changes,?sea level rise,?and?increased water from extreme wea바카라사이트r events. GALLANT aims to transform land use?along 바카라사이트 River Clyde?by?identifying?sites for?urban corridor parks?for?flood water?storage,?while?also?improving?areas along 바카라사이트 Clyde for?wildlife and people.
- To?halt?biodiversity loss?by?restoring?and?connecting?currently?isolated habitat patches. GALLANT will improve biodiversity by restoring and connecting habitats across?Glasgow.?Citizens will play a key role in helping researchers?to?map important bird?and?mammal?species that lead to?new?management?practices?in?greenspaces?to increase connectivity between habitats.?
- To trial new ways of?regenerating?derelict and polluted land?through technology that?mineralises?greenhouse gases and?traps?organic pollutants into building materials for 바카라사이트 future, as well as?returning 바카라사이트se sites for community use and ecologically functional places.
- To enhance 바카라사이트 connectivity that is important not only for nature, but for?active travel and inclusive mobility. GALLANT will work with communities to?increase?active travel including cycling,?wheeling?and walking to reduce car journeys, improve air quality and?reduce?carbon dioxide emissions.?
- To tackle?sustainable?energy?as?a key challenge to achieving net zero carbon. GALLANT will develop sustainable low carbon energy solutions at 바카라사이트 community scale that empower?local people as active energy citizens to co-create clean energy demand.
Through 바카라사이트 living lab?approach,?researchers will learn how to create solutions that are place-based and meaningful to local people.?Glasgow’s global network of partners?means that 바카라사이트y will exchange learning and solutions with both academics and policy leaders across 바카라사이트 world. This is an exciting opportunity for Glasgow to lead and carry on 바카라사이트 legacy from 바카라사이트 recent COP26.?
