COOL LIFE (Cooling Urban Life - Governance Model Incentivising Behavioural Change to Mitigate Urban Heat Islands)

International project

Led by six Hungarian organisations, the COOL LIFE project develops a complex governance model to mitigate heat islands in urban environments. The model will be complemented with guidelines for professionals and the general public. The pilot project will be implemented in Szeged, which is currently one of the hottest cities in Hungary.

The project plans to demonstrate five effective heat island mitigation interventions; raise awareness, change behaviour and boost skills linked to evidence-based policy design and the implementation of mitigating interventions; and stimulate replication and uptake of the methodology and results at a regional, national and international level. The project team will set up and demonstrate an innovative complex governance model, including community involvement.